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- Location
- Whitby North Yorkshire.
I am reluctantly offering for sale my Carlton Carrera, frame No WG 6000986. This leads me to believe the bike was built in Worksop & dates back to 1986. I would describe it as being in reasonably good condition and I believe it is still fitted with many original parts. I acquired the bike last year and all I have done to it is replaced the tyres, tubes & cables. I have only used it a couple of times but at 73 years of age I find the gearing too high for me in the hilly terrain around where I live. I have seen similar Carlton Carreras offered for sale between £600 & £800 and my bike seems to be as good, if not better than most of them.
I am open to offers or alternatively, I would consider an exchange for a touring bike suitable for an extended camping trip.
The bike is located in Whitby , North Yorks. View attachment 406980
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoVUAMkpUAsVyDd6AWoSrgt9Lnf-
The bike is fitted with the following parts.
Frame:- 22.5 inch, Reynolds 531 tubing.
Handlebars:- Cinelli
Stem:- Cinelli
Headset Stronglite
Wheels Mavic Rimms on Mich hubs
Brakes Shimano Golden Arrow
Front & rear mechs Shimano Golden Arrow
Saddle:- San Marco Rolls on a SR Laprade seatpost
Weight 25 lb / 10.9 kilo (according to my bathroom scales :-)
There are a couple of Issues though, When new I believe the bike may have been fitted with Chromed forks, The forks fitted to my Carrera are black but they do appear to be the correct type.
The other problem is that three teeth are missing on the large chain ring on the front. They appear to have been missing for some time but the ring will need to be replaced at some point.
I am open to offers or alternatively, I would consider an exchange for a touring bike suitable for an extended camping trip.
The bike is located in Whitby , North Yorks. View attachment 406980
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoVUAMkpUAsVyDd6AWoSrgt9Lnf-
The bike is fitted with the following parts.
Frame:- 22.5 inch, Reynolds 531 tubing.
Handlebars:- Cinelli
Stem:- Cinelli
Headset Stronglite
Wheels Mavic Rimms on Mich hubs
Brakes Shimano Golden Arrow
Front & rear mechs Shimano Golden Arrow
Saddle:- San Marco Rolls on a SR Laprade seatpost
Weight 25 lb / 10.9 kilo (according to my bathroom scales :-)
There are a couple of Issues though, When new I believe the bike may have been fitted with Chromed forks, The forks fitted to my Carrera are black but they do appear to be the correct type.
The other problem is that three teeth are missing on the large chain ring on the front. They appear to have been missing for some time but the ring will need to be replaced at some point.
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