Re: [CR]Raleigh Team or Raleigh Team Pro?

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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:23:02 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "George Allen" <jgallen@lexairinc.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Team or Raleigh Team Pro?
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I believe the 1974 and early 1975 models had "Team Raleigh" on the top tube. The later models had just "Team". My 1975, S/N SB264 has "Team Raleigh". BTW I have an early 753 Team that's probably late 1977/early 1978. I can't remember the serial number but it's the low 3000's.

George Allen Lexington, Ky

02:33 PM 7/19/2006, Hughethornton@aol.com wrote:
>
>Raleigh Team Professional framesets did not actually carry the name
>Professional or Pro anywhere, but their publicity literature, some
>of which I have in
>front of me so I guarantee its accuracy, referred to them as Raleigh Team
>Professional - both with respect to bikes out of Worksop and frames out of
>Ilkeston.
>
>I believe, on the basis of all the photos I have seen, that bikes out of
>Worksop had "Team Raleigh" on the top tube and frames out of
>Ilkeston just had
>"Team" on the top tube. I cannot say for sure whether this is
>consistently so,
>just that it is my observation from all that I have seen. I have seen
>refinished frames that do not follow this rule.
>
>Hugh Thornton
>Cheshire, England
>
>In a message dated 19/07/2006 19:13:24 GMT Standard Time, loudeeter@aol.com
>writes:
>
>http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/Raleigh/Raleigh_home.htm
>
>At the Classic Rendezvous website, in the British Isles, Raleigh listing,
>there is a Reynolds 753 model that is titled Team Pro. Looking at
>it, I see
>TEAM prominently decaled. But, I don't see the word Pro or Professional on
>it. Is the work "Pro" assumed because it is a TEAM model? I'm
>a bit confused.
> I know in other makes, such as Miyata, they had a Miyata Team and a Miyata
>Pro. Some of the Italian models had Professional on models available to
>anyone, but I've heard others refer to the name "TEAM" only to
>denote those that
>were actually issued to riders that they sponsored, not the general public.
>Regarding Raleigh, what is the correct usage of the two terms? Lou Deeter,
>Orlando FL