velocipede
Senior Retro Guru
@otherself - not going to repaint it. It’s got plenty of scratches but to be honest, considering it’s c 40 years old, it’s pretty good. The chrome is superb. So once all the components are on there it’ll be grand I’m sure.
The decals are worse on one side than the other and given they are so bold (and black) I might touch them in with some gloss black enamel at some point.
Also, having fitted some wheels to check the clearances, it’s nowhere near as tight as I thought it would be - it’ll be running 23’s to begin with but tbh I’ve had some 25’s sat in there with no trouble.
As for its original use and whether it was built for TT’s - it belonged to @colnagokid before me - he will know - my guess is that it was more of a all rounder race bike rather than TT specific? (Given the other Carlesses I’ve seen were all single ring out and out TT machines that is)
The decals are worse on one side than the other and given they are so bold (and black) I might touch them in with some gloss black enamel at some point.
Also, having fitted some wheels to check the clearances, it’s nowhere near as tight as I thought it would be - it’ll be running 23’s to begin with but tbh I’ve had some 25’s sat in there with no trouble.
As for its original use and whether it was built for TT’s - it belonged to @colnagokid before me - he will know - my guess is that it was more of a all rounder race bike rather than TT specific? (Given the other Carlesses I’ve seen were all single ring out and out TT machines that is)