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If it turned up as gift from the missus, I'd be very polite, build it up, use on the brightest of sunniest summer days for about 20 minutes then hang it back up out of the way.
Woz":vyp5nmmd said:Like a moth drawn to a light bulb.....I can't resist this thread simply because.
So, it's Xmas, and the subject here is the "NEW TI RALEIGH 753 40TH TDF ANNIVERSARY MODEL" according to the OP,
who incidentally has been rather silent of late, assumingly adopting is own thread coping strategies behind the scenes
I put it to you, if money is no object would you offer the "NEW TI RALEIGH 753 40TH TDF ANNIVERSARY MODEL" as
a gift to your best friend?
If so, why, if not, why not? Perhaps then we could get to the crux of this bike frame.
Rapparee87":vyp5nmmd said:Here's the deal. I don't own a lightweight Raleigh, or have ever done, except for my first bikes as a child etc, though I admired the original as 1980 was my first Tour and the team were the top team of the day arguably. So I have no interest save a casual one.
But if I bought one of the frames and cast my eyes on the horror that is the rear dropouts in particular I would be horrified. If I bought it on ebay I would suspect that I had been conned and a cheap frame had been dressed up.
It's a project dreamed up by someone with a marketing degree whose interest in bicycles, if any, ended when they learned how to drive.
He's enjoying his holiday, probably on the other side of the world. Paid for by his smiling pics on the R 40th A photoshootWoz":1pjujwvh said:secretly I've been hoping Zoop would wade in on the thread too.
Woz":3lll4g1b said:Money no object, for a gift, I would buy this frame, but would not go to the lengths like JSH - a modernish 105 gruppo would be slapped on it with the idea just to make it a fairly decent rider for a part-time enthusiast / enjoyable summer commuter. Just leave out any other gimmickry (like must have silver components) or pretense about period correctness, greatness and what not. As it stands, this is the best frame set offered by Raleigh UK today and I think that alone would be enough to please a casual cyclist friend.
Otherwise, I think this thread is still missing a ride report; secretly I've been hoping Zoop would wade in on the thread too.
vcballbat":3lwralfe said:Woz":3lwralfe said:Money no object, for a gift, I would buy this frame, but would not go to the lengths like JSH - a modernish 105 gruppo would be slapped on it with the idea just to make it a fairly decent rider for a part-time enthusiast / enjoyable summer commuter. Just leave out any other gimmickry (like must have silver components) or pretense about period correctness, greatness and what not. As it stands, this is the best frame set offered by Raleigh UK today and I think that alone would be enough to please a casual cyclist friend.
Otherwise, I think this thread is still missing a ride report; secretly I've been hoping Zoop would wade in on the thread too.
Looks like he is using Simplex SLJ, which means that the photo must be 1972 or later. My go-to archive site lists Evian-Simplex teams only for 1975, '76, and '77. Judging from the rest of his equipment, I'd say 1975.Found an old pic of Mick Brown, a local pro from the 60s, showing how it was done then.
I don't find myself overly upset by the decals. I agree that they are shoddy, but to me it's a bit like complaining about the Ferrari badge being squint on the Lada Riva that someone is trying to sell you for Ferrari money while claiming it is a Ferrari!
torqueless":3cmbkxrt said:even if the size of the decals and their placement on the frame itself could have been done with more sensitivity, or accommodation of sensitivities.