Re: [CR]Help confirming a possible Raleigh Team Pro

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From: "Eric Elman" <tr4play@cox.net>
To: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20061013235217.21611.qmail@web82208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Help confirming a possible Raleigh Team Pro
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:31:44 -0400
reply-type=original

Jerry,

Definitely a Raleigh Team Pro from the specialty workshop at Ilkeston - the SB serial number prefix is what confirms that. Very desirable. I'm unaware of anyway to tell if 753 or 531 without the decal but they were definitely making 753 Team Pro framesets so it is not out of the question. Curious to know if the kickstand mounting did any damage to the stays? Re. the year, my guess is early '80's based on serial number, dropouts and under BB cable routing.

Eric Elman
Somers, CT USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: [CR]Help confirming a possible Raleigh Team Pro



>I recently purchased this bike on eBay.
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> http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> Although it looked a lot like a Raleigh Team Pro, the poor pictures and
> description limited the bidding. I think only I and one other CR member
> among the bidders guessed this might be a Team Pro.
>
> Received it today, am trying to positivelly identify it. It is the Team
> Pro color scheme as can be seen even in the poor pictures. The DO's are
> short Campy factory drilled front and rear. The the BB is REG, and rather
> oddly, the underside of the BB actually has groves cut into the shell for
> derailleur cable guides. Never seen this before, but looks too straight
> to be a homebrew modification. The chainstays carry decals saying
> "Raleigh Ilkston, Specialist Bicycle Developments". Near the top of the
> seattube is the outline of a tubing decal the right size and shape for a
> Reynolds decal, but the decal is otherwise completely gone, so it is
> impossible to tell if it was 531 or 753 or neither.
>
> The underside of the BB is engraved "54" on one side and "SB 4068" on the
> other. I suspect "54" is the frame size.
>
> So then, Raleigh gurus, is this in fact an Ilkston-built Team Pro as I
> now suspect? If so, is it likely 531 or 753? Does the serial number give
> any clue as to year of manufacture?
>
> The frame seems structurally good, but may need to be repainted. Is
> there a list-connected painter who can supply the decals?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Big Spring, Republic of Texas