Re: [CR]Raleigh Record Ace On eBay

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:24:02 +0100
From: "Renaissance-Cycles" <info@renaissance-cycles.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Record Ace On eBay
To: Bill Karow <billkarow@msn.com>, "C.R. List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <NDBBKLPBALIAJDCFMINNGECIFFAA.billkarow@msn.com>


Odd don't you think, bikemike32 wanted it something real bad! Drove the price up!....................And gave up!.....Until, oh say $ 203.-. Only been a member since 11/7/03!?!?!

Looks something like really fishy to me....The ''MACREL!'' went wild for awhile and gave up!...Putt!..Putt!...Putt!..putt!..putt!..............Bang!

BC Baron C.....................And the gang!! Renaissance cycles Eindhoven Holland......Where we like fish, but not this kind of fish....It be smelly! Just my old nickles worth!..........Later.


----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Karow
To: "C.R. List"
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:00 PM
Subject: RE: [CR]Raleigh Record Ace On eBay



> Raoul Delmare writes:
>
> >>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> This auction will be over in just a few minutes . And the description is
> just not right .
>
> The name , Raleigh Record Ace , is clearly painted on it . But still ,
> by that year there was no special meaning to the name , "Record Ace" .
> That frame is just a plain old bottom of the line Record . <<
>
> The Record Ace sold by Blackhawkac is very similar to one I bought as a
> college freshman in the fall of 1978 (the only frame differences being mine
> was 25.5" and the paint scheme revolved around red instead of blue, but
> identical graphics overall). It was indeed gaspipe, and notched in the
> product line between the low-end Record and the slightly more upscale Grand
> Prix.
>
> Now if only I'd bought that Raleigh Pro instead...
>
> Bill Karow
> frigid Windham, ME