[CR]Re: Retro Raleighs

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

From: <RDF1249@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 04:27:56 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Retro Raleighs


> I don't know when the change happened; but I'm sure there are plenty who
> do. I'm still looking for a cure for interest in 70's Raleighs, myself. ;-)
>

Brian - Just ride one o the damn things for a couple years and that will cure you. Squirrelliest bike I ever had! Must have had 40mm of trail if that. I rode - er - wiggled an International across the US on Bikecentennial in 1976. Later, we used to offer to derake the forks for people who complained about their shimmy. It helped some but not much. I sold Raleighs in the early 80s by the way, and the last few years of the Pro had the aforementioned nearly flat crown and no longer had fastback stays. Back in the day my buddies who could afford one had a Paramount. Now I have four of them as you saw last summer and do they ever ride nice! They had steering geometry dialed!

Bob Freeman
Seattle