General Information

Serial #

42702 FC

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Steel frame, handlebars, chain etc/ leather seat/ synthetic front & rear lamp lenses/ synthetic hand grips, cable coverings etc./ rubber tires, pedals

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

174.5 cm

Width

54.1 cm

Height

97.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Raleigh

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Nottingham

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Circa 1950-1996

Canada

British made bicycle used in Canada.

Function

Personal transportation or recreational vehicle for one person.

Technical

Excellent example of mid-century British bicycle technology. Mfd. By Raleigh, one of Britain's oldest cycle mfrs., it has many features of post-war period, e.g. caliper brakes, hub gear, & dynohub (rear hub generator), feature of Raleigh cycles of period. Novel feature is Raleigh patent front fork lock & key, locking device to lock front fork in one of three positions.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ORANGE & METALLIC HEADPLATE WITH RALEIGH LOGO & READING "THE RALEIGH/ NOTTINGHAM/ ENGLAND"/ IDENTICAL DECAL ON REAR MUDGUARD, & ON FRONT FORKS (READING "THE RALEIGH" ONLY)/ GOLD DECAL OM TOP BAR READS INN SCRIPT "Made in England"/ GOLD "RALEIGH" DECAL ON EITHER SIDE OF BOTTOM BAR, ANOTHER ON CHAIN GUARD/ INCISED LETTERING BELOW SEAT READS "42702 FC"/ DECAL ON SEAT POST WITH YELLOW & WHITE LETTERING READS "** SUPERBE**"/ YELLOW DECAL ABOVE LATTER READS `HIGH TENSILE/ STEEL/ TUBING'/ METAL PLATE ON SADDLE READS "BROOKS/ MADE IN ENGLAND" WITH EMBOSSED "BROOKS" ON EITHER SIDE OF SADDLE

Missing

Appears complete/ hand grips not original

Finish

Frame, chain guard, & mudguards painted forest green; plated handlebars and parts; last portion of rear mudguard painted white; brown saddle; black cables; white front lamp, red rear lamp; black rubber.

Decoration

Raleigh logo consisting of heron's head & stylized "R. Co." on headplate and on various places on bicycle (see below); white & bronze striping; white striping on tires.