[CR]1973 Raleigh RRA on eBay

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]1973 Raleigh RRA on eBay
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:55:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
cc: AT <sbcglobal.net@ece.ubc.ca>
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The presence of a 'CC' on the BB shell indicates it was made by carlton, i.e. in Worksop, england. The 'CC' is normally made by a punch that would only be present at the Carlton shop.

I captured the last 2 RRA full-bike auctions from ebay. The 1st was a garage queen owned by the wife of a west coast bike distributor, a friend of someone here in san diego that I know. This guy I know also has an RRA, with slight top-tube damage. Anyway, the wife-bike sold for about $1100, and was in mint condition (no decal damage). I can provide pix if you are interested, they're in my screensaver.

The other RRA auction was about 1-3 months ago, I remember the price ended up at $1050-$1150 somewhere, and IT DID NOT MEET RESERVE. That one too was in mint condition. Both were 22.5" bikes.

This one is imho a bargain, there is some wear on it, but the rarity (200 made) and story (from my ride-mate 3 weeks ago : (a) Raleigh used this model to threaten campagnolo which was becoming squirrelly about parts supply, and (b) This bike was also given to a team that was supposed to ride 'stock' manufacturer bikes, so Raleigh was forced to make and distribute a certain number (200) so the team could qualify for its race(s).)

My friend says his RRA is an awesome ride and to get it, you'll have to pry it from his cold dead fingers ... :-) :-)

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA