Back in the day, (especially during the 'Boom Times'), Raleigh used whatever frame bits or components they could get their hands on. The 'Professional' model came with Zeus cranks and/or pedals, the 'Super Course" came with Nervex Pro, Brampton (the REALLY ornate lugs), or Bocama Pro lugs. It really just depended on when/where the frame was built- a lot of lower-end '70's Raleigh's were actually built in Holland by Gazelle. The Dutch-built bikes used the BCM lugs; the Nottingham frames used the Nervex or Brampton lugs. BTW- the 'Super Course' & 'Gran Sport' frames are often posted as 'Reynolds 531' frames; they are in fact 3-tube '531' frames, and most of the 'Super Course' frames have NO Reynolds tubing at all...both frames have the same sport geometry. The Raleigh dealer I worked for in the early '70's had a 6-month waiting list for the more popular models, so we saw huge variation in the spec's on the bikes that we sold!
Larry Myers, Portland, Oregon,USA curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com
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