77 Carlton Pro mk5 Finished

[fr188]

My Carlton is now complete, I took her out for a quick run ,feels really good , the bike is very nicely balanced on the road I've weighed it on the scales at 20.4 ibs or 9.4 kgs , which I think is pretty light for a steel bike

 

[fr188]

Some more pics.

 

[fossyant]

7400 series Dura Ace like my Herety. Very nice.. I'd possibly go with black tyres though.

 

[gaijintendo]

7400 series Dura Ace like my Herety. Very nice.. I'd possibly go with black tyres though.

I don't mind it at all, but my eyes couldn't process the sidewall and tyre colours being switched to start off with.

Edit: No, Wait... they are light sidewalls... hmm.

 

[fossyant]

Looks fab !

 

[fossyant]

I used to do coloured tyres, as they worked, but gone back to just black for the classic look.

 

[fossyant]

PS 9.4 kg is good. My Herety is 9kg (ish) but the 7400 series stuff wasn't made with being light - it was robust. This stuff just keeps working. Japanese engineering at it's best.

 

[Drago]

Very clean build. Well done.

 

[fossyant]

These old bikes were surprisingly light, given the weight penalty of steel frames - it's a good 1kg heavier (with forks) than an alloy or carbon frame set.

 

[fr188]

I have a nod amberwall set of corsa tyres keep in mind for the bike but the rubber tread cracked up when I put pressure in them, so I've just used the yellow corsas they nos and there nice running.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Lovely! I would buy an expensive meal (with Champagne) for that rear mech!

 

[EltonFrog]

S'nice innit? Don't like the tyres though, the rest of its ACE.

 

[Spiderweb]

Excellent job @fr188 , a beautiful machine.