Re: [CR] Raleigh Professional

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

From: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
To: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:26:25 -0500
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Subject: Re: [CR] Raleigh Professional


I briefly owned a '75 Pro that I too found to be a bit odd. Much too large for me (I bought it for the NR gruppo), the bike had something like a 62 cm seat tube...But the top tube was just fine for me. In the 56 or 57cm ra nge! Matthew BowneBrooklyn, New York

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> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:08:21 -0800
> From: eric.m@rocketmail.com
> To: freitas1@pacbell.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Raleigh Professional
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> Didn't the Raleigh Pro come before the Team bike? I thought the Pros (esp ecially the ones with the Brampton "fast back" seat cluster) were an inheri ted design from Carlton. Then when Raleigh killed off Carlton the Team bike s showed up. I've probably got it all wrong but am sure you can help me wit h the dates...
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> Eric Meddaugh
> San Carlos, CA usa
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> From: Bob Freitas
> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:25:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR] Raleigh Professional
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> I am sure this has been hashed over before but my experience is that the smaller frame sizes had longer top tubes so the 2 I had were something like 21''seat tube and 22 or even 22 1/2 TT
> also the head angles were slack so the had lots of wheel flop. The TEAM b ikes were the real racers and the Pro s were more Poser bikes (not to offen d anyone)
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> BOB FREITAS
> who owns a TEAM and a TWENTY but thats all in MILL VALLEY, CA USA
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