hello non-fixie,

hath time allowed you to learn any more regarding this machine?

she looketh asian and 1975-ish to these tired auld ocular receptors. much later and her braze-on mix would differ.

wrt the discussion on the notch in the bb shell. have encountered this previously on some japanese department store type cycles. it is there to accept a toothed washer used as a retainer for the fixed cup. one often sees it without the washer it is intended for, giving rise to the speculation. its purpose differs from that of the harris/plattner feature.

the bicycle's fork appears so much lower quality than the frame it is easy to see the suspicion that it represents a replacement. was a bit surprised that it does not show the rectangular slot in the fork tip to accept a safety wheel retention washer. when withdrawn, its steerer will likely display a manufacturer mark from someone such as lung or akisu, makers of off-the-shelf o.e.m. forks. have never seen a tange fork of this pattern, but there is of course "always a first time." do the fork tips match the dropouts or are they stamped sheet?

wrt raleigh-ness - back when raleigh was raleigh in the u.s., pre-huffman, they distributed a line of asian machines under the rampar badge. this cycle does not resemble one of those. if it did once wear raleigh livery it may be something made expressly for the european market.

headplate holes a clue to identity. have a number asian plates in me collection. will see if there are any two-fastner vertically arranged 46mm ones amongst them. am away from where they live this week so can check on them the following week. my guess is that bicycle might possibly be a house brand done for a chain store.