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Old 06-08-19, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BigChief
Looks to be in very good condition. Should be a sticker somewhere stating the country of manufacture. The only issue I see is that this is a short frame and it looks like a taller person was riding it and they raised the stem too high. I'm only familiar with the English Raleighs, but I'll bet this stem is higher than the safe limit. The shifter cable seems to have run out of slack with the stem adjustment. You want to make sure the stem expander is below the threaded section of the fork tube.
Thanks! I noticed the stem was quite high. The seller told me it's a men's size large. I pick it up tomorrow, so I'll find out then.
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