who is trying to pretend it's something it's not? the rider? the company? it doesn't sound to me like Velognome was trying to say anything about his Raleigh being an english bike, and as for Raleigh itself, the only english things on that bike are the brooks and the head badge. are you implying that every company that moves it's frame manufacturing overseas should change it's branding to reflect the origin of it's welds? that's ridiculous. furthermore, many cycling companies have pretended they are something they're not for decades to follow the "hot" trends. how many companies gave themselves italian or other european names despite having no ties to europe, or even japanese names once the bike boom hit despite not being from japan.