Archive for the ‘Raleigh’ Category
Do not ride at night
This Schwinn and Raleigh were right next to each other on the rack. They’re ostensibly supposed to be city bikes; they’re basically the same variation of the hybrid shape–which I’ve never really understood. It’s a hybrid of mountain and … road? Because these are really just mountain bikes with slightly less terrible bars. The Schwinn […]
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Tags: night
New York City Bikes
New York’s streets have the best bikes. Let’s look. Like any big American city, the streets are full of Schwinns. If it isn’t a Varsity converted to single speed hipster everything, it’s a Collegiate, a Suburban or a Sprite. Still the best colors to this day. Fantastic graphics on this Huffy. And this Peugeot… … […]
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Tags: adeline adeline, bakfiets, bobboe, bridgestone, huffy, new york city, peugeot, Raleigh, rollfast, WorkCycles
How a Bicycle is Made
Fantastic 1945 short from the British Council film collection on how the Raleigh was made. It was one of the greatest mass-produced bicycle operations in history.
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Bikes Can Work 