Hey Mike,
TI is short for Tube Investments Group, a company that merged with Raleigh around 1960 (I think). If you put TI Raleigh into the Yahoo search engine it will tell you all about it (I thought the same thing the first time I saw TI Raleigh).
John Dunn In Napa Valley
From: Michael Archibald <marchibald@upsideeng.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 1:34 PM Subject: [CR]Old Raleigh Bike
> Hi all, last night I went to a local bike shop to buy a couple of old
> crappy bikes so I could cut the frames up and practice my welding. They
let
> me loose in their dark yard and told me to take my pick from a large pile
of
> bikes intended for stripping and the recycler. I picked a couple nasty
old
> bikes and an old woman's bike for the small tubing and the single speed
rear
> hub and wheels, and chucked them into my truck paying $5 each. When I got
> home I took a closed look at the woman's bike. It is a Limited Edition
> Ti-Raleigh lugged bike. Do you suppose the Ti-Raleigh means Titanium?
The
> Single speed rear hub turned out to be a 3 speed internal hub. This bike
is
> actually in great condition and has all kinds of excellent detailing on
it.
> Even the fenders and rear rack are in perfect shape. I've decided to
clean
> this bike up and give it to my wife to ride on those Sunday afternoons
when
> an old cruiser is just the thing to be riding. Does any one know what
this
> old Raleigh might be worth or any history behind it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike Archibald
> MPA Design Solutions Inc.