RE: [CR] Team Raleigh

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:23:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR] Team Raleigh
cc: sbirmingham@mindspring.com

I have asked roughly 60 Ebayers selling 1970-1976 Worksop/Carlton bikes on ebay to tell me their bikes' serial number (including ones painted as Raleigh-USA, Raleigh-UK, and Carlton-UK.) I have never, and I mean NEVER, gotten a response that the serial number is "Wx3NNNNNN", on a 70's bike.

To the best of my knowledge, ALL 1973 Worksop/Carlton bikes have a serial number starting with "H" (and I refer to at least 15-20 bikes about which I've enquired), or "A" (including one of my own, a raleigh competition), period.

I believe NO 1973 Worksop/Carlton bikes have a serial number starting with "Wx3....". Does anyone have a counter-example?

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA