Thanks Neil and I am glad you have joined the list!
Paul Raley Leonardtown MD
"neil foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com> wrote:
>It looks like a 1930's RRA to me, too, and I agree that the chainset appears
>to be the one illustrated in the 1938 catalogue on the Silver Record and
>Golden Arrow models. It's certainly different from the one on my 1930's
>RRA, which is the same pattern as the one illustrated on the RRA in the
>catalogue.
>
>The tubing might give a clue. For the RRA, the catalogue lists Reynolds
>High Manganese chain stays, seat stays and fork blades, with 22g Molybdenum
>(I would guess plain gauge 531(?) - it doesn't actually use this
>designation) tubing in the frame diamond. For the Silver Record, Chrome
>Molybdenum and high carbon tubing is specified, whilst for the lower
>specification Golden Arrow, the type of tubing is not specified. If this
>machine is indeed 531, as the vendor states, then I reckon it's most likely
>an RRA, despite the chainset. Unfortunately, the eBay page doesn't have a
>photo of a 531 decal on the frame, so we can't say whether it's marked as
>such, or whether it's conjecture on the vendor's part.
>
>A couple more points:
>
>first, it isn't a track model. I assume that the vendor believes this
>because it has fixed gears, but this was quite normal at that time for a
>clubman's or racing model. The bars are Lauterwasser touring pattern (as
>specified for the Golden Arrow), there are mudguard eyes, pump pegs and
>brake drillings, and forward facing dropouts;
>
>second, there appears to be a decal (8th photo from the top) on which the
>second word appears to be "MODEL" so an email to the vendor might solve the
>riddle!
>
>
>Neil Foddering
>
>
>>From: raleypc@netscape.net
>>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Subject: [CR]1947 Raleigh Track Bike(?) on Ebay
>>Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:47:54 -0400
>>
>>Any ideas on this one? I have doubts about the lister's description of the
>>bikes pedagree....
>>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>>Sort of looks like a prewar RRA with the chrome fork and radial spoked
>>front wheel. But, the chainset would not be correct for an RRA, either pre
>>or postwar. A Raleigh Golden Arrow model perhaps?
>>
>>Paul Raley
>>Leonardtown MD
>>
>>
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