Re: [CR] Raleigh Record Ace on eBay

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From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20031110191305.73302.qmail@web21302.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Raleigh Record Ace on eBay
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:18:09 -0600


Hi Tom ,

We can not possibly be writing about the same bicycle .

http://ebay.com/<blah>

There are no Reynolds decals at all .

The only tubing decal is "Raleigh 20-30 High Carbon" .

The "Brooks" "saddle" is one of those really cheap plastic ones , with really soft cheap foam padding . There is definitely not a Brooks Professional Saddle on this bicycle .

As for the rest of the component parts , I know we can't be writing about the same bicycle .

Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Forhan
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: [CR] Raleigh Record Ace on eBay



> I'm not as skeptical.
>
> There are a couple of identical bikes on the Record
> Ace page of the RetroRaleighs site:
> http://retroraleighs.com/rra.html .
>
> I also had the pleasure of seeing one just like it
> when while wasting time at College Park Bicycles and
> someone wheeled one in, looking to trade her departed
> father's old bike for a mountain bike. I trust she got
> a nice one.
>
> In this specific offering, I know that you can put
> decals onto anything, but the frame and forks do have
> period correct 531 decals, and the crankset looks like
> a Stronglight 93, a very nice French crankset of its
> day. The Brooks Pro looks correct, and lots of other
> nice details.
>
> Oh well, right now its not at its reserve, so it may
> not go to anyone, at least on this go around.
>
> Tom Forhan
> Takoma Park MD
> 1970 Raleigh Super Course
> 1974 Raleigh Super Course Mark II
> 2003 Atlantis