I've wanted one of these for a while...Redcay was a builder located in Lambertville NJ...right across the bridge from New Hope PA. I spent a fair bit of time in that area in my misspent youth...cycling to New Hope and back was a great metric century ride with lots of rolling hills. Lambertville and New Hope had some wonderful canals and less ridden roads, as well as lots of record stores and more edgy shops I loved back then.

Jim Redcay was involved with Ross after Kellogg (both of whom worked under Bill Boston) formed Spectrum and was instrumental in their signature series and MTBs. I'm not sure what his production figures were like, but I would think significantly less than 1000.

I need to change out the housings, which are too short, but the rest looks pretty good. The DT rims don't look too terribly out of place. The lighting wasn't ideal for photos...I'll try and do better when the sun goes down a bit. I'm not sure what the tubing is, but it's the lightest bike of its kind I've seen...the frame is insanely light for Columbus tubing. It has a 27.2 post inserted, but it seems too lose for the frame; I think 27.4 would be a better fit. The frame details are all understated, but meticulous and well executed. The filing on this one is impressive. It's a simple, beautiful bike. It's also my first black keeper.