Originally Posted by
USAZorro
Always eager to learn about Raleigh's. Thought I knew about things they did in the 70's, but after seeing your reference to Handsworth, it appears there's still some sizeable gaps. How would one identify one of the frames made there?
Really nice catch. You should be able to unfreeze the stem without harm to the frame or fork. Wishing you the best with it.
I could be wrong on the factory and it might be Worksop. The serial number begins with an H.
According to Sheldon Brown's website, an H followed by 4 digits (which my bike has) would make it a '73 and I assume that this is for the Worksop bikes,
Then there is this site which says that an H followed by 6 digits is the Handsworth factory,
https://biketoworkday.us/how-old-is-...r%20P%20or%20T.
Since my bike has an H followed by 4 digits, I'm guessing that the Sheldon Brown site has it right and that this is a '73 likely built in the Worksop factory.