At 9/9/2007 05:00 PM -0400, Pete Geurds wrote:
>Do you have pics of your Record Ace posted somewhere?
I'll be putting up a few before and after shots, but I'm not quite to "After" yet. Need another day or two till it's ridable.
At 9/9/2007 05:05 PM -0400, P.C. Kohler wrote:
>I suspect this was more a top end club bike by then. And, from
>all accounts, a miserable flop in sales since it was manufactured for
>only two years. It was suffered from being overpriced and underspec'd.
It was over 40 GBP (with the derailleur) when IIRC the next costliest
Raleigh was 22 and change.
>Having said that, I love mine. It's one of the nicest riding machines in
>my collection and has excellent handling. If anything, I think it rides
>better than my '48!
Glad to hear it rides well, AFAIK mine hasn't been ridden in at least
20 years.
>http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Peter-Kohler-Cycle-Collection/Raleigh+RRA+Moderne+1958+serial+no+3766AD
On a scale of 1 to 10, if yours is a 9, mine's about a 4. But it should be fine mechanically and ride the same.
At 9/9/2007 10:05 PM +0100, ray green wrote:
>Maybe the three speed, known as a cocoa tin, reached its zenith in
>1956 when Ray Booty (The Boot) riding a Raleigh RRA set the
>"straight out" 100 mile record at 3hrs 28 min 40 sec using a SA
>three speed fixed hub gear.
Some records were set in the '60s by SA equipped Moultons. IIRC John Woodburn's Cardiff-London record (162 miles in 6 hrs 43 min 29 sec) stood for decades. He was running an ultra close ratio AC with gears of 94", 101" and 107" thanks to an 11t cog and 68t chainwheel.
At 9/9/2007 04:58 PM -0400, Sheldon Brown wrote:
>Nope, seems to be a server configuration error. I've entered a
>support request with the hosting company, but it is unlikely that
>they will get to it on the weekend.
Don'cha hate it when that happens?
>Sheldon "Not My Fault, This Is The First I've Heard Of The Problem" Brown
It was down 5 or 6 days ago when I looked for it. If I see anything down in the future I'll let you know.
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