Moulton Mini

The Moulton Mini was the smaller of the two bicycles Moulton made in the 1960s, a roughly seven eighths scale relative of the original F frame Moulton on small wheels of about 14 inches. The Bootiebike site explains that Alex Moulton based it on the Triang Junior 1970, a children's bicycle that was itself a scaled down licensed copy of his design, gave it the front suspension of the larger bike and had it in the shops by early 1966 as an answer to the Raleigh RSW. It was sold under several names depending on specification, such as the Super 4 with a four speed Sturmey Archer hub, and its range of sizes covered riders from children to adults of up to about 178 cm. Raleigh went on making Minis after it took over Moulton in 1967, and some versions left out the front suspension and suffered fractured frames. The Moulton Bicycle Club lists the Mini as a heritage F frame model.