Carlton commute

[ren531]

Been useing my 1981 Carlton corsair for work the last few weeks while my modern worck bike gets an overhaul, done a good job as a stand in, had to keep drying it all the time with all the rain

 

[KneesUp]

Nice bike - looks huge though, based on the head tube!

 

[Paulus]

Nice bike - looks huge though, based on the head tube!

Looks very tall if you look where the tops of the tyre are, and where the crossbar is. The seatpost is up as well, Just how tall are you Ren531?

 

[midlife]

Nice . Carlton did a 25.5" Corsair bike, sometimes called the "long fellow" version (not quite true) They charged a lot more for it, £120 more rings a bell.

 

[ren531]

Looks very tall if you look where the tops of the tyre are, and where the crossbar is. The seatpost is up as well, Just how tall are you Ren531?

. Its 25inch frame and i need it being around 6'3'' always struggle to get bikes to fit aspecialy the stem and bars, i do like my Carlton it fits me better than my 25inch Raleigh Ranndoneur ive tried every combination of stem and bar on the Raleigh and never been completely happy with it

 

[raleighnut]

Nice

 

[midlife]

Corsair was 648mm / 25.5 ". Carlton said the 25.5 inch frames were built specifically for the taller rider with different geometry to the smaller frames. So Carlton told us......

 

[Spokesmann]

Its Carlton.

 

[raleighnut]

Its Carlton.

It's Carlton. cough

 

[KneesUp]

It's Carlton. cough

It's a Carlton.

 

[ren531]

Sorry didnt have the bike with me at the time and spillings never been my strong point

 

[ren531]

Terrible omission on my part, had to go and edit it all to put it right, looking at my original post when 1st got the frame i spelt it right, i did do them in a bit of a rush, always a bad thing to do

 

[rogerzilla]

Big frames (24" and up) are often really cheap s/h because the pool of buyers is so small.

That doesn't read right

 

[Carlton Flier]

25in frames were always built to order due to the very small demand 21ins and 22.5 were always top sellers 23.5 (my personal favourite) seem to be a bit harder to find and thin on the ground

 

[ren531]

I bought it as just a frame looking a bit rusty and tatty most of the rust was on the head tube part of the frame ,I repainted to as close a colour as possible with new head transfer , I built it up with the sturmey 3 speed rear wheel ,but have now acquired more appropriate wheel and gearing so intend building it up this winter to look a bit more as it should ,nice bike either way .