Re: [CR]Raleigh Pro Blue

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: "John Barry" <usazorro@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Pro Blue
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, Pete Geurds <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
In-Reply-To: <04dc01c8a543$e4f78e00$6401a8c0@peter5x12klm15>


Pete,

Clearly you're correct, but I haven't yet heard an explanation for the color name that makes sense.

Cheers,

John Barry Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
>
> >I think the term "blue mink" is a misnomer. I
> bought an NOS '79 Pro in '81
> >and along with it some touch up paint which was labeled
> "Pro Blue". The '79
> >and '80 catalogs list the color as steel blue. The
> earlier catalogs list
> >the brown bikes as "mink".
> >
> > Norm Lafleur
> > Ashfield, Ma.
> > USA
>
> I have to disagree here.
> see:
>
> http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Raleigh74/03Pro.jpg
>
> http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Raleigh75/05-Professional.jpg
> Clearly they refer to the blue as "Blue Mink"
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, Pa. USA
>
>
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