Marc,
I almost 100% positive that this Competition would have had the TA 3 arm cranks and cool Huret Jubilee gears. Check out the 1973 catalog on the retro Raleigh site. As far as I know 1973 was the only year for Capella lugs.
I also think that 1972 was unique in that in was the only year for fancy lugs on the Pro. I know and have seen some listmembers blue mink and silver versions of this bike. Has anyone ever seen a (brown) mink and silver version with the fancy lugs? These lugs are shown in the 1973 catalog chromed on the Pro Track - stunning! In view of this I think that the "1972" catalog on the Retro Raleigh site actually shows 1971 models (at least my 1971 Pro and Inter match the pictures and specs).
As a final bit of Raleigh catalog trivia (I promise) the 1971 catalog (1972 so-called) specifies a Brooks Team Pro for the Professional, and the picture seems to show large rivets, etc. This is what I have on my '71 Pro so if true, this makes for an earlier introduction for the Team Pro saddle than I have seen claimed on the list (1973 I think?). I am not 100% sure that the Team Pro on my Pro is original so this is another theory. Any thoughts?
Paul Raleigh Raley Leonardtown MD
marc garcia <marcgarcia80@ameritech.net> wrote:
>I picked up this 72 competition frame:
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>I thought the price for the frame was fair so i
>decided to pick it up despite the fact some one got
>the bright ideaa to paint the top, down, and part of
>the seat tubes red. It apears what is left of the
>original paint is in very good condition especially
>the gold pinstriping. I think I'm going to try to
>avoid doing a complete repaint and try to preserve the
>original paint that is left. I figure I have two
>possible options for this: 1. repaint the red tubes
>black. If I do this is there any way to avoid having
>the shiny repainted parts stick out like a sore thumb?
>If after I repaint the red tubes and gave the entire
>frame a clear coat would that help
>
>2. I've asked the seller if it looks like the red
>paint was put over the original black but he hasn't
>gotten back to me yet. If the red did go over the
>black are there any paint strippers out there that
>could be used to remove one paint layer at a time?
>
>
>I was also hoping that someone could tell me what
>parts this frame would have had originally. I'm
>assuming it would have had a zeus crankset to go with
>the zeus bb still on the frame. I'm also assuming
>weinmann CPs were original.
>
>I haven't decided yet if I'm going to build it up
>original. I'm tempted to build it up using some campy
>SR parts, would that be terribly offensive?
>
>I also picked up this 74 International that is so
>cherry I am going to bring it back to original shape:
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>I've got a pair of carlton hoods for it but they're a
>bit grimey, can I bleach these some how without
>damaging them?
>
>thanks for all your help,
>
>marc garcia
>chicago IL
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