Originally Posted by
clubman
There were some clones built here in Canada worthy of the name but by the 1980's, the wheels were falling off and some of the Sports models coming out of Quebec were just horrible. Paint, chrome, components, steel, pretty much crap. They were somewhat indicative the overall decline suffered by Raleigh but some of those bikes were barely Walmart (Kmart?) worthy at best.
The "clones" were genuine Nottingham machines made for the Canadian market. No different than any other Nottingham Raleigh, because they are.
The 1980's jobs that state "Made in Canada" are Taiwan-inspired junkers like any other Wally-World deal.
-Kurt