[CR]FS: Raysport 56cm

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:15:21 -0600
From: "L Travers" <lat7575@swbell.net>
Organization: CV-6 Enterprises
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]FS: Raysport 56cm

Well I walked into A-1 here in St Louis today and walked out with another Raysport frame. This one is more my size as the one I had bought was 58cm c-to-top. So that one is now for sale. You can view pics of the built up bike at the following url in the Raysport folder.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lat7575@swbell.net/my_photos

This is not one of Greg's Raysports, I bought if from Velostuf not long before Greg bought most of the stock from A-1. It has its faults. You will note that the 1010 dropouts are painted. I was told the frame originally had an unusual drive side dropout and it was sent to Chris Kvale to have the dropout removed and replaced. At that time, Chris painted both dropouts. When the dropout was replaced, the threads for the adjusting screws were not tapped out. The result being that when I installed a screw, it broke off inside. On another note, an observant lister pointed out that in the pic of the BB area from the left side, it appears that there may be an area where the brazing may not have taken. I have looked closely at it and do not see that to be the case. I would think that while Chris Kvale had the frame, he would have noticed it himself and if it were a problem, brought it to the attention of the people at Velostuf. I do not know that he did examine the bike, but knowing the quality of his work, I find it hard to believe he would not have done so. I have tried to show all the warts on the frame with the pics so there will be no surprises or disappointments. Note that the pics are downloadable for closer examination. I would think the chome on the lugs would polish out. The bike was ridden about 200 miles by me. Fun ride, just a tad big for me.

Frame and fork only. No BB or headset. $150 shipped OBO. I am always interested in trades.

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Lynn Travers
Hazelwood, MO