In a message dated 1/5/01 12:44:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com writes:
> The bike I'm thinking of is a team Pro from the early
> 1980's. I always wondered if my friend wasn't
> confused, but I'll check into it. As for the
> proprietary thread spec's, I think a lot of cheaper
> raleighs retained this feature into the 1970's. I
> remember my boss tapping 26tpi shells to 24tpi on some
> semi-old Raleighs in the early 1980's. I think they
> were Raleighs. He said that they had Whitworth thread
> BB's.
At my house:
74 Professional - English 77 Super Gran Prix - Raleigh (headset too) 77 SuperCourse - English 80 Competition GS - English
Somewhere I read that all 531 frames would have English BB. At what year that becomes true, I'm not sure. I would not expect a Team bike to have Raleigh threaded BB or headset.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa