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I just read it and it appears to state it is difficult to date the early ones ie by year or month, etc. So maybe I assume by using a Raleigh catalogue or finding an expert? All the best...

https://raleighchopper.info/models/modelsdating3.html Found the link above , it maybe helpful?

Still haven't removed forks 😁

Sorry...upside down. Not that helpful I suspect?

Thanks for that...I never knew 😀

I took a couple of pictures of both chain stay/rear dropouts today because...the inside of the rear derailleur dropout looks slightly different from all the other three...Is this a frame builders quirk? I haven't seen this style before but that's no surprise as I never completed my I Spy Book of...

Hello I am trying to figure out when my GB frame was made. It has the serial number 2568 at the 3 o'clock position on my bb shell and I know of one other found on Classic Lightweights that is 2268. I'm sure the year is not 1968 as my frame is 1970s maybe early 1980s? Pictures can be found in...

Thanks for the additional info juvela 😀

Hello Thank you ever so much for contacting me. Thank you for the info as well and do you know if your bicycle has a serial number on the bb shell? It's lovely looking bicycle...

Other than the fork crown it's identical though many bicycle frames are similar? It's a shame GB closed in 2016 but that doesn't guarantee I guess they would know? Nice light blue that...as I said before I will have to I interrogate the former owners son in the nicest possible way lol. Thank...

Thanks for that 😀 It definitely has an Ishiwata 017 decal on the seat tube...