Originally Posted by
Stacey
That's sad. It made me cry.
You seem to have a good sense of humour!
Originally Posted by
Stacey
... and the brake levers don't match
And pedantic at that? Oh no ...
This very special "oeuvre" is - inter alia - meant to serve as a demonstration piece, in this case it can show how "crazy" [now] vintage bike manufacturers could be, e.g. not loosing weight despite drilling holes into brake levers, as Campagnolo did for Super Record (follow the link in the OP and learn that this brake lever combination was chosen intentionally. I could have easily taken another pair of those NOS world logo hooded Record levers, but could that have unveiled this phenomenon?).
Originally Posted by
bbattle
I think it'd look prettier if it were assembled and ridden.
This one is NOT meant to be ridden, as it is NEW and will lose most of it's value if degraded by being ridden (yes, see it as kind of a collector's item - just try to find a NOS 1979 Team Professional!).
I myself have another one of those Raleighs to ride (alongside a fleet of other thoroughbreds, no need for still another one to be built).
As everyone can see this is NO bike, just don't look at it as one!
