Originally Posted by
Cute Boy Horse
Because originally there was only one model of Raleigh bike, but you could have extra features depending on how much you wanted to spend.
So it was THE Raleigh.
Are you sure? Just a quick read of Wikipedia suggests that they offered more than one model when Mr. Bowden acquired the company in 1888 and established the LLC "The Raleigh Bicycle Company" (having previously been simply "Raleigh"). I don't have a definitive answer, and would like to hear other explanations if anyone has them.
