Re: [CR]Raleigh lugs....

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

From: "Pete Geurds" <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh lugs....
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 14:53:52 -0500
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From: "Larry Myers" <curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:40 AM Subject: [CR]Raleigh lugs....


> 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

If I remember the decal correctly my SuperCourse has Reynolds straight gauge main tubes. The catalog claims 531 main tubes and 20-30 high tensile steel for the rest. How did you come to decide they weren't using 531 tubing? see: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Retro-Raleighs/76-Catalog.pdf http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Retro-Raleighs/78-Catalog.pdf

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa