Help identifying (potential) 80's Aerospace Contour Raleigh frame I recently acquired a mismatched Raleigh and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what frame it is specifically? I'm guessing it is 80's based on the fact that it has an '85 stamped 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub and (I believe) an 80's Raleigh badge. Also pretty sure the Union pedals are 80's too? I think it's an Aerospace Contour frame, since it has the oval shaped seat/downtube and forks (you can see how the round cable guides don't fit on the frame properly). I'm just confused as there is no derailleur hanger and I was convinced all the Aerospace frames had front/rear derailleur? There is also no sign of any braze-on cable guides whatsoever. The paint isn't original; it looks like a DIY job but there is no sign of an original colour underneath so there's no telling from that. It also has a really old Brooks saddle which could be original but I'm not sure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,

Alex.
In 1984 Raleigh came out with "Aero Tubing" on the:


Record Sprint 12 (Reynolds 501, double butted aero main tubes)
Quasar 12 (Reynolds 501, double butted aero main tubes)
Pulsar 10 (18-23 high tensile aero tubing)
Team Cadet 10 (18-23 high tensile aero tubing)


All four of them had a rear derailleur mount on the drive side drop out.

None of them had:


Cottered cranks
Three speed hub
Upright handlebars
Leather saddle


All of them had


Braze on rear brake cable guides
Brazed on down tube shift levers
Brazed on front derailleur mount
Quick release wheels


There is no aero tubing in the 1983 catalog or the 1985 catalog so they only existed for one year.

I'm not sure what to tell you. Other than the oval tubing and a screwed on head badge very little about the bike or the frame (from what I can see in the pictures) matches the 1984 Raleigh aero tubing bikes.