Jim Barnard
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Bought this reverse color scheme 66 Rodeo pair from the family of the brothers who owned them from new. I assumed that the large goofy stick shifters that have been on every Rodeo I have owned were AWOL and replaced by triggers at some time in the past. BUT, I can find no tell tale marks on the twin top tubes where the shifters would have been.
The triggers on the bars are 60's vintage and weathered in line with the other parts and cables (at least on the chrome one). Even the galvanized cable clips look like Raleigh clips. Is it possible the early Rodeo bikes had trigger shifters on the 3 speeds?
I do not want to put stick shifters on these if they did not have them from the factory. (Even though I have one of the shifters and prefer the look.) These are honest originals with a cool history and I want to keep them that way. I even had to promise not to separate them when I bought the pair.
Let's hear from my Rodeo experts.
The triggers on the bars are 60's vintage and weathered in line with the other parts and cables (at least on the chrome one). Even the galvanized cable clips look like Raleigh clips. Is it possible the early Rodeo bikes had trigger shifters on the 3 speeds?
I do not want to put stick shifters on these if they did not have them from the factory. (Even though I have one of the shifters and prefer the look.) These are honest originals with a cool history and I want to keep them that way. I even had to promise not to separate them when I bought the pair.
Let's hear from my Rodeo experts.