Hilary,
re: Your eBay auction 370174799790
RALEIGH RECORD FRAME 22.5in 1979 Team Colour 531 *NOS*
I wonder if you could tell me the serial number of your frame?
Last year I bought a 1979 Raleigh "Record" 531 bike with an identical frame except for the top and downtube decals. There are small Record decals on both sides of the top tube like those on the older gas pipe Records The down tube decal is a plain white Raleigh decal like on the lower model bikes from that era.
The serial number on my bike is WE90032?? indicating that it was made at Worksop around the 8th week of 1979. The last 2 numbers are illegible.
The original owner said that he worked near Raleigh's US headquarters in 1979 and that they received around 100 of these bikes by mistake. They were intended for the European market. The bike was in mint condition with far less than 100 miles on it. I guess that maybe it's a "French Record"???
These bikes were recently kicked around again on the TI RALEIGH TEAM PROS website where I have some photos of mine posted under "1979 Raleigh European Model Record 531".
Charles Colerich Oakland, CA
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