ARCHIVES: DECEMBER, 2007

• SAN FRANCISCO 49ers HOLIDAY BIKE BUILD

  Dec 11, 2007

  {WORDS DAVE HULL - Customer Services}    Turning Wheels, the San Francisco 49ers and Raleigh team up to provide bikes to needy kids in the Bay Area.On Monday Dec 10th I traveled to San Jose to participate in the 2nd annual 49ers Holiday Bike Build. This event is organized by Turning Wheels, a charity that coordinates donations of bikes to needy kids. The San Francisco 49ers donated player and staff time to the event, and also garnered some valuable media [...] read more

• In This Issue Of Road

  Dec 5, 2007

     We sent Neil@ROAD a Supercourse last year and he decided to make it a “project” bike. In this issue of ROAD “Raleigh Revisited Part-II” is a short write-up of how Neil upgrades his Supercourse - which wears the same carbon frame as our TEAM, Prestige, and Competition road bikes - only it comes in at a wallet friendly price point of $1525.Back in Sept. we invited Neil out to participate in our local MS150 ride - we put [...] read more

• 2008 – 120 Years of Raleigh Bicycles - Part 1

  Dec 4, 2007

  History - Heritage - Tradition - Innovation - Today {words reed}  December is here and the end of calendar year 2007 is near. One of the interesting, challenging, and sometimes frustrating aspects of working in the bicycle industry is the “what year is it?” conundrum. At Raleigh we (and most of the bicycle industry) launched our 2008 product line several months ago. Currently we are selling the last of the 2006/2007product…launching the new 2008 line…and working hard to develop a fresh, [...] read more