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- OBJECT TYPE
- safety/chain drive/diamond frame/mens
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0278.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Raleigh Cycle Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Superbe
- LOCATION
- Nottingham, England
More Information
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.
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Raleigh Cycle Co. Ltd., Bicycle, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1996.0278, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0278.001/
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