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From: <Carb7008@cs.com>
To: <biankita@comcast.net>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:09 AM
Subject: [CR] Raleigh Carltons (weights)
> Your interesting observation of Raleigh's adv weights compelled me to take
> the following fish-scale measurements of framesets (w/HS, w/o BB):
>
> 23.5" japRal Superbe 531SL....5.25 lbs
> 24.5" RalPro Mk V..................5.50
> 24.5" Stella (Columbus)...........6.50
> 62 cm Trek 760 (full 531)..........6.50
> 23.5" '71 Ral Int'l......................7.00
> 61cm '74 Schwinn P13.............7.50
Just weighed my '70 Raleigh Pro Mk. I: 25.5" frame (c-t): 7.60 lbs with headseat.
So comparable it seems with the International and Paramount.
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA