Is this the good kind of Raleigh Record Ace?
12-11-10, 04:19 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Rhode Island (an obscure suburb of Connecticut)
Posts: 5,630
Bikes: one of each
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 12 Times
in
12 Posts
Is this the good kind of Raleigh Record Ace?
https://newjersey.craigslist.org/gms/2106833095.html
Some how I don't think this is the really expensive kind. 1977. "Raleigh branded" components. Might be the remains of a 531 sticker there but it's hard to tell.
You have to scroll all the way down to see it.
Some how I don't think this is the really expensive kind. 1977. "Raleigh branded" components. Might be the remains of a 531 sticker there but it's hard to tell.
You have to scroll all the way down to see it.
12-11-10, 04:48 PM
#4
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Rhode Island (an obscure suburb of Connecticut)
Posts: 5,630
Bikes: one of each
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 12 Times
in
12 Posts
That's what I figured.
Those pale grey lugs are elegant.
Those pale grey lugs are elegant.
12-11-10, 08:07 PM
#5
multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
Posts: 19,808
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Mentioned: 584 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1908 Post(s)
Liked 574 Times
in
339 Posts
Grab it fast, what are you waiting for? When we start the next piece-of-crap pass along game, then that thang would be perfect.
12-11-10, 10:44 PM
#6
Larger Chainring
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Posts: 1,037
Bikes: 1988 Schwinn Circuit. Bike-Boom-Puegeot. First "real bike" Trek 720 Hybrid in gross disrepair.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
PDXAero, that is an awesome bike.
Sante?
Sante?
12-11-10, 10:55 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 4,420
Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 221 Post(s)
Liked 237 Times
in
129 Posts
The shifters on the handlebar stem are a dead giveaway - pass if asking more than $125.00. As are the extension levers on the brakes.
__________________
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
12-12-10, 06:42 AM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York Metro Area
Posts: 3,862
Bikes: '02 Litespeed, '99 Bianchi Alfana. '91 Fuji Saratoga, '84 Peugeot Canyon Express, '82 Moto GR, '81 Fuji America, '81 Fuji Royale; '78 Bridgestone Diamond Touring, '76 Fuji America, plus many more!
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 179 Post(s)
Liked 223 Times
in
126 Posts
Just bought a similar bike for the price of a 12-pack. $250? 
12-12-10, 08:26 AM
#9
Senior Member
sailorbenjamin, I bought my Record Ace new in 1980. At that time Raleigh used the two once higher end names, Record and Record Ace to designate their bike boom bikes (there was a less expensive Record next to mine, but I don't remember the difference). They're good bikes at $100 or so and that one aside from the saddle looks original.
Brad
Brad
12-12-10, 08:35 AM
#10
Bike Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Posts: 9,622
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 68 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 37 Times
in
27 Posts
It's a late 70's Record Ace. The decals and components are typical of the 77, 78, 79 Record Ace, maybe 1980.
__________________
Roccobike BF Official Thread Terminator
Roccobike BF Official Thread Terminator
12-12-10, 08:46 AM
#11
Senior Member
roccobike, Aside from color it's the same as my '80 was. The dealer I bought mine from told me that Record and Record Ace production was to be moved to Asia for 1981 so things might've changed then.
Brad
Brad
12-12-10, 08:21 PM
#12
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Rhode Island (an obscure suburb of Connecticut)
Posts: 5,630
Bikes: one of each
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 12 Times
in
12 Posts
It reminds me of the Team Record that I had a few years ago. It was a nothing bike but it was my size and free. I couldn't learn to live with the colors, though so I gave it away.
12-13-10, 07:08 AM
#13
multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
Posts: 19,808
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Mentioned: 584 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1908 Post(s)
Liked 574 Times
in
339 Posts
FYI, this is the good kind of Raleigh Record Ace:
Weight, in racing trim, 19 1/2 lbs.
Weight, in racing trim, 19 1/2 lbs.
Likes For rhm:
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bwilli88
Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
10
06-11-21 09:57 PM
Binky
Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
7
07-02-16 12:01 PM
