Originally Posted by
tkamd73
Really, you got nothing better to do?
Tim
1976 is the youngest Raleigh I have ever refurbished by about some 20 years. I've done other British bikes from the 70s and 80s but not Raleighs. I was shocked how poorly it had lasted compared to the 1940s and 50s Raleighs.
Nearly every aspect of the bike was driven by lowering cost. Even lack of miles on the clock could not hide the bone-headedness of going cheap and nasty in order to compete with the price of foreign imports.