Originally Posted by
unworthy1
too weird, but obviously a nice frame: the 26.8 post might show up on a
late Windsor using Tange tubing from Japan, but this doesn't look like one. BB could be 68 and BSC, but again the details are wrong, incorrect serial number location for one... never heard of Raul Garza's name applied to Windsor, they always were Acer-Mex products,
AFAIK.
If this is
correctly ID'd as a 35x1 BB, then all bets are off. Might be some obscure Argentinian make, and a fairly nice effort I'd say.
Do the tubes have standard ODs or do they have metric dimensions?
I'm sticking with my vote for Raysport at this point, pending only the washers-on-the-dropouts issue, but the tube OD question is a good one (i.e. metric vs. Imperial tubing). A special Raysport, one that had more finish work and a solid, uncut BB shell, because it was going to be fully-chromed, but a Raysport nonetheless. It could even be French-threaded if it is a special (or employee) build. I once saw a 753 Raleigh Team Pro that was factory-supplied with French threads.....
Among other details, the chainstay bridge looks just like the one on the Raysport I am currently holding, and unlike a Cinelli or a Windsor one. I suspect that the seat post is undersized, and sometimes Raysports needed a bit of reaming to get to 27.2 anyways.