Raleigh identification. help please
 

The seller says that this bike is a "Charles" can anyone identify this for me? and is $170 a fair price?
http://denver.craigslist.org/bik/2866667408.html

Thank you
ARed

It's a fairly low end Raleigh, never heard of a Raleigh "Charles".

I could probably get $180.00 or so for that in my market in 100% ready to ride condition, not sure about yours.

That one is not 100% ready to ride either.



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Taiwan built notice the hash marks on the headbadge or was that holland?

Those were RaleighUSA. See if he can give you the first 4 or 5 of the serial number. With that we can tell where and when it was made.

Looks very Taiwan to me.

Mid 80's Taiwan Raleigh USA lower end. Stem shifters, turkey wings removed. Most likely a "Record" model

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroral...5/pages/3.html

We see a lot of Montreal built ones from that era with the "Raleigh" on the seat stays. I don't know if any of them made it out to Denver. Is there a "made in" decal down by the bottom bracket?