Jerry, I have an original 1974 international and the handle bars are plain. The bars are a polished finish and the stem has the recessed allen bolt with GB on the side. Hope this helps, Regards, Robert St.Cyr ASUCD Bike Barn Davis, Ca.
>From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
>To: Norris Lockley
><norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk>,classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage Classic Roadbike
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:55:30 -0800 (PST)
>
>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