Re: [CR]Date your Raleigh Bike

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:42:59 -0800 (PST)
From: "devon warner" <crabulux@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Date your Raleigh Bike
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <8C8183A465A41E4-1C84-4E3A@MBLK-R09.sysops.aol.com>


and how about the crappy components? we had a sprite... for about 6 months. it wasn't really very spritely. devon warner san francisco


--- ritzmon@aol.com wrote:


> Don Asks:
>
> snip<Enid (USA) - K - did raleigh really make
> bikes in Enid, OK ?? >end snip
>
> Indeed they did, in the bike boom seventies. Mostly
> Record 10 speeds, Sprite 5 & 10 speed, and Sports 3
> speeds. Build quality was pretty poor as I
> remember - lots of poorly tensioned wheels, poorly
> aligned frames and gaps in brazing.
>
> Mark "Old Raleigh Guy" Ritz
> Arcata, CA where the sun has come out!!!
>
>
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