Re: [CR]two questions: Raleigh GS mixte and Lambert/Viscount crankset

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:17:29 -0600
From: "Mitch Harris" <mitch.harris@gmail.com>
To: "larry chang" <aam4w@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]two questions: Raleigh GS mixte and Lambert/Viscount crankset
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Raleigh Royale mixte frame in 531, late 70s early 80s.

Mitch Harris Little Rock Canyon, Utah

On 7/11/07, larry chang <aam4w@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> For the list's consideration...
>
> 1. Did Raleigh ever make a Gran Sport in mixte frame, or offer any mixte
> with 531 tubing? Thanks to Sheldon Brown's Retro Raleigh website I went
> through virtually every scanned catalog, and never found any such GS option.
>
> 2. Who made Lambert/Viscount's clone of the TA cyclotouriste? Did TA make
> this originally for Lambert? In particular, I recently obtained the Viscount
> crankset with the 6 circular cutouts in the outer chainring. The arms
> themselves are virtually identical to TA's with some exceptions, most
> noticeably, the arms can be pulled off with a regular 22 mm tool--now that
> in my book is a bonus! Is it possible that Sugino made this since Viscount
> was owned by Yamaha, thus leading to the Sugino PX?
>
> Ok, that's more than two.
>
> Thanks!
> Larry Chang
> Oakland, CA USA
>
>
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