I have an old Raleigh too! Probably the same year; my Dad bought it for me. It was my first "big girl" bike; a Raleigh Sports (which was what he called a "touring" bike...sort of like a cross between a road bike and a cruiser).
It has three speeds & still shifts like a dream (the old Sturmey Archer gears that you coast between...so smooth). It's in storage now but I love that old girl.
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Date: 2009-04-29 05:16 pm (UTC)It has three speeds & still shifts like a dream (the old Sturmey Archer gears that you coast between...so smooth). It's in storage now but I love that old girl.
They just don't make bikes like that anymore.