the londoner

[thom]

Anybody else got a "the londoner"?

It's a Japanese three speed.I'd like to know the age of it.I plan to get it back to rideable condition.

 

[militarymonark]

after some research it seems this bike originally was built in england and eventually outsourced to Japan in the 60's. You happen to have the outsourced version.

 

[babyjesus]

London

I grew up in London. Cool bike - never heard of them til now.

 

[rhenning]

It looks like a standard mid range Raliegh 3 speed that was built in the 1960s with dozens of different head badges on them. 3 speed classic English bike. Roger

 

[slcurts]

I have one

I have the same bike, except a girls' version. It has the seat and fenders and is in pretty nice condition, but the chainguard is not original - someone has scabbed an old one on there with incorrect brackets. Can you tell if yours ever had a chainguard?

 

[Hermanator3]

It looks like a standard mid range Raliegh 3 speed that was built in the 1960s with dozens of different head badges on them. 3 speed classic English bike. Roger

Doesn't have the distinctive Raleigh fork.

 

[slcurts]

after some research it seems this bike originally was built in england and eventually outsourced to Japan in the 60's. You happen to have the outsourced version.

Old thread, I know, but for the sake of posterity: They were designed by Scheuer and built in Germany until about 1960, then moved to Japan. They had Shimano 333 rear hubs, a pretty sure sign they had nothing to do with Raleigh. Here's another thread about them: https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/the-londoner.25924/