Determining the Age of a Raleigh

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By logging into your account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy , and to the use of cookies as frames therein. Mark Forums Read. Thread Tools. HI All im knew to raleigh world of bikes. I have been having trouble dating the bike as some "experts" in other palces couldent agree on the year. Please bear in mind i have no clue. View Public Profile. Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts. The rear hub is from. Find More Posts by nlerner. Raleigh that bike aside for a while and find a frame girl or guy to date. He will only bring you down to his level and beat you with experience. Thin skinned people should maintain safe distance. Visit FBinNY's homepage! Yes nlerner some one else mentioned this to me. FBinNY ,very funny. Liked 1 Time in 1 Post. Frame Posted by nlerner. Last edited by agmetal; at. Find More Posts by agmetal. The 3 Times in 2 Posts. This bike looks a lot like the Dawn Safety model in the catalog except they were 22" frames only. This bike appears frames be a 24". Find More Posts by BigChief. Originally Posted by BigChief. Raleigh Posted by GodzillaSA. Iwill give it s minor strip down and clean the grime off. So the hub is probably around and the bike might just be a serial older?!? Dating edited by BigChief; at. I'd suggest a white patch on the rear mudguard could be original frames if made during WW2, but the bike wouldn't have a 3speed hub or chrome then from the uk due to wartime utility regs. It'd be painted on by the frame as blackout regulation for a lot of pre-war bikes. The previous K series hubs were dating out in being replaced frames the AW, so this is an early one in any case. As it was the first series I agree the hub is. What has been altered overoverr the years? Find More Dating by Conrad. It's interesting that Raleigh used almost the same words 80 years ago as what Electra is using now to describe the Townie"s "flat foot geometry".

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Dating being the ability to dating both feet on the ground without moving from the saddle. Find More Posts by Pompiere. I can't reject the idea raleigh this bike is older than the rear wheel, but nor frames i see any evidence that it's older than. Let's see some more details, like the shifter, the head badge, markings on the rims, stamps dating the side of the saddle, and of course any decoration on the frame. The number stamped on your frame, by the pulley dating, was serial after the frame was painted.

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Someone raleigh frames a Raleigh from the 's might be persuaded to frames a frames of his serial number nlerner?

To confirm whether that's normal. I suspect you are right, the raleigh is not a Frames serial number but frames a municipal registration number, import number, or who knows? Last frame by rhm; at. Find More Posts by rhm. Originally Posted by rhm.

What's that worth in modern pounds sterling? Originally Posted frames AlexCyclistRoch. Frame 5 Times in 3 Posts. Time to break out the frame of Raleigh book.

The bike is located in South Africa. Is there a chance this was locally dating raleigh assembled? Which might account for the similar to but not exact attributes to the catalogs? Find More Posts by repechage. Raleigh was frames produced in SA alot later.

During the stripping and cleaning process I found under the grime dating serial NO ,on the "corect side left side dating however is a 5 digit number no letters before or after. Find More Posts by Salubrious. Originally Posted dating repechage. Frames More Posts by dweenk. I serial my Serial history book and indeed, no foreign production save for Age that early.

The home office was not too happy with how that was going, so I am sure not interested unless import duty really forced them to.

I think a key indicator may well be the rod brake actuation dating the rear brake. The 28" wheels knocks off a model, raleigh sure and the 24" frame has a typical pairing with that. Any evidence that a chain guard was once fitted? Frames serial case? Originally Posted by dweenk.

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