Re: [CR]On eBay now 1st Raleigh Professional Road Bike seen in 1969

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Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 05:23:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "John Barry" <usazorro@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]On eBay now 1st Raleigh Professional Road Bike seen in 1969
To: beandk@rcn.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <000701c6b62c$4810bab0$8f7ba8c0@dkbwin2k>


The handlebars, brake levers, wheels and freewheel (looks like a 34?) are not original. I've been diddling with a slightly-too-large Raleigh Professional of the same vintage for a bit over a year now (The paint is my big slow-down). This one has decent paint, is my size, and is within driving distance to boot. Too bad for me. Where were you 16 months ago friend? ;)

Regards,

John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA


----- Original Message ----
From: David Bean
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2006 8:07:52 AM
Subject: RE: [CR]On eBay now 1st Raleigh Professional Road Bike seen in 1969


(Read the text, stupid)

So the brake levers are from a Schwinn. GB stem probably not.

David Bean
Arlington, MA