Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:30:00 -0500
From: "Martin Walsh" <mowalsh@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Jim Redcay or Redkay?
To: "CR List" <ClassicRendezvous@bikelist.org>
Dear CR list members,
Concerning a newly acquired Jim Redcay bicycle that he recently
purchased,
Isaac Shell asked wether it hurts a bicycle frame to have more than one
paint job.I'm not a frame builder or painter,but I doubt that it would
hurt a steel frame to have more than one paint job.I've read that back
in the day,amateur "racers" would repaint their bicycles in the off
season with the "new team colors" for the next year.
I've owned two Jim Redcay bicycles and they were both fillet brazed.
I viewed the link that Steve Willis posted to the list (see below for
Steve's lugged steel Redcay) and was truly, impressed by the cut outs in
the lugs of Steve's, Jim Redcay. http://thebikestand.com/redcay.html
I've read that,framebuilder, Tom Kellogg thinks "Jim Redcay as one of
the top custom frame builders".
http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/44.htm
I've been told that Tom Kellogg has the correct replacement decals for
Jim Redcay bicycles.
There is a bicycle shop in Lambertville,New Jersey that is owned by the
person,who was the original painter for Jim Redcay bicycles.I've been
told that they have the correct decals for a Jim Redcay bicycle.
I bought a Jim Redcay on ebay that I currently have that's been
repainted with "no decals".
List member Joe Bender-Zannoni owned several Jim Redcay frames at one
point in time and is probably the Jim Redcay "expert" of the CR list on
this "marque".
This is the time of year to do a repaint according to the owner of the
shop in Lambertville,New Jersey,USA,when the "humidity levels are
low,and business is slow".
Isaac I think if you could post photos of your Redcay somewhere several
list members could tell you what you have.
As stated the "Red colored capital "K" on the headtube" is the original
way Redcays were painted.Some original Redcay bicycles had a "cluster of
stars surrounding the "Red"colored capital "K" on the headtube as a
second option.I've only seen "Redcay" spelt as
"REDCAY". See this link for another article on the history of a Jim
Redcay bicycle http://www.geocities.com/cyqlist/redcay.html
Some frame builders play around with the spelling of their name like
Peter Weigle and "Wiggle" on their custom frames.
I'd say if you really have a Jim Redcay it's a "keeper" in my book!