Originally Posted by
Maohaus
This is not likely a bike I would be interested in. But I do try to know as much as possible as I peruse the listings. I did learn that the guy listing the bike is doing this for an estate and feels compelled to represent the family to the best of his ability. I do own a Competition GS from the 70's and the lugs are completely different than this one.
The GS is definitely it's own thing. The early Competition was very much a sports tourer; the G.S.'s revised geometry oriented it a lot more towards criteriums. Same along most of the Raleigh range; the Mk.V Professionals are similarly a lot tighter than the IV's that preceded them.
Come to think of it, I wonder if the deletion of the International from the '77 catalog was also part of this shift from touring to racing.
-Kurt