From: <gpvb1@comcast.net>
> T.I. (Tube Investments) bought Raleigh, not the other way 'round. That's
why it was called T.I. Raleigh.... There was money in them thar' tubes!
(Making bikes is a tougher way to make a profit!).
>
> I'm not sure exactly when this happened. 1970-ish maybe? Anyone have an
accurate date? I was at Raleigh in 1979-1980, and it had been T.I. for some
time by then, I think.
Around 1960.
see: http://www.raleighbikes.com/
and: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa