SUN Supalite - any info appreciated
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OldTel
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Hi, there's some info on Birmingham Sun's scattered around the web, basically they were a good medium sized builder, who peaked in the late 30's thru to early 50's, after that there was a slow decline until the Raleigh takeover in 1961 'ish. The superlite name was used during the fifties, so to start with, piccies would be useful to identify, and there should be a serial number on one of the dropouts, can you get this and we can get an idea of the year. Terry
Here are some photos of the bike overall and in more detail
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l56/s ... 0Supalite/
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l56/s ... 0Supalite/
OldTel
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Hi, the serial number would nail the year, but as it has GB Sports MK 11 brakes, 1957 looks there about. The Superlite was behind the Wasp and Manxman in the pecking order, and looks like it uses plain 531 tubing, so it should ride well. I've attached a jpeg of the catalog page from 1957, which does look similar to your bike. Terry
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OldTel
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Hi, thats the key digit, usually there's only two alphabetic numbers, but when there are three, the middle one's the model, so in this case -superlite, the third is the workshop it came from. The 'X' can sometimes just indicate a non standard frame i.e. longer top tube than catalogue sizing. Hope you are going to bring it back to its original glory. Terry
trevor pickles
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