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    TI-Raleigh 40th Anniversary £2,500 | 9.8kg

    May 13, 2021 5 minutes

    Yes, I know, we’re a year late with this and now it’s 41 years since Joop Zoetemelk won the Tour de France on the iconic TI-Raleigh.

    This bike only came to us in December when the lanes were still rivers of mud and although it’s only a replica of Zoetemelk’s famous machine, I’ve no doubt if it could talk it would say what all ex-pros say: “I’ve done my time riding in foul weather and now that I don’t have to any more, I won’t.”

    So, out on dry roads on the first properly warm weekend in March, the iconic red, yellow and black paint looked absolutely pristine and the spokes sparkled in the sunlight just as they used to in the races and club runs of yesteryear. I was half expecting a gang of cheeky kids with long hair, flares and Starsky & Hutch T-shirts to surround me on their

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