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    Careful of their lists. Raleigh started in the UK but has no manufacturing plants there (as far as I can tell) and is owned by Accell Group BV, which is based in Netherlands. Still Europe but not sure you can trust these countries of origin

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        Afraid not, was just flicking through and saw Raleigh in the UK section, which I know a lot about as lived in the area of Nottingham it was once in. They offshored all their factories to cheaper Asian countries many years ago leaving just a small presence in the UK to sell and unpack the bikes. I can see only 130 UK staff (68 sales, 62 admin) so can’t imagine they build anything here.

        When I get some time I’ll go through the list, at least the UK ones which I can find information about much more easily (our company data is open to all - not many countries have this)

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    My Norta is pretty awesome. Belt driven and pretty much no-maintenance besides brake pads. Though the balance is off that makes the front wheel oscillate wildly by itself if you let go of the handlebars.