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Old 12-07-06 | 11:56 AM
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Bikes: '94 Claud Butler Vitara, '87 Raleigh road racer

Originally Posted by CV-6
You are in the right place....pictures?
Hi Lynn,
No pictures yet, but will see what I can cobble together with my cellhpone camera later... Here's a description though:

The frame is a 23.5" (b/b centre to top of seat tube) lugged steel racing frame, built from Reynolds 531c tubing. It has Campagnolo, chromed, horizontal dropouts, and is lugged with nice, pointed lugs with cut outs. The only braze-ons are downtube shifter mounts and various cable guides and stops, i.e. no eyelets at all. The fork is a reynolds 531-bladed number, with a 1" threaded steerer and chromed Campagnolo fork ends. The fork also has no eyelets. The frame still has what appears to be its original, Campagnolo headset fitted.
The frame and fork appear to be in their original paint, being a metallic silver colour, which fades into a delicate 'blush' colour at the tube joints. The frame bears the Raleigh logo on the down-, top- and seat-tubes, but no model identifier. The head tube carries a lacquered Raleigh badge. The seat tube has a 'Reynolds 531c' badge and a small oval sticker bearing the initials 'GO'DV' which I believe signifies Gerald O'Donovan was the designer.
On the underside of the bottom bracket shell is stamped the code 'WG7000478' which, from looking at Sheldon Brown's Vintage Raleigh page, I believe means:

W= Worksop factory
G= 7th fortnight
7= 1987 (or 1977?)
000478= sequential serial number

I thought it was strange that there was no model name on it anywhere, especially since the decals/transfers seem to be original. If anyone has any ideas at all, I'd be very interested to hear them!
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