Originally Posted by TheOtherGuy
Bare frameset, but exactly my size, and in my favorite lug pattern... I wouldn't have minded a curley, though it does have pencil stays.
This one came out cheaper with the fresh paint job, than a new Hetchins would be, is arguably better built, and I much prefer the NLA Experto lugs.
This thread is useless without pics!
Regarding the Raleigh, well, ultimately, it's just a Raleigh. From a UK perspective, I'll never be able to see Raleighs as more than carthorses next to the thoroughbreds from the small shops. Dawes, Raleigh, Coventry Eagle, to me, are just mass market factory bikes. Some of them are pretty good, some of them are in fact VERY good, but they'll never give me "the feelings". It's like comparing a really fast VW to a Maserati.