What bike is this? From old Scientific and Technical Catalogue
- Thread starter bonzobanana
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- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
No idea what bike it is but it has reminded me that I had those daft half guards on my Carlton 10 back in the early 70's.
What was the point of them I wonder.
What was the point of them I wonder.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
protected the brake caliper from spray and gunk off the wheel.
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Only 24” or 27” Frame available, so just for giants then?
I’m thinking they mean wheel size?
I’m thinking they mean wheel size?
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Dogtrousers
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Looks a bit meh.
Could that name be "Hi-Speed". Or maybe it says "10-Speed".
Could that name be "Hi-Speed". Or maybe it says "10-Speed".
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Dogtrousers
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I respectfully disagree.
bonzobanana
Guru
My first new bike was a Raleigh Arena and same near useless mudguards. Is that an indicator that it could be made at Raleigh or were such stupid mudguards featured on multiple brands I wonder. My Raleigh Arena spoke protector looked very similar too as did the brake levers and rear derailleur. Although my Arena was only 5 speed and had a downtube shifter.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
They were pretty universal in the 70s. My memory is not great but a pal of mine got a brand new Sun racer for Christmas one year, which we all envied. I seem to remember it had shorty mudguards.
Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Is there a year on the brochure?
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I had forgotten Sun as a brand - my mate had one too.
Dogtrousers
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God I was envious of that bike. It was everything my bike wasn't. New. Cool. And in working condition.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I'd guess late 70s / early 80s going by the blurb about the music cassettes. The "Supergroups" pack has ABBA included, so that definitely puts it into that kind of timespan.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Yeah, I'm guessing early 80's, but a firm year might end narrowed the search,
Sunny Portrush
Guru
- Location
- Musselburgh
My first bike kindly bought by my doting parents was a Triumph Twenty - I didn't cycle for years after that
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
Mine was a Triumph of some kind too, second or maybe third hand. It was orange and had a curved top tube, I'm not sure it even had gears, but I learned to ride on it through trial and error (no stabilisers in those days). My first new bike was a Viscount Fargo International (I think), in a lovely metallic blue colour (very similar to my Univega MTB actually), with those yellow / gold Bluemels type mudguards. It was, sadly, only a three speed Sturmey Archer set up, I'd really wanted a proper racer with derailleurs but those were out of my price range at the time (I think around 1977 / 1978). It cost £50 from Thornley's toy and pram shop on Darlington's North Road, with another £1 for delivery I seem to recall. It served me well enough though and it undoubtedly started my interest in 'proper' cycling. My first 'big' ride on my own would have been around 1978 when I rode to Darlington and back (on the footpaths mind
), a distance of around twenty miles! Apologies for the thread diversion but that picture got me all nostalgic 
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