Raleigh Rodeo

The Raleigh Rodeo was an early attempt by the Raleigh Bicycle Company to compete with the Schwinn Sting-Ray, the American bicycle with high-rise handlebars and a banana seat that went on sale in 1963. Raleigh introduced the Rodeo together with a second model, the Fireball, and both looked like Sting-Ray clones. They did not sell well, and the Rodeo is remembered mainly as the commercial failure that came before the Raleigh Chopper. Raleigh's second attempt, worked on in the late 1960s with outside design help, produced the Chopper, which succeeded where the Rodeo had not. The sources consulted for this entry give no production dates or specifications for the Rodeo.