Re: [CR]Which to buy? Raleigh Comp or Austro-Daimler Ultima

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Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 08:31:04 -0500
From: Jerry Moos <moos@penn.com>
To: Doland.Cheung@sce.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Which to buy? Raleigh Comp or Austro-Daimler Ultima
References: <OF03DDE3F1.C02BBDE8-ON88256A09.007CB433@sce.com>


Ultima is a much nicer frame, just be sure you know the toptube length. Some smaller A-Ds had very long toptubes. My 53cm A-D Superleicht has a 57cm toptube, had to use a 60mm stem.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Doland.Cheung@sce.com wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> OK, I can get either frameset, but not both. Both in supposedly good
> condition, but the A-D has a ding in the top tube.
>
> Which one should I buy?
>
> I was orginally gonna buy the Raleigh, but then he mentioned the A-D which
> sparked my interest, except for the ding. Also,
> I don't know jack about A-Ds, so it doesn't really have that "mystic" to
> me. At least, not yet.
>
> Anybody have any thoughts?
>
> Doland