Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
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cehowardGS's "pink/green" one was similar to this model, and I think it was a 531 Competition?
The 1986 Competition traded in its chrome for dirty grey ("Pearl Gray"), but the white remained. Purple/black ("Iris and Boysenberry") was the color of the '86 Super Course, and the green/pink ("Seamist and Zephyr" Grand Prix - like mine above - rounds out the last year of the all-steel lugged Raleighs available in the USA.
TBH, I think the copywriters were working a bit TOO hard on color names and not enough on the colors. I did enjoy the Grand Prix just a bit more than I should have though; far more than the Competition or either of the Super Courses. I'm having slight seller's remorse after all these years now... ( @
QuickDraw, do you still have the '86 GP? )
