Re: [CR] ebay find? Limited edition Raleigh Pro, #281/500

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:54:01 -0800
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] ebay find? Limited edition Raleigh Pro, #281/500


Great message from Chas Colerich about why this is a repaint.

Just to add a thing or two - - -

2. The reynolds decal (TI) Reynolds Nottingham England was first used in _1976_ or _1977_. So definitely, this is a really LATE version of the Mark II Pro, because those were discontinued in 70 or 71. Now for a personal plug, check out my decal archive which has genuine photos of most of the Reynolds art from 1960-1990 :

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/reynolds/

4. If you look at the bottom bracket photo, there is no campagnolo cable routing clamp on the bottom bracket. So bottom bracket braze-ons were probably added during this repaint.

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If someone with a genuine "Limited Edition" decal would you please send a photo of it to the CR mailing list, I think we could also see how this (probably reproduction) decal differs from the original.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA