[CR]Now:TI-Raleigh Was:A new member checking in!

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:49:35 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020712155253.009f9070@qsilver.queensu.ca>
Subject: [CR]Now:TI-Raleigh Was:A new member checking in!

Paul Williams wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I too am a new member. I just sent these details to Eric Elman and Paul
> Raley - but thought I would introduce myself to others through my bike.
>
> I have owned a TI-Raleigh (yes, a real one from Gerald O'Donovan's shop, in
> Ilkeston) for the past twenty years. At the time I got it I didn't realize
> what I had. It is one of those stories that only happens in a blue moon. A
> family friend who was a senior VP of TI at the time was able to get the
> frame made for me in the Team Raleigh Workshop - it cost me fifty
> pounds!!!!! For some reason I asked for a 531 Special Lightweight frame as
> opposed to the 753 frame which Ilkeston was known for.

Good to have you on the CR list, Paul. My first nice bike was a '74 Raleigh Professional Mk.IV. Never did find a Team (still looking for a 57cm c to top).

It is probably lucky that you didn't get the Reynolds 753 because the early ones had a reputation for cracking their chainstays!

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal
http://www.velo-retro.com (Campagnolo Timeline, reprints and T-shirts)