Dale,
Here's a bare Raleigh Team frame on Ebay with a nice shot of the seat stay cap feature you mentioned.
Ebay Item #: 300389147786
URL:
http://ebay.com/
George Allen Lexington, KY USA
On 1/14/2010 9:00 AM, George Allen wrote:
> Dale,
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> That's one of the signature features on early Team frames from
> Ilkeston. My 1975 Team Pro has the same treatment. The water bottle
> mounts are actually gear lever bosses. This was another feature on
> early Ilkeston frames. I'm certain that these features were used in
> 1974 and 1975. I'm not sure about later years. I have read somewhere?
> that the scalloped seat stay caps were a Dutch influence. Something
> like the head mechanic for the Ti-Raleigh team was Dutch and helped
> oversee the production of the Team bikes. I can't vouch for the
> veracity of that rumor as GOD (Gerald O'Donovan) might not have
> appreciated the "help". Also, I've only seen these on 531 frames. 753
> frames had oversize seat stay caps and conventional wattle bottle
> bosses. Mike, Hillary and the other experts from the Team Pro site can
> add to my comments as they know much more than me. I'd guess the
> serial number on the frame is SB400 or less.
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> George Allen
> Lexington, Ky
> USA
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> On 1/14/2010 12:05 AM, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
>> Take a look at this Raleigh Pro frameset (on it's way to be
>> repaired) and notice the treatment of the seat stay top eyes.
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>> http://cyclesdeoro.com/
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>> Doesn't it remind you of the technique used on that Colnago that Alex
>> sold recently? Not implying theree is any connection but you can see
>> pretty clearly that this is a filed feature. Hadn't seen a Raleigh
>> with this style used, but pretty neat IMO. The water bottle mounts
>> are a bit unusual as well....
>>
>> Dale
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>> Dale Brown
>> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
>> 336-274-5959
>> http://www.cyclesdeoro.com
>> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
>> http://www.carolinacup.com
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