Re: [CR] RRA Chainset and a related ebay outting

From: "Neil Foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
To: Rendezvous Classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:40:23 +0000
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Subject: Re: [CR] RRA Chainset and a related ebay outting

I've just bought a couple of interesting items on eBay.

The first is an original 1930's photo from "Cycling" showing an RRA-mounted rider at the start of a time trial.

The second is a 1933 Raleigh "LIST OF SPARE PARTS REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS", which details the Record model crankset (fluted) and the Raleigh Record Ace model crankset (unfluted).

To see scans of these items, go to:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v396/hadendowa/RRA/

I've had some off-list correspondence with Paul Rayley, which suggests that the fluted cranks were adopted by Raleigh for late 30s RRAs.

Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England

> From: neilfoddering@hotmail.com
> To: jguerry@aol.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:55:32 +0000
> Subject: Re: [CR] RRA Chainset and a related ebay outting
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> John,
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> The photo on Velospace shows the correct chainset for the post-war RRA.
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> The wingnuts aren't the RRA pattern, which were unusual, in that they had the "wings" on the bolts. They are of the correct period, however.
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> If you go to:
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> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v396/hadendowa/RRA/
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> you'll see what I mean. I'm not sure whether the wing bolt illustrated was from an RRA, since it's made of steel, and not aluminium alloy, which I've been told was used for the RRA wing bolts; however, it's of the correct pattern. Raleigh used chromed steel wing bolts of the same pattern as the RRA alloy ones on other sporting models.
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> Neil Foddering
> Weymouth, Dorset, England
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> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:32:44 -0500
> > From: jguerry@aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [CR] RRA Chainset and a related ebay outting
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> > I have a 1948 RRA frame I purchased on ebay.uk and the chainset I found and plan to use on has lovely slender crank arms, but they are not fluted. See pic http://velospace.org/node/25923 Now I have no idea what year this crank is from, and I think it will work ok on my well patinated bike. On the same velospace page I uploaded a pic of RRA specs from the '51 catalog which seems to show and state that the cranks are beveled rather than fluted which made me think the ones I bought were correct. It's kind of hard to tell from the catalog scans what the illustration shows, am I seeing wrong?
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> > Also, I recently purchased a set of correct wingnuts and square head mudguard bolts on ebay and the seller has another set listed in case any of you RRA owners are interested they are on ebay.co.uk item number 230422732731 http://tinyurl.com/ycuvteh
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> > John Guerry
> > Ballwin, MO, US
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