Originally Posted by
VintageR
Don't confuse the Rapide with yours.
The Team Rapide is what Cudak calls the 'oddball "halfway" Team replica', R531 main frame with reasonable parts
In which market, what year? Here in the U.S., the non-team Rapide model was the lowest-end roadbike in Raleigh's lineup back in '80, made in Japan for Raleigh, no less. Wouldn't make any sense to market a 531 machine in the U.S. under any name associated with the Rapide.
-Kurt