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Old 07-01-06, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by roughrider504
That bike looks great! Lockable fork? My headbadge was missing off of mine also, but I fount a Lincoln emblem, and its my new headbadge. Looks fine!
No lockable fork on this model as that's more of a Superbe feature. Here's a link to the 1951 catalogue page describing the RRA: http://tinyurl.com/mogxb

On the headbadge, one of the oddities of this frame is that the headtube doesn't have the characteristic three rivet holes for a Raleigh heron headbadge. No holes at all, in fact.

And, yes, those bars are modern 3ttt variants that Kurt tracked down in his LBS. They are nearly flat, just a couple of degrees of rise or drop, and with my creaky neck, I'm trying them on the rise. I did go with a period brass-fronted trigger, however!

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