I think it is pretty common for nonattached parts to get robbed out of boxed bikes. I bought an NIP Flandria Team Replica a couple of years ago. All original Dura-Ace, but someone had robbed the original Dura-Ace tubular wheels and replaced them with mid-priced Shimano clinchers. However, unlike this Raleigh, I only paid a few hundred dollars, so it was still a good deal. That bike evidently went cheap because it did not have a tubing sticker, near as I can tell never had one. Some people obsess too much about tubing stickers, even when a frame is obviously a quality one.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, Texas, USA
Mitch Harris <mitch.harris@gmail.com> wrote: Not suggesting anything about this bike or seller but mention of non-original parts coming out of a NOS box make me note that that these Pros seem to show up every once in a while, get opened to great fanfare, attract thousands of dollars, and we all wonder "but should you ride it or not" since it's pristine.
Surely some scoundrel out there has thought about stowing away all the packaging, waiting a while till it's time again, then finding a pristine enough Pro to put in a NOS box for an encore.
Apparently there are operations people have to restore virginity too.
Just wondering,
Mitch Harris
Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA