was: [CR]Overprice Raleigh Record Ace on Ebay now:neophyte bidder

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:46:52 -0800 (PST)
From: "e a" <moschika2@yahoo.com>
Subject: was: [CR]Overprice Raleigh Record Ace on Ebay now:neophyte bidder
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Subject:Re: [CR]Overprice Raleigh Record Ace on Ebay

Don wrote:> One thing that killed Raleigh/USA was the tendency to rip off their> own brands. One year a "raleigh team" is a campy super record bike,> and two years later it's right at the bottom of the line. sheesh.> The Record Ace on Ebay is a 1979 model near to the bottom of the line.> Only three rampar models were lower (rampar R1T, R-2, R-1027). See> the 1979 record ace in my 1979 catalogue here:> > http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/Catalogue_79_Larger/79_03_recordAce_R1T.jpg> > Item # 3635879263 is a junker bicycle. I hope that whoever is bidding> $200 either really needs a fixed-gear, or they are trying to get back> that golden bicycle that they had in their youth ...Perhaps a close look at the bidding patterns and history of two neophyte bidders is more revealing.--Steven MaaslandMoorestown, NJ

as a 'neophyte' vintage bicycle admirer, i would not have known the Raleigh was a lower end model without this list. it 'looked' good to me.

and being a neophyte admirer, i've also been a neophyte bidder only to 'discover' my information lacking and was fortunately outbid by a more neophyte bidder then me.

other then this list and a few other sites, i don't think there is any other way of learning about these things. i didn't begin riding(seriously) until after the CR timeline ends.

anyway, the neophyte thing struck a cord with me.

Eric Acuna, Santa Rosa, CA

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