I worked in a shop that picked up the brand just after Huffy bought the rights to the use of the Raleigh name in the U.S. Those bikes were very easy to build, with exceptional QC. Every model was beautiful, too, with the Competition being maybe the prettiest of all.

Too bad they were in the lineup for only two or maybe three seasons. Cannondale had evidently become enough of a threatening presence on sales floors that the other major bike brands felt the need to bring out their own aluminum models, including Raleigh USA and their Technium series.