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Menotomy Vintage Bicycles

Here are the years that Raleigh took over various 3-speed companies.
Humber 1932

Rudge-Whitworth 1943

Triumph 1954

BSA 1957

Phillips 1960

Hercules 1960

Dating Your Raleigh 3-speed Bicycle If your bicycle has a Sturmey-Archer hub (c1903-1990s), it should have on the hub a date of manufacture, which wouldnormally also be the cycle's date of manufacture. It may also be possible to date your bicycle from its framenumber which on early models is usually located underneaththe seat lug, under the saddle. This only applies to a genuine Raleigh, not to other makes. The list below willhelp with dating your Raleigh bicycle from the frame numbers, but is not a definitive list, it simply notes occasionalframe numbers that coincide with certain years of manufacture.

Raleigh Bicycles 1888-1925

From frame number located under saddle Prior to 1925, genuine Raleighs (not necessarily brand namesmade by Raleigh) had a straight forward numerical frame number. Early years have been estimated by the Company.

1888 1500, 1907 183073, 1899 54032, 1918 592473, 1889 3200, 1908 215650, 1898 45981, 1917 569737, 1890 5200, 1909 249081, 1900 65152, 1919 621678, 1891 7600, 1910 285669, 1900 69868, 1920 654502, 1892 10500, 1911 328748, 1902 89622, 1922 738447, 1893 13900, 1912 375693, 1903 102954, 1923 809184, 1894 19100, 1913 427829, 1904 112673, 1924 899465, 1895 25300, 1914 482851, 1905 129228, 1925 998077, 1896 32100, 1915 517198, 1906 154917, 1897 39913, 1916 545198

Raleigh Bicycles 1925-Second War

Between 1925 and the cessation of cycle production during theSecond World War, letters prefixed or suffixed the running frame number although no indication is given of the starting point of the numbers. They seem to reflect only thenumber of machines produced whilst each letter was in use. All dating would therefore be approximate.

1925 A1, 1925 B34181, 1926/27 B56536, 1929 E15693, 1930 G94785, 1933 L84682, 1934 T93945, 1934 U14540, 1935 W71147, 1936 W93161, 1937 Y184552

Raleigh Bicycles Post Second War - 1966

After the war, Raleigh began adding letters after therunning number series which restarted when a new letterwas used.

1947 437689P, 1948 556894P, 1949 695051P, 1951 151179T, 1952 236530T, 1953 367369T, 1954 566722T, 1955 747951T, 1956 852312, T1957 872584T

A new numbering system was introduced in 1955, though thisran concurrently with the old one for two years. The newsystem involved a second running letter, added to the first,which began at the start of the alphabet.

1956 23839A, 1957 27227AB, 1958 17910AD, 1960 27273AE, 1961 13126AF, 1965/6 40814 FD, 1966 64521FE

Nottinghamshire Archives, 1994,Compiled by "Jim B." of New Hampshire. *Nota : KSTJB sekadar ingin berkongsi maklumat bersama peminat basikal antik yang lain.