Moulton Standard

The Moulton Standard, catalogued as the M1, was the entry model of the original F-frame Moulton bicycle range that Alex Moulton launched in 1962. It carried the small wheels and front and rear rubber suspension that set the Moulton apart from conventional bicycles, on an open F-shaped frame with no top tube, which made it easy to mount. The Moulton Bicycle Club's model register lists it on 16 inch wheels for town use. Compared with the Deluxe it had painted mudguards and a three-speed hub gear in place of chrome guards and a four-speed Sturmey-Archer hub. The home-market range was built between 1962 and 1967 at the Moulton factory in Bradford-on-Avon and at the British Motor Corporation car plant at Kirkby, Liverpool, until Raleigh took over the business in 1967 and replaced it with the Major and Major Deluxe.