| .....that is the question. I recently noticed that the 1972 Raleigh Sports that I bought a few years ago from Menotomy, when they were selling and shipping bikes, was made in Malaysia!! All of my other Raleighs were made in England, or so the decal on the top tube says. I'm planning on getting my bike collection down to two or maybe three bikes. Would the "made in Malaysia" situation lower it's re-sale value? Had I known that up front, I may not have bought the bike. Thx in advance for your input. Thom. by: 63.204.42.231 |
| I'd love to see pictures of this bike! for the archive of pictures as well! These made in malaysia bikes were just assembled there, with tubing and parts and threading and everything, from England. England supplied C.K.D. "completely knocked down" kits a big container arrived in malaysia and they assembled it there painted it there I think it's cool, out of the ordinary no reason to hang your head at all. Raleigh was a hugemongeous EMPIRE larger and more detailed then we will ewver really know. I want a Raleigh with the Springs South Africa badge on it. by: 71.40.121.165 |
| The colors were better! different the foreign markets were compettitive and customers demanded special things and the factory listened to the needs of the customers. What color is this bike? perhaps not the same as all the rest we find here in the states. by: 71.40.121.165 |
| Chris- Thanks for your input and kind words. I often forget that Raleigh was a giant in the bike world way back when; kinda like today's global maufacturing systems. I have a pic of the bike on my Reader's Ride page here at OldRoads, see "Thom J's bikes", but will add that I replaced the Kenda tires with Panarace Col de la Vie tires during this past winter. The headlight is a Taiwan made reproduction that I've retrofitted with LEDs front and rear; the beam focusing for the from LED still needs some work but the rear LED works really nice. I go through these moments in life where I want to get down to a minimalist assortment of things, clothes, shoes, watches, hats etc and at times the bikes get into that mix. Until.....I go to the bike shed, take 'em out, look 'em over and ride 'em around for a while......then I realize just how nice they are to have. Oh well, that's just me. Thom. by: 63.204.42.231 |
| Hi! I have a 1946 Raleigh Women's Touring bike with all original parts. I was offered $500 for it. Is that too little? Thanks! by: 96.242.125.94 |
| we need to see pictures and have a better description of the bike what size wheels cable or rod brakes take pictures of the bike depends by: 71.40.121.165 |
| I have a BSA single speed made in England w/Brook saddle 26" in good condition. I think it's around 1947. Can anyone help me w/value? Thank you by: 71.232.218.218 |
| I agree with Chris that theres nothing to be ashamed about Malaysian Raleighs as the earlier batches were CKD models from the UK. The later (late 70s) Malaysian Raleighs were fully manufactured there from locally sourced materials. These can be identified by their headbadges - just two horizontal bars replacing the words 'Nottingham England' - and frame numbers that begin with an "RM...". Decent bikes, but IMHO, they dont ride as well as the English ones. [p][a href=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3496541671_3d72fdea88_o.jpg target=_blank][img src=the_camera.jpg][/a] by: 164.78.248.57 |
| Pic here of a 100% Malaysian-made Raleigh[p][a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketchupsbikes/3496541671/in/photostream/ target=_blank][img src=the_camera.jpg][/a] by: 164.78.248.57 |