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Dunelt

Dunelt

English. Another middle range Raleigh brand bike. Now extinct.


Gazelle

Gazelle

Market leading Dutch brand. Probably the pre-eminent European manufacturer of roadsters and city bikes.

http://www.gazelle.nl/nl/


Hercules

Hercules

English. Middle range Raleigh brand bike. Still manufactured in India, but extinct most other places.


Humber

Humber

English. Upper-end Raleigh brand characterized by a strange fork with 4 tubes. Also manufactured in India at the Sen-Raleigh plant. Now extinct.


Legnano

Legnano

High end Italian marque which once manufactured brake rod roadsters. Some of these had an unusual partly internal brake rod system.

Legnano is more famous for it's lightweights and racers than for it's roadsters.

Currently the brand is owned by Cycleurope along with several other niche brands.

http://www.cycleurope.com/

Picture credited to unknown website.


Pashley

Pashley

English. Upper end brand still made in England. Used as trade bikes in Hong Kong.

http://www.pashley.co.uk/


Phillips

Phillips

English, Indian and Chinese. Formerly a low end brand from Raleigh that played well as in Africa. Now the name is licensed and bikes are manufactured in India and China.

Chinese Phillips site:

http://www.china-phillips.com/_d269538167.htm


Raleigh

Raleigh

Until recently, English, but manufactured several places around the world including Ireland, the US, Malaysia and India. Currently, frames are made in China.

Raleigh was a massive conglomerate that owned many brands. Raleigh was always the top brand in the Raleigh stable.


The US website
http://www.raleighusa.com/


Robin Hood

Robin Hood

English. Middle range label from the Raleigh stable. Extinct.


Rollfast

Rollfast

Now extinct American company which apparently at one time manufactured rickshaws for the Chinese market.