Re: [CR]Raleigh Frameset

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:56:50 +0100
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Frameset
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: JEFFERY Pyzyk <appraisalresourcegroup@msn.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F9E429317D6634F91549E9D50B0@phx.gbl>


A frame number would be a great help...

Hilary Stone, Bristol, England


> From: "JEFFERY Pyzyk" <appraisalresourcegroup@msn.com>
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:54:15 -0500
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Raleigh Frameset
>
> O.K. Raleigh experts, I need some help. I recently got a "free" Raleigh
> frameset with the purchase of a Super Record headset. The frame has been
> completely blasted and repainted (badly). However, I did note traces of
> yellow and red paint when knocking out the headset cups. The frame has the
> Raleigh head badge. The fork crown is sloping Cinelli style with smooth
> lugs. The top of the seat post lug has a point on it, like I've seen on
> some other Raleighs. The top tube has three braze-ons for rear brake cable
> on top of the tube. There are two sets of water bottle bosses, one on the
> seat tube, one on the down tube. The derailleur cable guide is a screw on
> type that goes under the bottom bracket shell (I assume given the threaded
> hole at the bottom of the shell). There is a pump peg brazed on to the back
> of the stearing tube. Seat stays are conventional but semi-wrap around the
> seat post lug. At 54 cm, the frame weighs a scant 1835 grams on my digital
> scale. The fork weighs about 600 grams. The frameset has campy drop outs.

>

> Any clues?

>

> Jeff Pyzyk

> Milwaukee, WI