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Old 01-03-09 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
According to this article hosted by Tony Hadland, Raleighs in the USA from approximately 1983 to 1986 were made by Huffy under a franchise contract with Raleigh to use the name. The bicycles were made of parts sourced from Japan and Taiwan.
More specifically, Huffy gained the rights to managing Raleigh's USA division; I would hardly venture to say that these machines were made by Huffy. Subcontracted to the Japanese and Taiwanese companies that produced them, rather.

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