Monthly Archives: June 2012

Raleigh SP Team bikes tackle iconic Tour de France mountains

Raleigh sales rep Mike Harrison recently took his Raleigh SP Team bike to tackle the some of France’s toughest mountains. He returned to Raleigh HQ this week, extolling the virtues of his new bike: “Just over a year ago I … Continue reading

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Raleigh makes a big splash at the Cycle Show

Raleigh and Diamondback will be having their largest ever presence at this year’s Cycle Show at the NEC. Raleigh, which is now part of the Accell Group, will be exhibiting their 2013 range to the UK market. There will be … Continue reading

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Lands End to John O’Groats and back again on the Raleigh SP Race

Covering a distance of 1800 miles in just under 10 days, Martin Cox from Nottingham has propelled himself into a very small band of cyclists to have completed Lands End to John O’Groats and back to Lands End again. Martin … Continue reading

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Raleigh-GAC rider wins folding bike race on a limited edition carbon Dahon

As one of the UK’s largest distribution companies, Raleigh not only distributes its own range of performance and leisure bikes but also several other bike brands including Diamondback mountain and BMX bikes and Dahon folding bikes. Recently our friends at … Continue reading

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Raleigh events in Nottingham this summer

To help celebrate Raleigh’s 125 years of designing bikes in Nottingham there are several Raleigh-themed days in the city this summer. The Raleigh Players play During June some former employees of Raleigh are taking part in a show that tells … Continue reading

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