![]() I modified mine to 20 x 1.75″ BMX rims, but found that they lowered the BB too much. Unlike the US 20s, the NZ version stayed true to the 20 x 1 3/8″ wheel. ![]() Also fitted was a wiring system for dynamo lights, which ran through the main tube and through copper contact plates at the shotgun style joint. The bike originally came fitted with the usual Raleigh equipment: Quick adjust seat and ‘bars, full ‘guards, a built in prop-stand and a sturdy tubular carrier. I own a Raleigh 20 Detachable, although I’ve modified the machine heavily. ![]() This last feature allowed the production of a fully detachable version which was, I think, unique to NZ. ![]() In another departure, the bracing tubes from the main tube to the bottom bracket were missing. It was made of local steel, and the main tube was of slightly smaller diameter than the original. Slightly cruder than the original Nottingham version, the 20 was nevertheless a sturdy machine which suffered very few problems over its long production life. Although the Sports Model was the original backbone of the range, it was the Raleigh 20 which really set the sales records. Raleigh bicycles were manufactured under licence in New Zealand by Morrison Industries of Hastings from the very late sixties through to (I think) 1987. Michael Toohey describes a unique and insular market that even spawned a separable Raleigh 20
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