newts
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- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
Can any CC'ers help indentify the bike pictured circa 1979?
It's a limited view, any guesses?
It's a limited view, any guesses?
Bike from my teenage years, what is it?
- Thread starter newts
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- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I'll be super impressed when someone on here does identify it.
Notice my absolute faith in the CC membership with the use of the very positive 'when' and 'does'.
Notice my absolute faith in the CC membership with the use of the very positive 'when' and 'does'.
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newts
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- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
It was like that in 1979, doubt there's much left of it by now😂It needs cleaning.
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newts
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- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
I remember it being 5spd & being jealous of mates bikes with 10spd.
keabo
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- Location
- Bury, Lancs
Raleigh Arena?
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Did they it really come with two tone cables from the factory? I guess The Specials first hit the charts around then?
Once a Wheeler
…always a wheeler
Fork crown looks a bit like a Carlton Constellation. Those bonkers brake levers are typical of Peugeot but were used widely. That handlebar stem made of alloy with the angled flat rear face is typical of the French Philippe marque. If that is a pump underslung from the top-tube, it suggests the frame was intended to take a double chainwheel as the arrangement clears the seat tube for the front changer. Seat stays are nicely tapered but the seat bolt looks a bit basic for Carlton. Looks like the tip of a Campag gear lever poking through its split rubber cover. Bog standard 1970s saddle clamp. Diverse origins, I suspect.
classic33
Leg End Member
Rear Brake Outer: Black
Front Brake Outer: White
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Chain's slack too.It needs cleaning.
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newts
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- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
Maybe a red herring as i bought the bike secondhand, i cant remember how old it was at the time of purchase.
The reason for the obscure shot, me trying to be arty with my new Fujica STX1.
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AuroraSaab
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No idea on the bike, but the cars look like a beige Morris Oxford and a dark red Volvo p1800.
taximan
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- Location
- Whitby North Yorkshire.
Milremo stem?
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newts
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- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
That was my Dad's Morris Oxford i used to get embarassed going any where in it.
Red one was Mum's Hillman Hunter
