Originally Posted by
nlerner
For Raleigh, the Superbe label usually meant it came stock with a dynohub front wheel and lampset and perhaps a few other add-ons (e.g., locking forks in the 60s and 70s). It's always been a bit confusing for me as one could also get those features added with a Dawn model, at least according to the 1930s-50s catalogs.
Neal
...And then there was that early '80s, made in Japan gold Superbe, which had nothing to do with dynos, fenders, racks, or IGHs, and everything to do with Suntour (Superbe).
Did that make any sense (that Raleigh used the same model name on such different bikes)? To me, that is the mystery. This would be as if Schwinn re-badged "Paramount" as "Continental" in the '80s.