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Old 11-04-11 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
Just for the heck of it, here is the bike that started this thread, an 86 Raleigh Olympian. This is a pic I saved when it came around the first time in 2008.



And this is from the current CL ad.



I'm almost positive it's the same bike.
Yup, same bike. Look at the front QR; front wheel wasn't taken off the bike once during the intervening years.

They call it an "Olympian" because of the size? That's like a 66 cm frame or something?
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