Re: [CR]1972 Raleigh International: What was stock head set?

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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:01:48 -0500
To: Wesley Gadd <wesleygadd@sbcglobal.net>, Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]1972 Raleigh International: What was stock head set?
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Don Wilson asked:
> What was the stock headset in a 1972 Raleigh
>International?

Wesley Gadd top posted:
> I'm about 99 % sure It would be a Campagnolo Record. These had a
>full N.R. kit, except for Weinmann brakes. At about $295 in the
>early/mid 70's, quite a few people bought them as "gruppo kits" for
>their English or American custom frames. That's how I got my Inter
>frame as a kid- an inexpensive leftover.

I make that 100%. That's what my International has, I think the headset may be the only original part left. Wesley's right all around.

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