Originally Posted by
OLDYELLR
I'm sure Raleighs came with Bluemels mudguards. That was the most popular brand (pun not intended). Here is a good example:
Raleigh Record Ace 1948
I had three bikes with Britannia mudguards, where I was the original purchaser. A Raleigh Grand Prix bought about 1959, a Raleigh Gran Sport that I got in 62, and a 1963 Carlton Franco Suisse.
C.E.& J.P. Britton Ltd fenders disappeared (last record I could find was 1991)?
All I know is I never personally saw Bluemels on any '60s shipped Raleigh, but I see them on all the restored ones. I am not old enough to have seen a 48 Record Ace (at least not old enough to know what a bicycle was).
I do know that Bluemels was a very old company started in 1860!
Bluemel Brothers, then the mudguards at least bought by SKS.
From the SKS site: Pumps and mudguards -- In 1983, through the acquisition of English heritage brand Bluemels, branded as SKS mudguards. 1988 started the serial production of extruded mudguards after taking over the ESGE-production as Chromoplastics ...
So Bluemels could have been on early Raleigh's. Edit: by the way none of my Raleigh's came with the "spear point" front mudguard, all were like the "Popular" or Modern SKS blunt shape.
