Originally Posted by
cudak888
*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
So a few threads and a handful of failures was hardly an epidemic, I know there were plenty more. Not saying it didn't happen but for the 10's of 1000's of frames they cranked out and the fact that even the worst ones gave plenty of warning like the one's shown, their track record literally and figuratively was pretty good despite the shortcomings. Few manufactuers achieved the production Raleigh did, good bad or otherwise.
And as evidenced by your, mine and many others appreciation for them it really doesn't matter very much this far down the line.
