Carlton for the enthusiasts.
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torqueless
Senior Retro Guru
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I spy braze-on centre-pulls (not Mafac, although the levers are) and an integral 531 seatpin.
An (easy) clean machine indeed.. if you have the parts to fit.
Cyclocross?
I spy braze-on centre-pulls (not Mafac, although the levers are) and an integral 531 seatpin.
An (easy) clean machine indeed.. if you have the parts to fit.
Cyclocross?
Midlife
Retro Wizard
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CycloCross usually were only 5 speed with a bar end shifter, mind you there is a lot of clearance on that frame.
I wonder why the stem wasn't drilled for the front cable to go to given the routing fir the rear brake.
CycloCross usually were only 5 speed with a bar end shifter, mind you there is a lot of clearance on that frame.
I wonder why the stem wasn't drilled for the front cable to go to given the routing fir the rear brake.
torqueless
Senior Retro Guru
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Yeah I wouldn't wish to cyclocross it the way it's set up now! I just thought that might have been the original purpose of the frame? Not necessarily. You don't have to be off-road for it to make sense to remove the frame/seatpin interface and the frame/brake interface from the roadspray line of fire.. (and save weight into the bargain.)
I'm trying to put a date to it.
Yeah I wouldn't wish to cyclocross it the way it's set up now! I just thought that might have been the original purpose of the frame? Not necessarily. You don't have to be off-road for it to make sense to remove the frame/seatpin interface and the frame/brake interface from the roadspray line of fire.. (and save weight into the bargain.)
I'm trying to put a date to it.
Midlife
Retro Wizard
1970's. Era of the MKM Ultimate?
Edit..
I recall seeing a fillet brazed carlton somewhere and tracked it down to Retrobike but the pics in the thread have expired, there are a couple of them on Google though.
Spokesmann on that thread recalls carlton did do some lugless stuff for cyclo-cross
Edit..
I recall seeing a fillet brazed carlton somewhere and tracked it down to Retrobike but the pics in the thread have expired, there are a couple of them on Google though.
Spokesmann on that thread recalls carlton did do some lugless stuff for cyclo-cross
Lackluster
rBotM Winner
Definitely an easy clean frame. Personally I would have preferred the rear brake cable to be fully covered, but maybe thats saving weight with not having another couple of extra brazed on cable guides 'he says tongue in cheek!'.
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It seems that 3 of these were made for the Carlton team in 1971, this one the fourth for the late Ken Evans, editor of Cycling magazine.
The bike had been in my sister-in-law's roof void for close to 40 years, and when we got it out it had changed into a Raleigh.
The current owner was able to restore it with the help of a photograph I took in 1977 of Ken (when it was a Carlton) in a 25. A new genuine head badge was kindly supplied by Dave Marsh of the Universal Cycle Centre in Maltby, Rotherham
Keith
It seems that 3 of these were made for the Carlton team in 1971, this one the fourth for the late Ken Evans, editor of Cycling magazine.
The bike had been in my sister-in-law's roof void for close to 40 years, and when we got it out it had changed into a Raleigh.
The current owner was able to restore it with the help of a photograph I took in 1977 of Ken (when it was a Carlton) in a 25. A new genuine head badge was kindly supplied by Dave Marsh of the Universal Cycle Centre in Maltby, Rotherham
Keith
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Midlife":1654cvej said:
Back in the early 70s...
I have an image somewhere of a fillet brazed Continental finished in bright orange/red.
