I was pondering the same thing regarding my 81 Raleigh pro that I wanted to put back to original as on the showroom floor....several generous CR members sent me catalogue scans...which reminded me that on American showroom floors the 81 Pros were supposed to sport spokeguards, chainguards and reflectors! (Actually finding the correct Chainguard and spokeguard might be kinda cool...)
Cheers from hot Dallas, TX, USA, Earth!! -Clyde "chainguard" Putman
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-
So does original mean 1)original as produced by the factory or workshop, or 2)original as originally ridden? I suspect that for original racing bikes we'd prefer the latter especially because we reverence the choices and adaptations of racers of yore. Consider how we pore over old photos to see how a racer's bike had tape on the leverbodies, or lever tips. Those are riding/use choices not factory choices, and in cases like these post-factory choices are more interesting to us than the factory ones.