Tuesday, April 5, 2022

1983 Raleigh Alpha


(We did not write the comments which accompany each picture - Vinny)

Bicycle Type: Lightweight
RALEIGH OLYMPUS 10 SPEED DROP BARRED RACEABOUT.GIVEN TO ME IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND IN 2009. I HAVE SINCE CLEANED UP THE CRANK WITH HAS GOOD CHROME BELIEVE IT OR NOT. A REFERENCE TO THE EARLY 1980S MARKETING OF THESE BIKES IN NEW ZEALAND IS TO BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.USERS.GLOBALNET.CO.UK/~HADLAND/NZBIKES.HTML SEE RALEIGH MODULE5/ ALPHA. I THINK HERE THE AUTHOR HAS ERRONOUSLY REFERRED TO IT AS THE ~OLYMPIC~.