RALEIGH PROFESSIONAL 25" 10 SPEED BICYCLE, ca 1970, Reynolds 531 tubing throughout, Zeus forkends, Campanolo bottom bracket, crank, pedals, derailer, hubs, seat post, quick release rods, Brooks Professional leather saddle, personally cared for with Neats Foot oil and Brooks Proofhide and broken in over the last 30 years (it's only been comfortable for the last 10), original stem and handlebars, original Weinmann centerpull brakes, one piece leather hadlebar wrap--stiched up underneath, Christophe special largest toe clips with Lapize straps and with new Zefal strapless toeclips, Myrracle rear view mirror with extra long arm, Rigida wheels, clinchers, original white frame with red, black and yellow banding. This has been my personal bicycle since 1970. I have maintained it as if my life depended upon it--which is does. Whenever I take it into a bicycle shop staffed with oldtimers, they call out their co-workers to come and take a look at it. It is a true classic. When I bought it I was making a lifetime investment; I desire nothing more in a bicycle. I offer it for sale only because the below listed bicycles are acceptable to me. Excellent cosmetically, perfect functionally, $1200.
RALEIGH COMPETITION 10 SPEED BICYCLE, ca 1976, Reynolds 531 double butted tubing throughout, Campanolo crankset and derailleur, Weinmann brakes, Wright narrow leather seat, 24.5" frame, silver color, not-in-box, but off of showroom floor. The bicycle I am keeping is a Raleigh Professional only because the frame size is better for me. The Competition frame is equal to the Professional frame. The Professional is Raleigh's highest quality bicycle. But today's Raleighs cannot be compared to the Raleighs of yesteryear. These vintage Raleigh bicycles are better made than today's Raleigh bicycles. The Competition and the Professional were as well made as any bicycles in the early 1970's. NEW, $1000
RALEIGH COMPETITION 10 SPEED BICYCLE, ca 1976, components similar to the above, 25" frame, black color, not-in-box, but off of showroom floor, NEW, $1000
"Sports," by Neil Leifer, hardcover, dust jacket, 11X14", color photos, 186 pages, 1992, Mint, $35
"Olympia," by Leni Riefenstahl, documentation for the "Olympia" film with numerous photographs of the olympic games 1936, picture sequence (except pages 11 and 12 of the original edition, omitted for reasons of space) and captions as in the original edition of 1937, hardcover, dust jacket, 286 pages, 1988, B&W photos, 10X12.5", Mint, $50