I only rode the Sport enough to confirm that everything works, but I’ve ridden my Raleigh Prestige enough to know that (for me) it has a very nice ride. And, as Shawn notes, it’s a Raleigh, make in Nottingham by real English workers.
http://film.britishcouncil.org/how-a-bicycle-is-made <http://film.britishcouncil.org/how-a-bicycle-is-made> --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > On Aug 9, 2015, at 8:51 AM, Shawn Granton <urbanadventurelea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 5:00:26 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > Having owned 3 or 4 of these, I have to say that, for me, the Schwinn > Collegiate with 1X5 stem-shifted-Alvit transmission was far nicer to ride; so > was the tourist-bar'd 5 speed Sprite, (not to mention the higher-zoot, > "racing" model half-stepped 10 speed Sprite); and I daresay there are many > hub geared and derailleur geared city bikes at sub $500 prices today that, > with aluminum frames and rims and parts will leave the Sports in the dust. > > > But none of them will have the character or soul or the long storied cultural > history of a Raleigh Sports. > > Your favorite Raleigh Sports partisan, > Shawn > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
