Originally Posted by
merziac
Plenty of Raleigh's were accused of being held together with paint. I've seen quite a few of them including a couple that really looked like they were coming apart, never even began to worry. They were cranking out 1000's of frames and had very few failures.
*Ahem*
1970s Raleigh brazing
Cracks in Raleigh Frame <- Post
#12
There's another thread that I'm having a hell of a time trying to bring up - it was of a Raleigh Sports or Sprite where the downtube pulled out of the lower head lug due to minimal penetration.
-Kurt