Kurt, Thanks for head's up. I didn't realize non-members would not be able to see my post on roadbikereview. Here is the content of my post there and the same pics but as direct links to my photo album:
My wife and I were out visiting some garage sales this past weekend when we stopped at one house that had a couple of bikes in the corner of their garage. I asked the owner if the bikes were for sale and when she said yes i walked over to take a look. One bike was a cheap women's bike made by Huffy. I quickly ignored that one and looked at the other bike. The beautiful bronze/goldish colored frame caught my eye immediately and I got excited when I saw that it was an all original Raliegh Sports model 10-speed lightweight. After taking it for a spin for a few minutes and talking her down to $15 the bike was in the back of my Subaru Forester.
Once I got home I started noticing more interesting things such as the original Wright's leather saddle in very good shape (not dried out and very much rideable) and the Sturmey Archer front Dynohub. The wheels are in bad shape with at least one spoke loose and a good amout of rust/pitting. As for the frame, it seems straight and true and has less scratches then I would expect for a bike that the women said her ex-husband commutted on to college.
Anyway, now to the important part. I'm trying to find more information about this bike and what I'm finding online is not adding up. Like I said, this is a goldish colored men's lightweight 10-speed bike. It has Raleigh on the seat tube and "Sports" on the downtube. It has the Raliegh heron emblem riveted to the headtube and has the wrap around the seat collar seat stays. The cranks are stamped with the heron logo as well as the rear hub which has a lube port in the center covered by a metal loop. The stem and handlebars are chromed steel and the bike has Huret shifters and deraileurs (Alivit rear I believe). I can't find any markings on the pedals. The front Dynohub is stamped "1 64" so I believe if that is the original wheel the bike is from 1964, but I can't find any information on a 10-speed "Sports" model, all I find is info on 3 speed Sports models. I will post pics of the bike later tonight, but I was hoping to get some help from the community here on this particular bike. I believe it was a low end bike as it does not have boutique parts, but the front dynohub (no lights on the bike) and the fact that this is a 10-speed Sports model is confusing. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -Steve
http://i45.photobucket.com/
Hopefully that will be better. Thanks again Kurt. -Steven Tallides
Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> wrote:
There are no pics attached to that post that I can see. I think only members can view pics there. It's therefore a pretty useless link for most people.
Kurt Sperry
On 8/18/06, Steven Tallides <sjt78@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello all,
This is my first submission here. I recently
acquired an old Raleigh Sports lightweight 10-speed at
a garage sale. After researching the history of
Raleigh bikes online (thanks Sheldon Brown!) I am
still unable to date this bike. I posted a great deal
of information about the bike and a few detailed
pictures at roadbikereview.com (here is the direct
link to my post:
http://forums.roadbikereview.com/
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