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@Sharkstar
I grew up near Ilkeston. It's a terrible place, but I like the fact that Raleigh had the courage to name a bike after it nevertheless. It suggests a muscular honesty about things, and harks back to a time before brand consultants and The Persuaders with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore.