SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
That is a Raleigh-built bike where the rear wheel has been replaced. It looks like the rims don't match (rear serrated side, front smooth).
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What do you know about an Oxford bike? I am not finding much info anywhere.
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rickpaulos
Finally riding a big boys bike
Rims are labeled, well 1 is. I didn't look that close. Maybe a Dunlop. the front as a bit of a blip so the brakes grab every rev. I'll get rim photos tomorrow.
One thing I've noticed before is the location of the rear fender brace. Raleigh vs others, Bolt hole is low down on the dropout, others are higher up.
That does make sense that the wheel was replaced. yeah, no way a Raleigh built bike would have anything other than a Sturmey Archer hub.
One thing I've noticed before is the location of the rear fender brace. Raleigh vs others, Bolt hole is low down on the dropout, others are higher up.
That does make sense that the wheel was replaced. yeah, no way a Raleigh built bike would have anything other than a Sturmey Archer hub.
Oilit
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Are those extra rivets above and below the head badge? I have no idea why those would be there.
acg_schwinn
Finally riding a big boys bike
Pardon a nitpick, but the Oxford packaging states that they were in North Chicago, not Chicago proper. North Chicago is about fifty miles up the coastline (of Lake Michigan) from Chicago, with a number of other suburbs in between.
I always wondered why they were way the heck up there, but as they seemed to specialize in importing house-branded bike accessories from Hong Kong, Taiwan or Japan, rather than do their own manufacturing here, it was probably cheaper to rent a warehouse up there, rather than in the heavy industrial areas to the south.
rickpaulos
Finally riding a big boys bike
the rims on my Oxford do not match.
The front is a Dunlop with smooth sides.
The rear is unbranded and not one I've ever seen. Textured sides and 3 lines in the center.
Good catch. I didn't even notice the different rims when replacing the brake cables and oiling the hub. They are about the same profile, same width and same patina.
rear rim with the Styria hub
front rim: dunlop
The front is a Dunlop with smooth sides.
The rear is unbranded and not one I've ever seen. Textured sides and 3 lines in the center.
Good catch. I didn't even notice the different rims when replacing the brake cables and oiling the hub. They are about the same profile, same width and same patina.
rear rim with the Styria hub
front rim: dunlop
rickpaulos
Finally riding a big boys bike
They look like tiny stick on reflectors. There is a elongated version on the rear fender below the traditional reflector hole.
A couple more photos I took last week.
Precision engineering. But not precision labeling. Oops, missed the lug by that much.
acg_schwinn
Finally riding a big boys bike
They look like yellow ink stamps, or maybe they had some kind of lateral roll-on stamper.
Of course, Schwinn marksmanship wasn't much better when it came to getting the "Schwinn Quality" decal centered and horizontal on the seat tube...
The "Made in England" decal is typical of decals for the various Raleigh made brands of the 1960s and into the 1970s.
I do not know what company had "THE" Oxford headbadge. It may not be related to Oxford International.
This Oxford has the headbadge and decals for the Union Cycle Company Ltd. Union Cycle sourced frames from several companies around the world. The frame may be from Raleigh but the parts were probably specified by Union Cycle.
Oilit
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Interesting! That one's not a Raleigh nor an "Oxford" (at least not by the head badge) but it has the same "Safety Tested" and "Precision Engineered" decals as @rickpaulos 's bike. That suggests a connection of some kind, but it leaves a lot of questions too. It says "Made in Japan" so I'm guessing it's a later bike?
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