Re: [CR]Final Raleigh Team Pro Question

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:13:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]Final Raleigh Team Pro Question
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>


snipped: On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:00:29 -0400 "Eric Elman" <tr4play@cox.net> writes: Has anyone on this list ever seen, let alone owned, a Raleigh Team Pro with the fastback stays and fully sloping fork crown (regular Pro frame painted in team colors)? Anyone? The reason I ask is that I've had a lot of off list correspondence on the Team Pro's and there is a general consensus that the 1974 Team Pro pictured in the catalog was never offered for sale; that by the time Raleigh was selling them they were like the 1975 Team Pro with seat stays attached to the sides of the seat lug and a more conventional semi sloping fork crown, no chrome and black headtube (versus the yellow one as in the 1974 brochure). Can this CR list with almost 700 members, most of whom were in and around bike shops in the 1974 time period, conclude that the fastback Team Pro's were never a real offering from Raleigh? Eric Elman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ eric the zine, international cycle sport, shows dozens of color pics of raleigh team guys riding the exact same frame type and paint scheme that you reference...the pics appear during the 73 and 74 seasons. pros include brian jolly, phil bayton, dave lloyd, trevor bull, reg barnett, billy bisland, nigel tufnell, and many others. i'm refering to this raleigh: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/catalogs/Raleigh74/02TeamPro.jpg

e-RICHIE
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