[CR]Thanks to Team Raleigh experts

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From: "babylonn" <babylonn@compulink.gr>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20021212162513.33772.29583.Mailman@phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Thanks to Team Raleigh experts
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:16:57 +0200

Hi all

Many thanks to everybody who answered my plea for TI-Raleigh information. I received many usefull data.

Yannis Papaioannidis Athens Greece


> From: "babylonn" <babylonn@compulink.gr>
> To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:42:45 +0200
> Subject: [CR]Team Raleigh experts wanted
>
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> Hi all the Raleigh experts!!!
>
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>
> I'm about to restore a Ti Raleigh 753 bike.
>
> I bought this bike (mis)used and very roughly repainted with auto wheel =
> spray paint.
>
> The new coat of paint has been sprayed over without any surface =
> preparation and this is a good thing because the old paint has not been =
> striped and the original transfers have not been removed, so by =
> carefully rubbing away the paint I make reappear the original colour and =
> traces of the transfers.
>
> This is what I managed to "dig out":
>
> a.. Colour is red with yellow-black-yellow on seat tube and black area =
> around the head budge. No chroming at all.
> b.. Ti Raleigh transfers on the down tube plus unreadable gold decal =
> on top of the shifters
> c.. Raleigh transfers on the seat tube and round Ti near the bb.=20
> d.. Typical Raleigh seat stay tops, plus unreadable oval shaped gold =
> transfer on right chain stay.
> e.. Pierced Campagnolo dropouts
> f.. Ti round transfers on fork. The fork crown is not very sloppy and =
> has nice round cuts of decreasing size on inner sides. Round section at =
> the place where the front brake is mounted.
> g.. Serial no is SB2833
> h.. The bb lag is 68 mm (1.370"X24TPI). On top is marked RGF (oval =
> shape) and has two cuts that serve as cable guides. (It is not a cinelli =
> like others with a bigger serial no that I've spotted on the net)=20
> i.. The lags are plain (no heart shaped holes)
> j.. It has braze ons for shifters and one water bottle. Also for the =
> rear brake and derailleur (those are round shaped).
> k.. The bike is campagnolo equipped except for the Sugino Mighty =
> cranks (campagnolo 42-54 chain rings) and pedals and the cheap calloy =
> saddle pin (26.8mm)
> l.. Cinelli stem and giro d' Italia bars
> m.. Frame weight (58 cm size) is about 1730 gr.
> n.. Fork weight is about 640 gr.
> Photos can be provided if they can be of any use.
>
> I know very little about this beauty (I've been a Colnago guy) so any =
> help (model, year, history, tips, photos, brochures, specifications etc) =
> will be very very appreciated.
>
> By the way I'm also looking for all the transfers and decals and I don't =
> feel guilty at all about that (I don't want to restart the owners rights =
> discussion once more)
>
> =20
>
> Many thanks
>
> =20
>
> Yannis Papaioannidis
>
> >From a cold (by our standards at least) Athens, Greece