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| Company type | Private company limited by shares |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bicycles |
| Predecessor | Woodhead and Angois (1885, later Woodhead, Angois and Ellis) |
| Founded | December 1888, registered as a limited liability company in January 1889 |
| Founders | Frank Bowden, Richard Woodhead and Paul Angois |
| Fate | Owned by Accell |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | raleigh |
The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a British bicycle manufacturer based in Nottingham, England and founded by Woodhead and Angois in 1885. Using Raleigh as their brand name, it is one of the oldest bicycle companies in the world. After being acquired by Frank Bowden in December 1888, it became The Raleigh Cycle Company, which was registered as a limited liability company in January 1889. By 1913, it was the largest bicycle manufacturing company in the world. From 1921 to 1935, Raleigh also produced motorcycles and three-wheel cars, leading to the formation of Reliant Motors. Raleigh bicycle is now a division of the Dutch corporation Accell.[1]
In 2006, the Raleigh Chopper was named in the list of British design icons in the Great British Design Quest organised by the BBC and the Design Museum.[2]
- ^ "Accell Group Acquires Raleigh Cycle". Bike Europe. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Great British Design Quest". GamesIndustry.biz. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2021.