Raleigh Bikes UK
Raleigh Bikes UK
Raleigh Bikes are one of the UK and the world's oldest & best-known bike brands. Established in 1887 by Sir Frank Bowden in Nottingham, England. Raleigh is most famous for bikes like Burners, Choppers, Grifters & Vektars. Raleigh became a world leader in bicycles, producing 100,000 cycles annually in the 1920's. Only reducing production during the Second World War (1939-45); to concentrate on munitions work. Despite the war, the demand for Raleigh persisted, and they were still producing 5,400 cycles per week.
Raleigh hasn't shied away from the world of professional cycling; 1948 saw Reg Harris win two silver medals in the Olympic games, one for individual and the other for tandem sprints. The following year, Raleigh signed Harris as a professional rider. Reg's famous red Raleigh bike is still kept at Raleigh HQ today. In 1980, Joop Zoetemelk won the Tour De France riding for the TI-Raleigh-Creda team. The TI Raleigh also won the team prize, setting a record for the number of stage wins. In 2010 Team Raleigh relaunched the international squad of riders and picked up notable wins in the Welsh National Road Race Championship, British National Hill Climb Championship, & the Tour Doon Hame.
Raleigh was the first UK cycle maker to mass-produce suspension mountain bikes & to market electrically assisted bicycles. They were also huge supporters of BMX riding, with the Raleigh BMX team taking part in the 1985 World Championships in Canada, consisting of 14 nations, 680 riders & 28 classes. Raleigh bikes are part of British history, & they're still based in Nottingham!
Bikes
Raleigh is not as world-famous for their electric bikes as they are for the chopper, but their Motus electric bike range is hugely popular, being an affordable Electric bike.
Raleigh also makes a comprehensive range of classic bikes, cargo bikes, hybrid bikes, stow-E-way bikes and kids bikes.
Cycles UK aims to become the leading Raleigh dealers in Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire and London. We will be stocking a wide range of Raleigh classic, cargo, hybrid, kids and electric bikes online and in our stores for 2021.
