re [CR] When did Raleigh International geometry change?

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:02:08 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: kurtsj@mtco.com, shannon.menkveld@cox.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: re [CR] When did Raleigh International geometry change?


Steve Kurt wrote:

I have a '71 International, as well as a '74 model. The '71 has noticably longer chainstays than the '74, so the transition was somewhere in that span.

Looking through the Raleigh catalogs, I can't quite make out when this occured. If I had to guess, I'd say that the '72 catalog shows long chainstays on the International, while the '73 shows the shorter, sportier chainstays.

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I had a '70 or '71 Raleigh International, bought when it was a year old. I rode it with wired-on tires of the era (fat 27" HP things) and felt it sluggish. I attributed it to the "round-rapid-taper" chainstays (no dimples, small diameter), but might have had something to do with the chainstay length.

Sold it in Corvallis, OR, about 1973, but got to ride it after my buddy converted to sew-ups. A much more lively bike, it was. But, I had bought a Torpado, and had no grief at all...

harvey sachs
mcLean va