Originally Posted by
jnbrown
My very first road bike was a Raleigh Record. It was red and black.
That would have been about 1975 and it was all my parents could afford, I think it was $75 brand new.
Must have weighed at least 25 lbs.
It started my road bike journey and I had some great times on that bike.
It was eventually replaced with PX-10E
I paid $10 CDN for my red and black Record (also likely 1975 vintage) in ~2009 or so. I would say easily closer to 30lbs or more. Not a light bike, but a great rider.
Mine met its end one evening when I was riding through a field with my dog. She lurched forward just as I was trying to maneuver around a fallen tree, and she pulled me and the bike into the tree hard enough that the frame bent so far that the front wheel was overlapping the down tube.
Both the dog and I were unhurt; Thanks for asking.