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  2. Raleigh Chopper - Wikipedia

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    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".

  3. Raleigh Bicycle Company - Wikipedia

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    raleigh.co.uk. The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a British bicycle manufacturer based in Nottingham, England and founded by Woodhead and Angois in 1885. Using Raleigh as their brand name, it is one of the oldest bicycle companies in the world. After being acquired by Frank Bowden in December 1888, it became The Raleigh Cycle Company, which was ...

  4. Raleigh Grifter - Wikipedia

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    Raleigh Grifter. The Raleigh Grifter is a children's bicycle manufactured and marketed between 1976 [1] and early 1983 by the Raleigh Bicycle Company of Nottingham, England. It was the "must have" bicycle of its time and bridged a gap between the Raleigh Chopper and the Raleigh Burner models. Its frame was very similar to the Raleigh Twenty ...

  5. Wheelie bike - Wikipedia

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    The Raleigh Chopper was the best selling children's bicycle in the UK. [12] The wheelie bike fad drove bicycle sales to over 4 million units in the US, [2] and accounted for 75% of total US bicycle sales in 1968, [22] but it also helped contribute to the impression in the US that bicycles are merely children's toys. [1]

  6. Raleigh Twenty - Wikipedia

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    The Raleigh "Twenty" or "Shopper" was a small-wheeled bicycle made by Raleigh from 1968 until the early 1980s. It was Raleigh's answer to the Dawes Kingpin, which had been on the market since 1964. The Twenty was made in both folding and "fixed" versions. The Twenty was a companion model to the RSW 16, which had been Raleigh's competitor to the ...

  7. Alan Oakley (designer) - Wikipedia

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    Alan Oakley (27 April 1927 – 18 May 2012) [1] was a British bicycle designer from Nottingham who worked for the Raleigh Bicycle Company. As Raleigh's chief designer he designed the company's best selling Chopper bicycle. [2] He drew the design for the Chopper on an envelope as he travelled home from the US, in 1967, inspired to replicate the ...

  8. Robin Hood (bicycle company) - Wikipedia

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    Robin Hood Founded Robin Hood Cycle Co Ltd acquired by Raleigh in 1906 Headquarters Nottingham, England Products bicycles Robin Hood Cycle Co Ltd bicycles is an English manufacturer made in Nottingham England. Acquired by the Raleigh Bicycle Company in 1906 many of whose bicycles were imported into the United States. Best known for their three-speeds, they were an economy line for Raleigh ...

  9. Sir Frank Bowden, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Amelia Houston. . ( m. 1879) . Children. 6, including Harold. Raleigh US head badge. Sir Frank Bowden, 1st Baronet, JP, FRGS (30 January 1848 – 25 April 1921) was a British businessman and inventor. He was a founder of the Raleigh Bicycle Company .

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