1986 is the last year for the Murrays and 7-Eleven.
>From 1987 until the Merckx/Caloi years they rode
serotta/landshark/etc. Huffy branded bikes. I have an
'86 bike in red with white panels and chrome fork and
rear triangle.
http://www.bikespace.net/
Mark Petree Watertown, MA USA
--- "Watts, Gary J (Vancouver, WA USA)"
<gary.watts@hp.com> wrote:
> They were mostly Serotta's although the bike that
> Andy Hampstein rode
> for the Giro was supposedly a Landshark.
> There's quite a bit of this history if you search
> the Serotta Forum.
>
> Gary Watts
> Vancouver, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On
> Behalf Of Jerome &
> Elizabeth Moos
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:02 AM
> To: Steven L. Sheffield; Classic Rendezvous
> Subject: Re: [CR]Murray 7-11 bike for sale Salt Lake
> Craig's list
>
> Someone refresh my memory, was it Serotta or another
> well known frame
> builder who built the 7-11 "Huffys"? Too bad this
> episode didn't lead
> Murray and Huffy to permanently develop a line of
> quality lightweights,
> although Huffy did I believe for several years make
> quality lightweights
> under the Raleigh USA name. Never owned a
> Huffy-built Raleigh, but some
> of them look to be actually pretty nice. Did
> Raleigh USA disappear in
> some of the later imfamous Raleigh reorganizations
> involving Derby et
> al?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> If I recall correctly, the red/white ones were the
> amateur team bikes
> used
> up-to and during the Olympics (when 7-Eleven rode
> "Murray"). When they
> went
> pro, they used the red/white/green "Huffy".
>
> SLS
> SL,UT
>
>
> On 12/21/06 9:13 AM, "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos"
> wrote:
>
> > Is this actually a Team bike? I thought the Team
> bikes were the red,
> white
> > and green 7-11 corporate colors. This one is all
> red with white
> decals. A
> > Serotta-made Murray for sure, but maybe not an
> actual team bike.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> >
> > Gear wrote:
> > Looks to be about a 54c, seller asking $1k, Super
> Record. It's my
> size,
> > and I'd like to have it, but can't now. No
> relation to seller, just
> > spreading the gospel. Happy to help out of towners
> if I can. Here's
> the
> > link:
> >
> >
>
http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/
> >
> >
> > Greg Overton
> > feeling each of the 10 degrees on the thermometer
> in
> > Salt Lake City, Utah
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steven L. Sheffield
> stevens at veloworks dot com
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