Re: [CR]115 Rear Wheel Spacing?

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

From: <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]115 Rear Wheel Spacing?
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 5:11:38 -0500


>>> From: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
> 1971 Raleigh International has 115 Rear wheel spacing. > Is this correct?
>> From: "Peter Jon White" <lists@PeterWhiteCycles.com> "snip" And in 1973 I can assure you that no major
> manufacturer was building to 115mm. But it
> should be noted that Raleigh's quality control was rather poor. It's also
> been 32 years, and who knows what's happened to the frame since then. It
> probably just needs to be aligned.

I didn't think it was that bad! :o I'm sure somebody's been in there tinkering is how it got to be like that. Maybe it was a single or three speed before you got it?

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA