I posted this on chat yesterday:
"I have just done it again. Another E-Bay impulse buy! It's described as a Carlton Carrera - nice lugs, 5 speed, 27", looks 70s to me but never heard of Carlton making a Carrera model. It's described as a tourer and has straight bars and a rear carrier.
Have I bought:
a. A nice old bike needing revival.
b. A bitsa with part of it Carlton.
c. (Yet another) clunker??
You can find it on E-Bay at
110416654846
PS Looking at the lugs (Capella?) seems to put it between 58 and 66. I am rather hoping this is a nice lightweight masquerading as a "going to the pub" bike. "
Picked the bike up this morning and fouind chrome plating peeping through the crappy paint job, chromed tubes and chromed lugs. Not too sure about the forks yet, but definitely chromed at the bottom. Cyclo changer (50s?) running a Hurth rear mech (70s?). A really nasty straight bar in a rather nice GB quill and weiman brakes. What on earth is it??????
I bet Bagpuss knows!!
More photos are here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/31231726@N03/3764749919/in/photostream/
"I have just done it again. Another E-Bay impulse buy! It's described as a Carlton Carrera - nice lugs, 5 speed, 27", looks 70s to me but never heard of Carlton making a Carrera model. It's described as a tourer and has straight bars and a rear carrier.
Have I bought:
a. A nice old bike needing revival.
b. A bitsa with part of it Carlton.
c. (Yet another) clunker??
You can find it on E-Bay at
110416654846
PS Looking at the lugs (Capella?) seems to put it between 58 and 66. I am rather hoping this is a nice lightweight masquerading as a "going to the pub" bike. "
Picked the bike up this morning and fouind chrome plating peeping through the crappy paint job, chromed tubes and chromed lugs. Not too sure about the forks yet, but definitely chromed at the bottom. Cyclo changer (50s?) running a Hurth rear mech (70s?). A really nasty straight bar in a rather nice GB quill and weiman brakes. What on earth is it??????
I bet Bagpuss knows!!
More photos are here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/31231726@N03/3764749919/in/photostream/