I grew up with a Schwinn and I loved that bike. Much later in life, like four years ago, I discovered Raleigh. I look forward to every day I can get on my 1974 Raleigh Sports. This is kind of pretentious, but an old mechanic once told me that when he was young, the rich kids rode Schwinns, but the really rich kids rode Raleighs. Doesn't matter to me, but maybe that's worth some points for someone out there.
TSapp