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Old 11-19-15, 11:37 AM
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IronDan
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Bikes: My Bicycles. 1950's Dawes Unknown model, 1959 Triumph Palm beach tourist, 1960 Raleigh Trent tourist, 1967 Sun Snipe, 1976 Raleigh Scorpio (sold), 1980 Raleigh Transit, 1980 Carlton Grand Prix, 1983 Triumph team leader, 1984 Raleigh courier

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Originally Posted by gna
Your bike is a bit of a puzzle. Triumphs were made in Coventry until Raleigh absorbed them in 1954. As your headbadge says "Nottingham" I think it's safe to say it's post '54.

Looking at Kurt's Headbadge site, it looks like an early '50s bike:
Raleigh Serial Numbers & Charts

The decals look late '50s to me.

But your hub is a '64. I'm inclined to think the rear wheel is a later replacement.
Yes I'm thinking late fifties and I've got a theory on the hub, My theory is that when it was new it had an unreliable SW hub which was replaced in 1964 with an AW hub

Its a nice theory so I'm going with it lol
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