Raleigh Superbe

The Raleigh Superbe was the deluxe version of the Raleigh Sports, the three-speed roadster that was the flagship of Raleigh's utility bicycles. It usually came with a Dynohub lighting system, a key-locking fork, a luggage carrier and an upgraded Brooks B66 saddle in place of the B72 fitted to the Sports. The 1962 catalogue even suggested that the Dynohub would be ideal for emergency lighting in a fallout shelter. For marketing reasons Raleigh made equivalent bicycles under the Rudge and Humber names. A 1978 book describes the heavy-duty African roadsters as country cousins of the British Superbe, and the name was reused in the early 1980s for a Japanese-built road bike.