Sister Annie
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Hauraki Plains District, New Zealand
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Bikes: Retro Hercules adult tricycle, 1953 Hercules ladies roadster, 1950s Wearwell fixed gear 'Club' pathracer, 1980s Malvern Star 'Super Star', 1980s Healing GTX-105 Arabesque, 1980's Morrison Concorde & etc & etc.......
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Whatever year it is that's a nice bike and it should be a good ride.
I own a 1947 Ladies Raleigh Sport with a coaster rear brake, roller lever front brakes and alloy Dunlop Westwood rims. The saddle is a three spring 'Terry'. The things that mark out a Raleigh as being an older model are such things as oil lubrication points and the boss behind the chainwheel for mounting a full chaincase. Another clue is that the Heron badge will be
brass and held on with small pins. That style of fork can be found on immediate postwar period civilian Nottingham Raleighs as it uses all presswork parts and no forgings.
My Raleigh had been brush painted a horrible grotty green, but the previous owner went to an awful lot of trouble to clean it back to the original well worn finish. I use it as my quick-nip-up-the-road-bike and I really enjoy my old Raleigh.
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