Originally Posted by
nlerner
That's a great project, John, and a rare find. I had one of the early 70s Competitions in Gran Sport blue/white finish (which also isn't in the catalog), and that had Zeus dropouts (forged, not stamped) and kind of the usual kit for that era: Weinmann cp brakes and Weinmann levers, Simplex Prestige derailleurs, Stronglight 93 crankset, straight pin alloy post and Brooks saddle, GB bars and stem. What size seat post does your lilac Raleigh take?
That blue/white sounds like the other 1971 color scheme I recall hearing about for the Competitions. The seat post that came out of mine is a straight pin alloy 27.2.
Just went through my rims. I guess I'll be fitting this out with tubulars, and likely using some of my reconditioned Gyromaster hubs.
