brianbaylis@juno.com wrote:
> Marty,
>
> That looks like a Herse to me. Someone perverted it a bit. Fixable; too
> bad it's a chrome bike.
>
> Rene Herse track bikes do exist. I have a 1960 track bike in the shop wh
> ich belongs to Ted Kirkbride. It was said to be a RH track bike for the
> 1960 Paris bike show where Dr. Graves was able to purchase it and bring
> it back to the states. Ted Kirkbride bought it to race on here in SOCAL.
> It is unusual because it also has a headclip style headset with integra
> l bearing headlugs.
>
>
> Regarding Raysport Bicycles! Dig this. I was talking with a customer who
> brought us a frame repair to do and for some reason he mentioned Rayspo
> rt bikes. Turns out that a racer from St. Louis named Ray Florman had th
> ese frames built by some company in Mexico. The bikes are apparently alm
> ost exact copies of Cinellis! And they WERE NOT built by Windsor in Mexi
> co. We believe (Sir Maldoror and myself) that they were actually built b
> y Benotto in Mexico City. Turns out this gentleman HAS his Raysport bike
> and he will be at our little ride/party this Sunday. I will try to make
> sure he brings it to the ride.
>
> How's that for serendipity?
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
>
>
The legend has it the Raysport bikes were either built by or the
construction coordinated by Ian Alsop.
My Spanish language skills are non-existant, but the folks at
http://alsopbike.com/
Marcus Coles
London, Ontario, Canada.