Classic & Vintage - Raleigh Grand Prix

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torps
05-10-07, 09:25 PM
Vintage 1974 Raliegh Grand Prix Racer.
Very good condition for it's age. The large sproket derailer has been removed but could be restored so this is essentially a five speed for now. New tires installed but I still have the originals in decent shape. Not ridden much. 80bux.. good deal??
http://c.im.craigslist.org/pz/n7/kLKnli7lQKO05P3SGyYNiEFCk4GO.jpg

USAZorro
05-10-07, 09:36 PM
I don't think you'd have any trouble selling it for that on NYC Craigslist.
sykerocker
05-10-07, 10:12 PM
I'd happily pay that much assuming it's in as good a condition from six inches away as it appears in that picture. And Simplex Prestige front's are easy to get.

Poguemahone
05-11-07, 07:02 AM
If it has the Brampton Flip-Flop track hub, that's worth about 80$ all by it's lonesome. Take look at the rear hub-- if there are two sets of threads on the side opposite the freewheel, that's it. The Brampton hubs were stock on some Grand Prixs.
NoGaBiker
05-11-07, 09:08 PM
Ahhh, my first "lightweight" ten-speed, received for Christmas in 1974 when I was 12! Mine was blue. Man, I was big stuff, after suffering the slings and arrows of Raleigh 3-speed ownership for the previous couple of years.
mswantak
05-11-07, 09:17 PM
If it has the Brampton Flip-Flop track hub, that's worth about 80$ all by it's lonesome. Take look at the rear hub-- if there are two sets of threads on the side opposite the freewheel, that's it. The Brampton hubs were stock on some Grand Prixs.

I'm pretty sure '69 was the last year the GP came with Brampton hubs.
top506
05-11-07, 09:59 PM
The Gazelle-made Grand Prix sitting in my barn has a flip/flop hub, and I think it's '73-'74.
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mswantak
05-12-07, 01:24 AM
I stand corrected. I've had a '69, a couple '71s, a '74, and two '77s. The '69 was the only one with the Bramptons. Luck of the draw, I guess.
Poguemahone
05-12-07, 06:58 AM
I've had several, and they've all but one had the flip-flop (I must be getting mswantaks!). I believe most were Gazelle made. I am unsure when they were made, however, the frames are long gone.
top506
05-12-07, 08:05 AM
I've had several, and they've all but one had the flip-flop (I must be getting mswantaks!). I believe most were Gazelle made. I am unsure when they were made, however, the frames are long gone.

FWIW, I'd never even SEEN a flip/flop hub until this thing followed me home from the dump:D
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kafkaesque
05-14-07, 08:18 AM
If that were put on the Madison WI craigslist for $100 bucks it would be gone the next day.