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Old 07-23-10 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by RaleighSP
Thanks for the replies. Here's the problem. The gentleman that sold me the bike told me that he had taken the components off of his old bike and put them on this bike. Therefore, as the components are not original, I was hoping someone with a knowledge of Raleigh serial numbers would be able to narrow down the frame's production date.
Almost everything will have date codes: seat post, stem, sometimes handlebars, brake levers and calipers, etc. Often when people upgrade components, they leave some stuff alone.
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