The Raleigh Story, BBC4 tonight, @ 11.10
- Thread starter swee'pea99
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ChangFai
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Smokin Joe
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Don't forget to switch the gramophone off first.
Johnsco
Old Fettler
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- Leeds, West Yorkshire
A good story about the ups and downs of a manufacturing legend.
I watched it on Monday and thoroughly enjoyed it (for the second time).
My very first bike was a Raleigh.
Such a shame that we let all that manufacturing expertise and infrastructure slip thru our fingers ....
What have we got now ? Deliveroo !!
I watched it on Monday and thoroughly enjoyed it (for the second time).
My very first bike was a Raleigh.
Such a shame that we let all that manufacturing expertise and infrastructure slip thru our fingers ....
What have we got now ? Deliveroo !!
OP
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Indeed. All that 'life continues' stuff at the end, and I'm thinking, ok, so we have a Dutch company that's using an old British name to sell Far Eastern bikes into the UK market - in what sense is that a continuation of Raleigh? Really enjoyed the stuff about the founding of the company tho' - given six months to live, saved by cycling!
Darius_Jedburgh
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Dies he come into the category of being an oldhippie?
Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
When I bought a Dynatech in 1990 they included a photo of the person who built the bike in he paperwork. I am absolutely sure it was him.
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