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Old 10-21-11 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
The Raleighs we got here were pretty much the same as were sold in England... the right hand front brake set up is also original and was told it came this way.

Am missing the chain guard... I can see it in the snapshot but am quite sure this was removed very early on as no self respecting 12 year old would keep that intact.

British Raleighs would have had a full chain case... like the US, Canadian versions most often came with hockey sticks.


Oddly the Canadian catalog illustration shows the bike sans hockey stick!
(The illustrator probably was not aware of the Canadian affinity for Hockey! )
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