Paulo Fonseca

Hi, could you help me indentifying this Raleigh model and year



thanks
Paulo Fonseca

auchencrow

Serial number?

PS - Welcome to C&V Paulo!

Paulo Fonseca

Hi,

I've haven't the bike yet, so I don't have that information.

To me it looks like a mix of this two:
https://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleigh...e-tourist.html

The rear carrier its optional or only some models have it?

Thanks

auchencrow

I am not an expert, but from the looks of it (battery box, non-Heron chainring) I'm guessing that it's a Tourist model from the early 50's or late 40's.
The rear reflector (with white housing) looks out of place alongside the aforementioned components, so too the rear light.
I can't comment on the rack, since these are easily retrofit too.

Other details would help to date it but these are as you say, unavailable to you.

PS - Where are you located? US/Canadian/European market specs can vary.

sailorbenjamin

It was an option as was that seat. The chainring looks like a replacement. A better picture of the decals would help to approximate the date. There's a website called The Headbadge that's got lots of decals and the dates they were used.
This model was more or less unchanged from '36-80something and they're all good.

nlerner

Once you see it in person, you can check the rear hub for a date code. Looks like a 1970s European model to me.

Paulo Fonseca

Hi,The bike is from England. I will post more details when I receive it.

Paulo Fonseca

Hi,

I've just received the bike, she will join her older sister ( https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...t-vintage-bike )

The rear hub indicates that the bike is from 1975. Do you agree with that age ou could the hub be from other bicycle?

The rear mudguard its all black, its that normal?

I'm not sure if the crank its original, but I've seen some raleighs with that crank.

And the pedals...? Are the right model to this bike?

All information you can give me about the bike will be apreciated.

Thanks,
Paulo

SirMike1983 

I would say 1970s euro model. Interesting bike. If the position of the rear lamp is to be believed, it was being ridden in a place where they ride on the left side of the road, so Britain itself makes sense. The rugby ball behind it in the original picture would also be consistent with Britain, as you mentioned before. It could be a weird domestic UK variant, which come up from time to time into the 1970s.