1911 Raleigh Gents Roadster with Concealed Roller Lever Brakes

1911 Raleigh Gents Roadster

Model No 5 with Concealed Roller Lever Brakes

Sturmey-Archer ‘Model FN’ tricoaster gear with coaster brake

24″ Frame

28″ Wheels

Frame No 336757

(Now sold)

This 112-year-old Raleigh retains its original paintwork though it has lost most of its transfers (decals). It has an interesting feature – concealed roller lever brakes but also a Model FN Tricoaster (3 speed gear with coaster brake), which was an optional extra for 7/- 6d. This makes one of the brake levers redundant, so the lever has been removed from the left side of the handlebar.

I’ve ridden the Raleigh. It’s an interesting survivor with a personality of its own, and it’s ready to ride.

PREVIOUS OWNER LIEUTENANT E.R LICHFORD

After selling this machine to a customer in the USA, he enquired about its provenance, so I asked the friend who sold it to me. My friend Paul reported back that while working on it he had found two business cards tucked down the seat tube that showed the name E.R Litchford of the Lincolnshire Regiment.

Looking online we found that in 1920 Lieutenant Litchford was wanted by the IRA for shooting one of their volunteers.