Very Nice Record Ace

[winjohn]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/vintage-raleigh-record-ace/1476368263

 

[winjohn]

 

[chickendrumsticks]

The market for this big'un is limited. He'll be lucky to get his asking. Though it's a very complete package.
"Lost height with age " he says. Tell me about it!

 

[winjohn]

Yup it is even too big for me at 6ft 3in.

 

[grantoury]

Quite a big price but that is lovely.

 

[winjohn]

I was thinking the price was pretty steep...then I thought what does £450 buy in a new road bike today?

https://www.evanscycles.com/brand/pinnacle/laterite-1-road-bike-934350#colcode=93435002

Hmmm I wonder what that will be like 40 years from now.

 

[ferrus]

This has the ultra rare purple and yellow Reynolds sticker
I paid similar for my unused(!) but grimy ‘80 version, but this one has been much upgraded. The price seems ok-ish maybe

 

[ferrus]

The seller mentions “built in Workshop..” If he means built in Worksop, this wouldn’t have been by then. But it’s better finished than mine (which was from the end of the Worksop production)

 

[winjohn]

The seller mentions “built in Workshop..” If he means built in Worksop, this wouldn’t have been by then. But it’s better finished than mine (which was from the end of the Worksop production)

I thought the "W" of the serial number denoted Worksop.

 

[ferrus]

I believe they retained that for a while after. Worksop closed in 81