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Nottingham, England

Updated 4/6/2005

1936 Cycling

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1936 Cycling cover

 

    Raleigh has been a huge and important maker for 100 years, at times the largest producer of bicycles in the world. Also part of the Raleigh heritage is being part of a shared ownership with Sturmey Archer, Brooks  and TI Reynolds ....


 

1950's "Record Ace"

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Model "Lenton

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Heronbdg.bmp (26454 bytes) The Raleigh girl!

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Ilkston Workshop ...
frame building trickery!

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The Blue Streak

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       "In 1960 Raleigh brought out the five or ten-speed Blue Streak to push sales in the teenage sports enthusiast sector. Complete with twin bar mounted bottles it certainly was popular!"

        "It took the name from the UK Government ballistic missile project that started development in 1954. Blue Streak was part of the British effort to become the third World power in the Cold War arms race. It was a vain attempt to construct a missile that could head East without resorting to buying Thor / Atlas missiles off-the-shelf. Interestingly 6 years and £60m later it was abandoned - the same year that Raleigh launched their own project "Blue Streak" (but at least it crossed continents.)"    
Bob Reid

This may be an interim model with Raleigh head badge
but Carlton transfers on the down tube

          

            


 Charlie Young's 1963 Gran Sport

     

       


Greg Parker's 1969 Professional

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Model Competition, which used a smattering of Zeus compenents...

 

     


The 1973 version of famous Raleigh name, RRA, mostly French components

           


Web master's 1973 Pro Track

           

             

              


Larry Black's 1974 Pro

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Charlie Conner's 1977 Pro

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Raleigh Team Pro circa 1980s.
Photos courtesy Tony Brown

        


Beautiful dark blue Reynolds 753 pro bike...

            


Related topics in Sheldon Brown's web site:

English Bikes Sturmey Archer S-A Mod. ASC hub Raleigh Sturmey Archer 50th Anniv.

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