As the interest in vintage road bicycles grows, serial number data bases grow too. And that’s something we proudly stand behind. An idea that inspired our very first bikes in 1887 and continues to inspire how we do things today.
Raleigh bike serial number serial numbers#
It appears that Raleigh recycled many of the older serial numbers in later years, so there are lots of bikes from the 60s and 70s that have serial The title is awkwardly worded, so I’ll add these phrases: “How old is my Raleigh 3-speed bike?” “How to date a Raleigh 3-speed bike” “When was my 3-speed bike made?” “Where is the date code on a Raleigh bicycles are designed around one simple idea: make them really, really fun. Note that the serial number information below is fragmentary and incomplete, and many bikes have proven to be much newer than the serial numbers would suggest. I tend to agree that the 9-speed RD is the odd-man out here (possibly pre-dating the bike?, garage find?), and so it appears that the best clue is the FD. It would also appear that Raleigh evolved this model into an Aluminum frame, since I found references to a Raleigh R100/R-100 AIRLight model. What this chart is intended to be: This chart has been developed as an additional reference guide (more so then simply dating off Sturmey-Archer hubs) for the positive identification of Raleigh frames and entire bicycles.
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