Vintage Cycle Ads

  Raleigh, the all steel bicycle 1951. Sir Thomas Drake gives the silk carpet treatment. (not exactly sure why, but they look happy to be riding their Raleighs. Simple logo – ‘the all-steel bicycle’ Raleigh, faster than a lion. By 1973, a different kind of ad. Not quite sure why Raleigh have this thing about carpets. ‘follow the red brick road’ Raleigh chopper takes centre stage. Hercules, the finest bicycle built today. – Hercules cycles American Crescent cycles Hercules Lightweight.   Manufacturing capacity of� 600,000 machines a year or 12,000 a week the Raleigh factory stands supreme as the largest and best equipped cycle factory in the world. To-day, as for 50 years, the easy-running Raleigh is proving its worth on the highways and byways of every continent. Individually produced, superlatively finished, guaranteed for ever, Raleight quality links the name of Nottingham with all that is best in British workmanship and materials.   Ride a Raleigh, the All Steel Bike. From National Railway museum, York.   Related Raleigh Explorer Raleigh Hero Bike Retro Bikes Hovis Bike ads

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