The seatstay problem if I'm correct without seeing it is that the seatstay cap is sperating from the stay. This was a very common problem on Raleigh frames of the period - in fact Raleigh would replace them on warranty years ago - but I always wonderd why they would?
Unless I'm missing something, the cap is mostly their to keep your seatstay from becoming a giant vase. A huge percentage of Raleigh frames were ridden with this defect, and never ever did I hear of a problem beyond commetics. I suppose that it wouldn't be crazy to just make sure the cap is sealed to prevent rust, but a framebuilder is certainly not needed for this. There must be something at the hardware store in the goop isle that will do the trick.
Those old Raleigh Comp frames were kinda fun in their own weird way - I logged many miles on one in high school - and those chainstays were mightly long.
Mike Kone in Boulder CO
> Regarding the request to be removed from list by
\r?\n> Sergio, It's to bad he had a few bad transactions from
\r?\n> members. Ever since i have been on the list all i can
\r?\n> say this is the best group of people i have ever met!
\r?\n> I have even had people send stuff free of charge and i
\r?\n> have tried to reciprocate when i can, such as rt know.
\r?\n> I have a 1973 Raleigh comp. frameset 58cm c-c with a
\r?\n> 57cm toptube it has the cool capella lugs and is
\r?\n> black. The only problem i can see with the frame is
\r?\n> the left seatstay is spliting alittle near the top of
\r?\n> stay and i dont think it would cause any problem to
\r?\n> ride it like it is or just have a builder or somebody
\r?\n> fix it. I will send out frameset for cost of shipping
\r?\n> and all i ask for in return is bike related catalogs,
\r?\n> decals etc. if you have any if you dont thats ok to. I
\r?\n> can send pics of frame just let me know offlist.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jimmy Katynski
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