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Old 08-29-07 | 10:24 PM
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Bikes: 71 Chrome Paramount P13-9, 73 Opaque Blue Paramount P15, 74 Blue Mink Raleigh Pro, 91 Waterford Paramount, Holland Titanium x2

Originally Posted by John E
Hey Koala,

Nice find! Yours looks like a ca. 1973 model. The 1971s had lousy paint and lacked the chrome stays. I got 20 years and 40k mi / 65k km out of my American Eagle Semi-Pro (same bike, previous make and model names) before the seat tube lug broke away from the bottom bracket shell.

I don't blame you for regretting choosing the Kokusai/International over the Competition, but at least you finally got one.
Some mistakes take a long time to rectify!

My International was purchased in 1973, and was silver like this one.

Was there yet another model above this one? I recall one that had chrome lugs.
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1974 Raleigh Professional Blue Mink
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