Speaking of original equipment, anyone know what bars and stem a mid-70's Raleigh International would have come with? Did they have the GB "Map of Britain" bars, like the Pros, or the plainer GB's like the less expensive Raleighs?
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
Norris Lockley <norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: Just had another closer look at this bike. It still has some original parts on it. Galaxies almost always came with GB bars and stem, and Weinmann cetre-pull brakes...and very often Wrights saddles. The top model with this frame, in the 70s - the Super Galaxy - was equipped with a TA double chainset and Suntour VX-GT derailleurs, often with the ratchet-type D/T levers..Lyotard pedals. The wheels were more often then not, L/F Normandy hubs on Weinmann dimpled rims.
Talk of Lyotard and weinmann in the same sentence reminds of a couple of pairs of 1930 Lyotard concave alloy rims - Weinmann style - that I saw in France quite recently...NOS. Now those are RARE !!!
Norris Lockley, Settle Uk