Back in 1989, in one of the first bicycle factories in the world, Nottingham, England. Skilled craftsmen, inspired by the idea to attract customers by offering them a high quality product, they made this road runner - Raleigh "Record Ace Moderne".
At a time when this factory was producing the bikes specially for Tour de France and Giro di Italia races, this "flag ship" model appeared. It had Reynolds 653 tubing and elliptical "Biopace" chainweel.
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A quarter of a century later, we accidentally ran into it. It was almost ruined. Many hours have passed from the moment when all seemed hopeless till the elation that I have felt on the first test ride - it was worth it, this bike has pushed the limits!
- I feel bad when I remember the yellow-blue, hand painted frame :-(
- who else has ever seen a bicycle with the seat :-)
- in order to see what the original color was and how seriously it was damaged by corrosion, we had to peel off most of its paint
- this is what left from the original sticker - it shows this is the Reynolds 653 tubing
- the front sprocket and pedals after two days of sanding polishing
- the frame after sandblasting
- the frame after painting and lacquering :-)
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- in the meantime, we purchased the following parts: racing white SMANIA seat, new cables, new chain, white Fizik Performance handlebar tape and Continental Ultra Race tires
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- and here's how it all turns out :-)
- and in some different ambience...
