I'm trying to ID this Raleigh I bought for my wife last night. She'd been thinking about getting a road bike for some time. She was looking at modern bikes in the $1000 range until she saw the fun per dollars I've been getting out of my 1980 Peugeot. This inspired her to try an old Raleigh for $50.
The details:
-The serial number stamped on the BB reads N0P 6205 which doesn't fit anything in Sheldon Brown's site.
-Says either Grand Prix or Gran Sport on the frame. You'll have to check the picture to see which you think it is.
-Shifters are on the steering tube and are Suntour Power
-Raleigh-badged center pull brakes
-High Tensile tubing
-10 speeds
-Midnight Blue paint?
-Cotterless Crank
-Raleigh stamped or decaled on every single piece
-Registration sticker just below the seat where an identifying sticker might be!
The pictures:
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r1.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r2.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r3.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r4.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r5.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r6.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r7.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r8.JPG
http://www.salt2salt.com/waitzpix/albums/peugeot/r9.JPG
The shifters on the steering tube seem to indicate it's no earlier than '78 and I can't seem to find any later catalogs to narrow it down further.
Bob