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Hi Fredy, I work at Avon Valley Cyclery and can confirm Kinesis had nothing to do with these frames. Firstly I must apologise for the lousy info some one gave you; in defence of the store we had some 'transient' staff last year who didn't do us many favours but sometimes needs must.
The RaceLite bikes were commissioned by Richard Grigsby and Gary Cooper (the chaps behind Cyclescheme) and were produced by LA Cycles (now defunct) Lee Cooper (no relation of Gary afaik) was the L in LA and his partner was... Andy ??? I cant remember his last name. Lee continued making frames as Lee Cooper Cycles http://leecoopercycles.webs.com/
at the same time the shop was doing Caribou (RTB) drop bar 26" wheeled go anywhere bikes. Most of the two brands frames were built in Columbus or Dedacciai tubing (the teardrop was a bit of a favourite shape for Dedacciai). It looks like Lee has stopped taking orders for frames so there is a bit of history in your hands. I used to own a RaceLite but unfortunately it was stolen (Sad face). The bikes all had silly names that I can't remember now (lost in the filing system of my mind) with the exception of the cross bike which was called "The Very Cross".So in short... nice frame, well built and a keeper if you ask me ;)
That's how I remember it but time makes things fuzzy so if that turns up dead ends or more questions drop me a line and I'll dig some more.
Luke.
You're welcome. Yeh I did a random google search as I'd love to get a Racelite again for myself.
I think Lee has taken a position with Pashley Cycles so assuming you can't get to him through facebook/his website you could try Pashley (I'm not 100% on that but that's what I've been told). Hope the Racelite treats you well!