Loopybike quick £100 Carlton build

[loopybike]

Meanwhile I'd cleaned up all the removed parts in, erm, the dishwasher. Now I've been caught by the Mrs before using the dishwasher and I didn't want to be caught again!
Just as the cycle finished ( max temp mode) I heard her car pull up on the drive. I've never been able to juggle before, but when I rushed to take out the two calliper and derallier I soon learnt! God they were hot! Lol clean though

 

[loopybike]

The local bicycle shop provided some proper quality brake blocks. £7

 

[midlife]

Starting to come together . Where did the £55 wheels come from?

 

[loopybike]

Starting to come together . Where did the £55 wheels come from?

Off eBay from baldwins-cycles-ltd

27" by 1 1/4" front and rear

 

[loopybike]

Next on the list was new cables throughout. £11.75
Then a new chain £4.00. I ordered a black chain but when it arrived I had been sent a black and silver one. I was so please they'd got it wrong because I really like it! Lol
I also ordered some cheap black pedels. I can't ride with toe clips and cleats just scare me so I went for flat ones. I think they're BMX ones. £7.00 I know they're wrong but I like them

So now I'm at .....er.....oh I've gone over the £100! Ah well it's only money!

 

[loopybike]

Let's talk about those handle bars. Obviously it would originally had dropped bars. One of the reasons I chose this bike was because it didn't have them! I really hate dropped bars. I want to be looking around me, where I'm going, over hedges, etc. Not staring at the floor straining my neck to see ahead. I don't cycle for speed ( I drive a volvo estate for God's sake! Lol ). So the bars are staying
I even love the fact that the original brake levers are being used! They kind of flow with the bars!
So wrong but so right ( for me!)

 

[loopybike]

So there we have it. A perfectly presentable, if not original, bicycle.

Not particularly unique though is it?

And I like unique! ........

 

[roadrash]

Off eBay from baldwins-cycles-ltd

27" by 1 1/4" front and rear

just up the road from me baldwins, cheap too

 

[raleighnut]

So there we have it. A perfectly presentable, if not original, bicycle. View attachment 396888

Not particularly unique though is it?

And I like unique! ........

I dunno those handlebars at that angle look pretty 'unique' to me (or mid 70s at least)

 

[wonderdog]

Not sure this is the right area to post this so admins feel free to move


I had a sudden, scary thought the other week: I don't have a road bike at the moment!

With spring round the corner I thought it was time to do something about it. Fire up eBay! ........

Now I can't justify spending loads on a bike, but I want nice quality and uniqueness. ( if you have seen my previous builds you'll know I like uniqueness!) So I set myself a £100 budget. That's for the whole build mind.

£22 later I've won (??) myself a tatty carlton. There was only 1 photo of it in the advert and that was very poor so it was a gamble. Not much of a gamble I guess but still 22% of my budget. I collected it from a very "interesting" chap ( think Steptoe and son ) in the dark so I still couldn't look at what I'd got. What I did know was the it wouldn't roll when I pushed it to my car. Not a good sign. I loaded it inside my estate car and drove the 1/2 hr home enjoying the delightful smell of, well, I can't describe it really. I believe that on that cold winters night I was the only car driving with all the windows down!

So here it is safely in the workshop.

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Wooden mind a ferret around in yr shed ... by refurbing the bike are you avoiding finishing off the TR? And what's the alloy body with the Minilite-looking wheels. This may be an entry for the "Show us your shed" thread.

 

[wonderdog]

I dunno those handlebars at that angle look pretty 'unique' to me (or mid 70s at least)

I reckon you've come up with a pretty good looking piece of kit. Too nice for a pub bike

 

[loopybike]

Wooden mind a ferret around in yr shed ... by refurbing the bike are you avoiding finishing off the TR? And what's the alloy body with the Minilite-looking wheels. This may be an entry for the "Show us your shed" thread.

My day job is building and repairing aluminium bodies for vintage cars. The TR restoration is a favour for a terminally ill friend. The aluminium car in the background is a Cooper Bobtail, waiting for the customer to collect.

 

[loopybike]

This bike still needs a few things.
I live in Telford where there are lots of cycle paths. Due to the popularity of them a bell is necessary ( isobelle necessary on a bike? Lol) so I've ordered a nice big chrome Dutch "ding dong" one
It needs lights too. I've sourced a rear, still hunting for a suitable front.

The other thing it needs is mudgaurds. Now I have been known to go over the top with them in the past.....you may remember this bike

Another Carlton funnily enough .

But I fancy something a bit more subtle this time!


And no, I will not be buying them. Where's the fun in that?!

 

[biggs682]

This bike still needs a few things.
I live in Telford where there are lots of cycle paths. Due to the popularity of them a bell is necessary ( isobelle necessary on a bike? Lol) so I've ordered a nice big chrome Dutch "ding dong" one
It needs lights too. I've sourced a rear, still hunting for a suitable front.

The other thing it needs is mudgaurds. Now I have been known to go over the top with them in the past.....you may remember this bike
View attachment 396919

Another Carlton funnily enough .

But I fancy something a bit more subtle this time!


And no, I will not be buying them. Where's the fun in that?!

love the guards on this one

and well done re the build , you ought to get some alloy flat bars

 

[loopybike]

love the guards on this one

and well done re the build , you ought to get some alloy flat bars

Yeah someone made me an offer I really couldn't refuse on that one. It ended up featured in a German magazine!