Re: [CR]New Market Low? Raleigh RRA 22.5" sell for $256

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From: "Mike Self" <self@fuse.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <200606182300.QAA18101@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]New Market Low? Raleigh RRA 22.5" sell for $256
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:27:08 -0400


I bought the RRA. The owner says it's 53cm - too small for me too ride, but a nice kit for my own RRA which has half its original, very used (can you say "sagging GB bars") parts. I wish the paint on my rider was as nice as the ebay one. The pics make it look like it might be the 22.5" frame but I think it is the smaller one.

I'm surprised it did not sell for more. A friend should be able to pickup & deliver it to me, so no shipping either.

Maybe this was my good luck since I could not attend the Cirque this year.

Larry O. Mr RRA himself compares the RRA lug lining to work done with crayons - although I think he re-touched his own with fat magic marker. Yes I did miss you guys this year.

Mike Self
Cincinnati. OH


----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Gillies
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:00 PM
Subject: [CR]New Market Low? Raleigh RRA 22.5" sell for $256



> (Well, $316 incl. shipping)
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> I am quite surprised that this Raleigh RRA sold for $256. The last
> one to show up on ebay was a 'time capsule' bike that sold for about
> $1070 I think. This bike is all-original, although the drivetrain was
> dirtier. There were only 200 of these bikes ever made. The Simplex
> SLJ 5500 gear system, cranks, and GB bars/3TTT stem were worth $220+
> by themselves.
>
> This is probably the only Carlton bike not to say "Carlton" on the
> middle of the seat tube. And, it was created to pressure campagnolo
> to supply more parts to Raleigh, and so it has more of a history and
> purpose than most other Raleigh-Carlton bikes.
>
> I guess this means that either (a) Nobody has ever heard of this bike
> (probably true), and (b) It doesn't matter if there were only 200 ever
> made - if Raleigh Makes It, Nobody Wants It !!
>
> - Don (raleigh lover) Gillies
> San Diego, CA