Tru temper lugged frame. Shimano drive train, Dia Compe center pull brakes with dual action levers, stem shifters, Suzi high flange hubs with 27″ chrome rims.
$289
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
Aluminum frame, Shimano 105 group.
$595-SOLD
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
Columbus lugged frame with chrome fork. Suntour Pro drivetrain. Dia Compe Gran Compe side pull brakes. 700c Nisi Rims.
$600
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
4130 cromoly lugged steel frame. Suntour AR drive train. Dia Compe side pull brakes. 27″ Alloy rims.
$350
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
A UPS flight instructor comes into the shop with two very tired looking 1970s Raleigh Professional Mark II bikes and proceeds to share their history with us.
They had been purchased new by his grandparents and for many years the couple toured the country on them. The purchase price at that time would have been around $200, which would calculate to about $1,300 in 2019 money.
The bikes had several modifications over the years including Campy bar-end shifters replacing the down-tube shifters, along with new Brooks Swallow saddles.
The grandparents divorced and the grandson acquired both of the bikes that hadn’t been ridden in decades.
In August, 2019 Vic began restoring them to top mechanical condition while preserving the patined finish on the frame from the years of mileage the bikes had seen.
Raleigh Professional MKII serial numbers 146 and 370 will soon be proudly displayed in our client’s family room.
Raleigh Professional Mark II #370 before restoration.
One of the most iconic of racing bicycles during the 1970s bike boom in America, the Raleigh Professional also represented the heyday of their mark in the USA.
Raleigh’s trademark blue-mink and silver paint, gold lug linings, lashings of lustrous chrome, characteristic fastback rear stays and the much coveted Campagnolo componentry made it one of the most aesthetically pleasing and desired lightweights of the era and often a pipe-dream machine for a generation of young cyclists because of its high cost.
For those fortunate enough to own one, then or now, it remains one of the most distinctive and pleasing of racing machines in appearance and ride.
#146 after restoration.
48cm frame size specific design, 6061 aluminum compact sloping top tube design; Alex ID-19 double-wall alloy rims with Shimano Tiagra hubs and quick release hubs; stainless spokes; Shimano Claris RD-R2000 rear, and Shimano Claris FD-R2000 front derailleurs; Shimano Claris ST-R2000 Dual Control STI shifters, cassette is Shimano HG41 8-speed, 11-32T crankset is FSA Tempo, 50/34; Brakeset is Tektro R315 alloy dual pivot calipers with adjustable pads and Shimano Claris ST-R2000 STI levers; Jamis Ergo bars. Weight: 23 lbs.
$350 – SOLD
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
47cm Cro-Mo steel-lugged lugged women’s specific geometry frame with 24″ front wheel. Shimano Biopace crank with Shimano SIS 6-speed indexed shifting; Dia-Compe center-pull brakes. New riveted saddle.
$375 – SOLD
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
Centurion designed (the previous name of the company). 58cm Tange Cro-Mo steel-lugged frame; Shimano Exage300EX groupset with 2×7 indexed shifting; 700c Araya box-section rims, quick-release hubs, front and rear; Avenier saddle.
$395
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
58cm Tange #2 steel-lugged frame; Shimano BioPace crank with Shimano Light Action derallieurs and SL brakes; 2×6 indexed shifting; 700c Araya gold-anodized rims with quick-release hubs; Avocet leather saddle.
$425
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
Columbus Tenax steel lugged frame; Sake crankset; Suntour Cyclone derailleurs, Accushift indexed shifters; Dia-Compe center-pull brakes w/aero levers; Tange Levin headset; 700c Alesa alloy rims with Maillard quick release hubs.
Drive-train components were white-anodized to compete with Shimano’s Sante group. Learn more about SunTour from Sheldon Brown: www.sheldonbrown.com/suntour.html
$400
At Audubon Park | 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, Kentucky | phone/text: 502 552-5669
