Originally Posted by
Tilton
... Jeff I like yours, what's it like to ride? ...
Don't confuse the Rapide with yours.
The Team Rapide is what Cudak calls the 'oddball "halfway" Team replica', R531 main frame with forged dropouts and reasonable parts (tradtimbo's Team Record is more "up there", just not R753). [Jeff's is heavily upgraded partswise, BTW.]
Yours is lower on the food chain.
Originally Posted by
Tilton
... I had a trawl on the net last night looking at Raleigh catalogues, but couldn't work out what it was. ...
As you can read on the TT it's a "Joop Zoetemelk" model, about the same lavel as a "Europa" or a "Flyer".
Gas pipe, cheap wheels. Mostly very simple parts.
Originally Posted by
Tilton
... I could get this for 120 dollars. Is it worth it?
No.
I'd say 50 would definitely be too much, maybe it's worth 20. I wouldn't touch it at all (but that's just me).