In response to kingsting: I had a 1988 Raleigh Sport that was made in Taiwan, It was a decent bike even with steel rims, generic brakes/levers, and a vinyl mattress saddle. I ended up replacing the handlebars with nitto upright bars, brooks saddle, and cork grips.
here it is in it's prime taking me to work.
Then it met a untimely demise on April Fools day about 2 years ago, some girl hit me in her prius. I still haven't thrown away the frame as it still sits in my shed. Most of the damage was to the wheels, fenders, and basket. Im not to sure if the frame is bent, looking it over it looks fine. Spacing is still correct and it did not have any bends from what I can tell. When she hit me she was not going fast at all. I honestly think the wheels bent because of me and my weight, my body took most of the damage.
the aftermath.