In reference to another thread, but a nice place to put it. This bike needs a good cleaning, I realized after taking pictures. It is a 1984 Raleigh Team, obviously unrestored, and was used by a member of the British National Team in LA (a track guy, so it didn't go to the line). The group is full super record with the titanium widgies. The point of posting this is to point out the Made in England for Raleigh of America sticker - the top end bikes continued to be made in England for at least 1984.

The original text from the seller is attached.

It was built for Noel Lilley, though I can't tell you if it ended up being custom or not (I forget what the top tube is, if it's at all atypical of a 56), but Noel was probably fairly close to average I'd guess.Noel was a member of the '84 English Olympic Team, on the team pursuit, but of course got a road bike along with his track bikes. He came to LA, but unfortunately got appendicitis and didn't compete. I think they spent a fair amount of time in the LA area, and he ended up meeting an American girl and marrying her and became naturilized. They lived in Redlands, and in the years after LA he raced Cat I for a couple of local teams around there, though my details are sort of sketchy.
I met him in '86 or '87 when he and his wife moved to Conifer CO, which is one town away from Evergreen, which are both basically suburban mtn towns 20-30 miles w of Denver, in the foothills. I ran a bike shop in Evergreen, and he worked with us for a couple of years until the fall of '91, when he was quite
tragically killed riding home one gorgeous November afternoon (hit by a car) by an older woman who had
been medicated at her doc's office. He did the kind of commmute that very few could do, and unfortunately it involved a mile or two on US 285, and it got him. In another tragic tweek, his wife was an er nurse, and met the helicopter that flew him in, not knowing who it was. Not the happiest of stories I'm afraid; he was understandably proud of his accomplishements, and being a British National Team member and having the English flagship bike, I doubt he ever would have parted with it. (This was not the bike he was riding; he had a few miles of dirt road, and had one of those old Specialized Cross Roads). My cousin's husband bought it from the widow, and has ridden it sporadically over the years, and asked me to sell it because it really didn't fit him.It is a unique bike I think,with some pedigree I think. Enjoy the hell out of it please. Regards, Phil Downing (velophred)