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Raleigh produced the MK2 Grifter between 1978 and 1983 (but there have been replacement frames found as late as 1984). Originally available in blue or red variants, then later together with updated models, the Mk2 was available in seven various models:- Flame Red, Blaze Blue, Silver, XL, GS, Black and Gold Super Grifter and Silver and Blue Super Grifter.
The Raleigh Strika was a children's bicycle manufactured between 1976 and 1983 by the Raleigh Bicycle Company of Nottingham, England.It was part of the Action Bikes range, smaller in size than the Grifter but larger than the Boxer, with frame dimensions designed to accommodate 6 to 10 year olds.
The Dirt Cross was the first children's bike to be advertised by Raleigh using a multimedia application complete with MPEG video clips running on interactive public information kiosks. Despite the rather high profile marketing campaign, sales of the Dirt Cross appear to be quite low [citation needed]. Production ceased in 1999 with no similar ...
The typical UK retail price of a Super Burner in 1982 was £140. Also available was an Ultra Burner, available in two colour combinations – silver and blue, and black and gold. In 2019, Raleigh re-released the Super Tuff Burner as a limited edition product, where it retailed at £600.
In 2000, Derby Cycle controlled Raleigh USA, Raleigh UK, Raleigh Canada, and Raleigh Ireland. In the latter three markets, Raleigh was the number-one manufacturer of bicycles. [ 32 ] Derby Cycle began a series of divestitures, because of financial pressure and sold Sturmey-Archer's factory site to the University of Nottingham and Sturmey-Archer ...
Grifter, a practitioner of confidence tricks; No. 84 Squadron RAF (call sign: GRIFTER), a British search and rescue air squadron; Raleigh Grifter, an English children's bicycle made by Raleigh 1976–1983
It was also fitted with the Chainset from the Grifter and other generic Raleigh items like brakes and pedals. The Bomber was successful enough to soon be accompanied by a Super Bomber version and later a 5 speed derailleur geared model. However, Raleigh discontinued the Bomber range in favour of the new Maverick Mountain Bike model in 1985.
The Raleigh Chopper was the bike that rescued Raleigh from administration with huge global sales from a total production run including Mk1 Mk2 Mk3 models which ran from 1968 to 1983 (mk1 & mk2) and then 2004 to 2012 (mk3). The Chopper featured in numerous TV series and movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including "Back to the future".