Here is my 1980's Raleigh USA. I only know that much from the headbadge. This is the bike I posted last summer in the COTD, when I got it for one dollar at our annual neighborhood street sale. (That's the same sale where I got the Pinarello and the Bianchi, three bikes for three dollars.) The seller said he built up this bike for triathlons, and that he was real proud of his paint job then, but not now. The pictures tell why.

Anyway, there is indeed a cable guide plate or bracket on the underside of the BB, obscuring any serial numbers that might be there. I think the multiple coats of paint slapped on it might have filled them in, too. And I checked the inside of my cranks, which are Campagnolo, and all I see is a '170', then a circle with a '4' inside it, then "9/16 x 20F". The other decals on the bike are aftermarket. So I have no idea what type of Raleigh this is. I will say this is a very light bike, maybe even lighter than that Pinarello.

One question: when I first got the bike, for some reason I thought I'd check the headbadge to be sure it really belonged on this bike, and it popped off when I got my fingernails underneath it. The pins correspond to the holes in the headtube, but they're not enough to secure it. What do you use to affix the headbadge? Some sort of glue?