Professional (1969 + Mk II, Mk III, and 1972 Mk.

This downtube lettering was used only on the following models: The cursive 'Raleigh' lettering is the most definite method of seperating all 1972 and earlier models from 1973 examples. All used an understated cursive script font on the downtube, with exception to the Record, which utilized the same decal format from the early 1960's road frames. Road/drop-bar frames wore completely different decal kits than the rest of the Raleigh lineup. Used only on Raleigh Sprite as chainguard decal until 1970 Used on Twenty, Sports, Superbe, LTD, and possibly some DL-1s Sprite downtube decal, used 1966-1970 only Raleigh Sprite (1966-1970) decal images courtesy Steve Brengosz Sports decal image courtesy 'ColonelJLloyd' - Ĭhainguard decal image courtesy 'gbalke'. This lettering was later used as a downtube logo on the Raleigh Sprite.ġ971/2 Superbe decal image courtesy 'wahoonc'. Most models used the chainguard decal shown at top left, though the Sprite used the variant shown below, which was lifted from earlier road models such as the Grand Sport. Additionally, the Raleigh Chopper, Fireball, and Rodeo models utilized completely different decal sets stylized to each respective model. RSW's, though not shown, imitated the Twenty font. Raleigh Twenty models also featured their own 'Twenty' lettering, along with the LTD-3 and LTD-SC. The pre-'69 Sprites used a stylized '5 SPEED' logo on the downtube - as shown at right - and 'Sprite' lettering on the top tube. Models excluded from the new decal set included DL-1/Tourist - which used the earlier 'Raleigh' block letters of 1960 until 1972 - and the first-generation Sprite 5-speeds (both derailer and Sturmey S5 models) until 1969. Unlike previous years, most models now feature their respective model name on the downtube, as listed below (list may be incomplete): Most 1966 upright-bar models are given new, chunky, serifed downtube lettering. 1966-1972, upright-bar (excludes some models)

Raleigh bicycle serial number location