Originally Posted by
Maxturbo
Any post starting out with...
That appears to be statement leading UP to a question which I think you answered yourself when you discovered that someone slapped a later dated decal on your bike. It could have been anyone, and probably not "Raleigh themselves".
Okay, I made an error but you have no back up for saying "not" Raleigh themselves".
The decal is more transparent but it is this same design and whatever they call the wreaths to indicate a champion, this on a red bike is for the World Championship,
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So just a coincidence, another Raleigh bike, early '80s, with the same design decal for the TI winning team, after all, there is no reason Raleigh bike company would proclaim they won the Tour De France.
http://s414.photobucket.com/user/sci...e2182.jpg.html
TI Raleigh,Legendary team, the last I knew that was still the only Tour de France, a Raleigh supplied cycling team has won.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-Raleigh
Suntour Mighty Shifters were also knew back then, among the first Index shifters:
http://www.mombat.org/Shifter_Museum.htm