NEW TI RALEIGH 753 40TH TDF ANNIVERSARY MODEL v.2

[dorset boy]

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The bikes still look the same to me,Joop 1980.

 

[Rapparee87]

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The bikes still look the same to me,Joop 1980.

Look better than today's sloping top tube horrors anyway. Beautiful pic, haven't seen it before. First one I've seen that Joop isn't wheelsucking!

 

[pigman]

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I know we've moved on in safety terms and I'm not intending this to be a cycling PPE debate, but from a pure photo perspective, it's refreshing to see faces and expressions rather than glasses and helmets

 

[legrandefromage]

Allegedly theres been more serious accidents since helmets were compulsory *allegedly*!

 

[Rapparee87]

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I know we've moved on in safety terms and I'm not intending this to be a cycling PPE debate, but from a pure photo perspective, it's refreshing to see faces and expressions rather than glasses and helmets

You're not wrong there.

 

[dorset boy]

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The bikes still look the same to me,Joop 1980.

Look better than today's sloping top tube horrors anyway. Beautiful pic, haven't seen it before. First one I've seen that Joop isn't wheelsucking!

He's sucking the wheel of the camera motorbike

 

[doctor-bond]

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Ahhh... all this reminiscing is making me wish I could buy a new bike just like those proper ones the pros used to rock.

 

[bagpuss]

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As this is a Raleigh thread
Amongst my ephemera I have this, from an old 5 star dealership.

Raleigh shop display sign. by rebalrid, on Flickr

 

[steampowered]

Returning to the Raleigh love-in after going for an eye test.

"wish I could buy a new bike just like those proper ones"

Try ringing them them up or even sending them a telex, I'm sure they could sort you out.

I popped into main reception on Triumph Road to get this.

Admittedly it was some time ago.

Nice sign BTW

 

[steampowered]

Getting back to the subject in hand, producing a replica is inextricably linked to the history and shared memory of the brand.

Doing what Accell has done it's going to be very hard to please people like us.