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Retro Raleighs/The Gran Sport
Original article: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/gran-sport.html on sheldonbrown.com
- Reproduced with the permission of John Allen and Harriet Fell — all rights reserved. The version on sheldonbrown.com is authoritative.
- Mirrored: 2026-10-07 · Last update of the original: see original
Retro Raleighs: The Gran Sport
When I was in high school (class of '62, Marblehead High School) this is the bike I dreamed of, a notch above my Elswick Tour Anglais. It was the first bike I ever saw with Campagnolo derailers, also the first with presta valves and the state-of-the-art Dunlop Special Lightweight rims/HPRR tyres.
Even though it wasn't made of name brand tubing, it was a very fine machine in its day.
Here's how it appeared in the 1962 catalogue:
The model shown below was listed in the 1970 catalogue, but probably was never actually produced.
From the 1976 catalog:
