For those looking for a Copper Intl like the one being auctioned here, Gilbert Anderson has one for sale in his shop, North Road Bicycles, in Raleigh, NC. If memory serves, it's a 58 cm, very clean, and currently very reasonably priced. It also has long reach Campy brakes. I've had my eye on it for some time but it's a little small and I already have three others, including a 1970 coffee one that says Raleigh but is identical to that Carlton International that was discussed in some postings last week. I had not seen that Carlton photo before, but was immediately struck by the nearly three inches of rake that appears near the bottom of the fork blades. My coffee frame has that same peculiar feature. That's very much different from the later Intls and convinces me that the early model was essentially a Carlton that was given an updated design by Raleigh in 1971.
Mike Dayton Raleigh, NC
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Lots of dirt on inner ring for a "never used" bike. Looks lightly used, and from the questionable photos looks amazingly fresh.
Over the years I've known of people who sent there used Internationals in for $500 or more of paintwork on a restoration. This bike at $1,200 would be a comparative bargin. Heck, if 1" larger I might have lobbed a bid (I should be purging though rather than buying). I'd also wager that a truely new one (fresh out of the box with soft tires) would fetch close to 2K to the right buyer - i.e. someone who collects bikes, likes Raleighs for some borderline perverse reason, and for whom a Copper International was their fist serious bike (I'm describing myself).
Mike "thank goodness its just a tad too small" Kone in Boulder CO