A perfect formula from Steve. One suggestion is a Suntour VGT - Luxe for the rear derailleur to avoid Shimano. Works a bit better too.
I would also add that it may make sense to find a donor bike if you go the all Campy NR route. Buy a bike no one loves with the components you want and sell the frame. Piecemeal can be expensive these days.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> I remember International riders often wanted to make their new bikes more
> suitable for touring. The biggest change they wanted to make was
typically
> to have us swap out the Campy crankset for a TA triple, preferably mounted
> to a Phil Wood BB. This, of course, meant that the rear derailleur needed
> to be changed as well. The best wide range derailleur then was the
Shimano
> Crane (sorry). The real tourists wanted Phil Wood hubs, but the romantics
> could not let those Campy high-flange hubs go. Sewups were swapped out
for
> wide 700C clinchers, usually Super Champion 58 rims and those raised
center
> ridge tires. If it's a later International, you might go for those funky
> Weinmann concave rims. Steel cage Campy pedals are another must-keep for
> an International, and those beautiful GB bars with the engraved map of
> England would be a joy to look down on. Weinmann centerpulls are the
right
> binders for this bike. A bit mundane, but they work well with the
generous
> clearance and will make a lot less noise than Mafacs. Top the mix off with
> SunTour bar-con end shifters, a Brooks saddle, Blumels fenders, a SunTour
> freewheel (The 70s Regina freewheels don't work well when you go above 26
> teeth), a Sedis chain, black cloth tape and you have a cool gentleman's
> tourer.
>
> Make sure you finish with an old-style Silca or Blumels pump, a Campy
> umbrella clip, and a steel Campy pump head. It not only works well, but
> gives good swing weight when striking out at dogs.
>
> Steve Barner, dreaming of champagne (colored Raleighs, that is) in Bolton,
> Vermont
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R. Cielec" <rcielec@hotmail.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:24:20 +0000
> Subject: [CR]Grouppo Needed: Raleight International
>
> Hell-o All.
> This is my first posting to any list.
>
> Raleigh International, S/N F1715, 1971(?)
>
> I'm sure to have many specific inquiries later. For now, here is the
> situation.
>
> Frame set needs entire grouppo. It will be a rider, not a museum show
piece
> so, high quality components correct-to-period-sort-of are acceptable. I
> assume OE was some flavour of Campy R/NR/SR and Weinmann.
>
> Can anyone suggest high quality components (manufacturer & model) other
than
> Campy ? I'm familiar with the names of several manufacturers but honestly
> don't know enough to discern whether bad or good and ditto for any models.
> No Shimano, please.
>
> Any Raleigh people out there ?
>
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois