Originally Posted by
nlerner
I'm the current owner of the 1984 Raleigh Gran Course that Charles Wahl purchased new as a frameset. It's a great rider, not unstable as those steep frame angles might indicate though I've run it with 28-32mm tires (the 32mm were a 650B conversion). The fade paint job is, indeed, very 1980s:
For sure, yours was one that ended up in the hands of one who appreciated it. Stellar build, yours is a one-of-a-kind.
What in Frankenstein's laboratory is going on with your particular Shimergo rendering? How many cogs on that cassette? Eight maybe? Maybe it's a freewheel?
Glad to know that such tire sizes will fit! Are those the narrowest 650b tires available by chance? I see it is pictured still with 700c.
BTW, I remember that SR used the Gran Course moniker around 1979, for a ~27-pound road bike pretty far down in their lineup.