In 1958 Dunelt was imported my G. Joannou Cycle Co. New York. I have their catalog, it only shows only 3 speed upright handle bar bikes, the top of the line model was the Floridian. From the picture in the catalog, it looks like it could be Raleigh built.
Chris Ioakimedes http://www.fattiretrading.com
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Subject: Re: [CR]Dunelts?
<Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Dunelts?
> There have been several reportings of higher end
> butted Dunelt Racers from the 60's on other
> english bike lists. This was long after Raleigh
> swallowed them up. I'm thinking someone from the
> Worksop shops built some bikes and put the
> Raleigh-owned marque on it for a lark.
>
> Pure conjecture and I'm sticking to it.
Well, it was Peter Koskinen who first mentioned Dunelt. The same Peter who owns a Dunelt "International" (I am not sure if that's the name on the bike, but it's a properly badged Dunelt that is a c. 1969 International in every other respect). Others have been spotted. So Dunelt was not as down market as we think. They also made their own club bikes in the 1950s including Reynolds framed ones.
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA