Interesting bike. I wonder (rhetorically) how it came to be repainted complete with 753 decal without any further identifying decals or badge?
How does the Super Record derailleur set work with a triple?
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 6/19/07, John Pergolizzi <jtperry1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Hello group,
>
> O.K., so here's my quandary: I'm in the process of
> liquidating "Aladdin's Cave" as some of youse well know. This is a
> group of bikes which I purchased in an estate sale type situation.
>
> One of the bikes has got me puzzled a bit. At first I thought that she
> was a Motobecane 753 Team Champion. But she has British/ISO cups in the
> bottom bracket ( confirmed this on Sheldon Brown's website
> (http://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-bottombrackets.html). So is she a
> Raleigh? Or another English builder perhaps? Who out there has a
> knowledgeable answer?
>
> All of the bikes in The Cave were English and from the same mid to late
> 1970's time period. Whatever she is, she is a very nice 753 bike which
> I am selling. Take a look at the photos I've posted on wooljersey:
>
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
>
> I'm looking for $995.00 plus actual shipping via UPS Ground; packing is
> included.
>
> Thanks youse one and all,
>
> John T.Pergolizzi
>
> La Jolla, Ca