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Old 11-22-10, 10:52 AM
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nlerner
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Originally Posted by lanciat
I have a '75 or '76 Mark II, which I prefer to the later GS for its more relaxed geometry, (to me) more classic style, and Huret Jubilee components. I bought it as a close equivalent to a Raleigh Super Tourer (I think these two models shared the same frame, although the Super Tourer was equipped with Weinmann Symmetric brakes rather than center pulls), and have equipped it as a quasi-Super Tourer with Nitto Albatross bars, early Suntour Thumb shifters, and early Dia-Compe mountain brake levers.
That's interesting in that I'm thinking of converting my '74 Super Tourer into more of a Competition!

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