Raleigh RRA
 

Did anyone here have one? It was my first racing bike,in 1974. I was working in a Raleigh shop at the time,and recall it wasn't in the Raleigh catalogue. Does anyone know details about this bike?

Google is your friend.

Would not mind having one in the stable.

Wow... I didn't know vertical dropouts even existed in those years, I thought that was a late 80's thing. Anyways, it seems like a really nice, presumably rare, bike. I'd like one myself if Raleighs didn't always come with longer TT's than I like.
-Gene-

1974 would have been the best year for them from that era. Was the only year after they downgraded it in the 60's to have a 531 frame.

I remember Turin Bike Shop in Chicago had a few of those. They sold very quick. And it was a one time shipment. Very nice racing bike at a great price. If I remember right it sold for around $225.00.

I thought so too, but this is the second one of these I've seen. Makes me wonder ...

Edit: Oops, forgot the all-important link:

http://tinyurl.com/dyo99c

Yes,it had verticle dropouts,but thinner, Campy Sport ones. It was $325 at our shop when an International was $385. Are you saying RRA was a Raleigh model for many years?
They were all white white a yellow head tube and yellow bumble bee stripes on the seat tube. Some brothers I rode with had Jacksons painted the same way. I think the bikes were made in 1973.

I still have one (RRA). They were only built one year, although Raleigh has recycled the RRA or Raleigh Record Ace model name a few times (going back to the '50s). The 1974 ones were as you say all white with the 5 goldenrod yellow stripes on the seat tube and the head tube painted the same color. Nervex lugs, campy vertical dropuots. Originally they were equipped with all French components: Stronglight 99 crank, Stronglight headset, Simplex metal deraileurs, Maillard hubs, Weinmann 500 sidepulls, etc. There was no Professional available that year for some reason (that was what I had wanted). I traded my International frame to a guy for mine (frame swap), and built it up with the Campy stuff from the International :roflmao2: Pics in the classic and vintage rides section from last year; must be archived now as I can't find them?

EDIT: Found them: http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...postcount=1538

Campy has vertical dropouts listed in Catalog 16 (1969):

http://os2.dhs.org/~john/catalog16.jpg