Cool old Raleigh

[Greeced lightning]

Saw this today sitting in front of a restaurant in town. There isn’t much vintage around here, other than the architecture. Thought that the colors were pretty unique & it certainly has all the bells & whistles. Sorry for the photo quality, the light was wrong & I didn’t have the nerve to ask them if I could move it.

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

Interesting bike. What does it say on the hanging tag ?

 

[Greeced lightning]

It’s all Greek to me, but I can make out 1950

 

[3-speeder]

Love it! That paint is crazy. Never seen one like that

 

[1951 C.W.S]

its probably an indian bike

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

That head tube has a Van Halen vibe...

 

[3-speeder]

The double top tubes on that bike remind me of this Chinese Phoenix that is on CL not too far from me. I thought it looked Raleigh-ish with the thimbles in the top fork tube ends. Sort of a heavy duty DL-1 maybe?
https://grandrapids.craigslist.org/bik/d/grand-rapids-rare-phoenix-bicycle-rod/6961692160.html
Probably would of picked it up for half the price

 

[Greeced lightning]

The Chinese sure can make a good copy. Stopped by the bike shop to see what else he might have & spied this one in the corner. I think it may be German, this old motorbike was hanging over the counter.

 

[Andrew Gorman]

The marbled darts were popular in Germany in the 1950's. Maybe the bike is an export model? The ChiCom bikes are just heavy, not heavy duty.

 

[1951 C.W.S]

looking at another post https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/raleigh-lenton-marque-iii-1950.158054/
found a bit of history on it
it was made by raleigh ,i guess?