Hi Firstly let me say I have been living in London for 8 years now and something I have been noticing since joining this forum is that Raleigh in South Africa seems to be like Trek over here. I have seen some threads on The Hub stating that in SA it's not 'cool' or what have you to ride a Trek but one thing that is the complete opposite is that Raleigh in the UK as far as my experience goes appeals only to the kids and grannies and novices who want to ride twice a month in the park. Any half serious cyclist goes for the likes of Klein, Trek, Specialized, Cannondale, Gary Fisher, Giant, Scott, Yeti... I'm interested to see what peoples' opinions of Raleigh are. Obviously they're highly rated bikes in SA which as I say is the opposite to England. Here Trek is really big and as I said, no half serious cyclist - mountain biker or roadie would be seen dead on a Raleigh. Is Raleigh in England the Same company as it is in SA? It must be I think but the SA Raleigh bikes obviously seem so much better. Maybe it's just the whole demand and supply thing...
