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You know you have a problem when you start roping in your non-bike loving friends into your all encompassing hobby.
I spotted a karma ad for some large road bike frames from CanAmSteve a few weeks ago - and one of the frames was a sorry looking Carlton.
I've got a bit of a soft spot for old 70's Carltons so I had to have it. Unfortunately Steve lives 2 1/2hrs away.....but also only 20ish minutes from a friend of mine.
A flurry of messages two and fro saw Steve kindly agreeing to drop the frames over to my friends house who's been stashing them away for me until this weekend when we traveled over to visit.
I've done nothing other than strip off the odd bit of componentry left on it and removed the bottom bracket.
It's in a sorry state - needs a complete re-finish......there are some patches of rust on the chainstays but nothing terminal I don't think.
Anyway - I'm going to gather some nice bits for it and slowly work my way through it - hopefully ending up with a suitably sized road bike for next summer.
But.....what it is it? I think it's a Clubman model from 1977 based on a bit of internet research.....and the 1977 Carlton catalogue.
Looks like this was sold as a frameset only? Also not sure whether it was designed for 27" or 700c wheels. The catalogue page suggests it's designed for mudguard clearance and if I offer up short drop calipers to the frame with 700c wheels fitted the pads don't reach the rims.....so I'm guessing 27" wheels.
Paint options were Fire Red and Eau de Nil......and I'm really tempted to re-paint it the latter - and decals seem to be readily available too.
May be a bit of slow burner......but looking forward to getting this one together.
I spotted a karma ad for some large road bike frames from CanAmSteve a few weeks ago - and one of the frames was a sorry looking Carlton.
I've got a bit of a soft spot for old 70's Carltons so I had to have it. Unfortunately Steve lives 2 1/2hrs away.....but also only 20ish minutes from a friend of mine.
A flurry of messages two and fro saw Steve kindly agreeing to drop the frames over to my friends house who's been stashing them away for me until this weekend when we traveled over to visit.
I've done nothing other than strip off the odd bit of componentry left on it and removed the bottom bracket.
It's in a sorry state - needs a complete re-finish......there are some patches of rust on the chainstays but nothing terminal I don't think.
Anyway - I'm going to gather some nice bits for it and slowly work my way through it - hopefully ending up with a suitably sized road bike for next summer.
But.....what it is it? I think it's a Clubman model from 1977 based on a bit of internet research.....and the 1977 Carlton catalogue.
Looks like this was sold as a frameset only? Also not sure whether it was designed for 27" or 700c wheels. The catalogue page suggests it's designed for mudguard clearance and if I offer up short drop calipers to the frame with 700c wheels fitted the pads don't reach the rims.....so I'm guessing 27" wheels.
Paint options were Fire Red and Eau de Nil......and I'm really tempted to re-paint it the latter - and decals seem to be readily available too.
May be a bit of slow burner......but looking forward to getting this one together.
. Fire Red was someone's bright idea that first pitched up on the Grand Prix I think. In the shop all waxed up under the lights it looked good but didn't age very well. They painted quite a few frames in it, maybe they bought a big batch lol.
