Hi all. I've recently acquired a new, old bike. I can't seem to find much information on it on the internet but it was sold to me as a 1925 Raleigh DL-1 that was brought from Bermuda where it was used as a rental bike. I did however find an ad online for a bike of the same type called the "Bermuda Model" and that it is pre-war. It has a single reverse brake lever, connected to a cable which is routed inside of the handlebars, where it connects and turns into a front rod brake. Pretty dry brake pads. It has a rear coaster, no rear rack, an Eadie coaster hub in the rear, front hub with oil hole, as well as a bottom bracket oil hole. Faded paint near the head tube that faintly says Bermuda Model, a serial number on the seat tube collar of R4390 and another number i have yet to make out, as well as an umbrella holder on the handlebars. It has a leather chaincase (which I will be removing and replacing as it's very ratty and rotting). The number on the bottom of the headtube is the rental number other bike, it also comes with a plate on the front hub (numbers do not match the headtube), which are rental numbers apparently. A dynamo headlamp with grounds as well. The saddle is a persons permaco 119.

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If anyone has any information they could possibly give me, much appreciated. I'm really loving my new acquisition.

hard to tell from the pictures but my guess is it is a lot newer than 1925

That's a cool-looking bike. Have you had a look through the early Raleigh catalogs on the threespeedhub.com site?

Raleigh Archives - Three Speed Hub

You can date a lot of old 3 speeds by the hub. Sturmey Archers usually have a two digit date code stamped on the hub shell.

Cool find, congratulations. My favorite Bermuda product is Goslings!

"Loop frame DL-1" will turn up the most relevant information. The headlight is probably a key marker for approximate age. The wheels on yours look to be alloy, so are replacements.

Raleigh DL-1 Fan Blog

Retro Raleighs

I'm Guessing 1933 or 34 by the serial number. But it being an export model little info available on it

Contact Kurt, he has put several years work into these bikes---he might be of help
theheadbadge (at) gmail (dot) com

Well, you know what to wear when you ride it.