A number of guys I knew started out with a Raleigh Professional. By the time they got out of Cat. 4 (no cat 5 back then, and before that 4's were cat. D) they had moved on to a different frame. So, to do so they had to win or place a few times. All were happy to move on, but looked at the bike fondly as the bike they started to race on.

Two of the three got Harry Quinn frames, then moved on again to Masi.