Carlton Flier
Über Member
- Location
- Carlton-in-Lindrick Nottinghamshire
Can you remember your first true racing bike how old you were when you got it I can mine .
My first racer was obviously a Carlton I got knocked off my first bike it was a horrible steel thing on 26in wheels that was my Grandads ex thing he went to work on ironically on Kilton Road 200 yds from Carlton Cycles on Eastgate and 150 yds up the road from my Grandads house no 145 After a brief spell in Victoria Hospital and no bike My Dad created my racer based on an orange Carlton 10 frame a 1967 running weinmann leavers /centre pulls ,GB stem (a good one) Alloy drops running green bar tape chrome steel crank, lightweight Japanese alloy pedals brown Wright’s leather seat,chrome seat stem,standard Carlton built chrome wheels running 27in tyres a Sun Tour Skitter derailleur about 67 vintage that my Dad acquired from somewhere? and 5 speed cassette to match in effect as my Dad named the bike the unique Carlton 5 I claim the title of the first Carlton in Worksop to run the Sun Tour Skitter derailleur it was quite a talking point with local kids cycling fans What’s that gear set what make is it Japanese Eh you are having a laugh jap crap Most people around us were running Simplex or the local bike snobs Campag set ups A couple of my Cousins who also worked at the Cycles ran Campag equipped Carltons anything else was a no no My Carlton took me to School every day 5 days a week a paper round then when leaving School to College/Work before buying a motor bike It never missed a beat all the time I owned it The wheels stayed true despite going up and down and off local curbs The Sun Tour Skitter shifted up and down without fault and also never gave a minutes trouble so much for Jap Crap Brakes were always brilliant it rode and stopped like a good Carlton should that’s why I love them bikes with a soul wish I still had it gone but not forgotten What’s your story let’s hear it .
My first racer was obviously a Carlton I got knocked off my first bike it was a horrible steel thing on 26in wheels that was my Grandads ex thing he went to work on ironically on Kilton Road 200 yds from Carlton Cycles on Eastgate and 150 yds up the road from my Grandads house no 145 After a brief spell in Victoria Hospital and no bike My Dad created my racer based on an orange Carlton 10 frame a 1967 running weinmann leavers /centre pulls ,GB stem (a good one) Alloy drops running green bar tape chrome steel crank, lightweight Japanese alloy pedals brown Wright’s leather seat,chrome seat stem,standard Carlton built chrome wheels running 27in tyres a Sun Tour Skitter derailleur about 67 vintage that my Dad acquired from somewhere? and 5 speed cassette to match in effect as my Dad named the bike the unique Carlton 5 I claim the title of the first Carlton in Worksop to run the Sun Tour Skitter derailleur it was quite a talking point with local kids cycling fans What’s that gear set what make is it Japanese Eh you are having a laugh jap crap Most people around us were running Simplex or the local bike snobs Campag set ups A couple of my Cousins who also worked at the Cycles ran Campag equipped Carltons anything else was a no no My Carlton took me to School every day 5 days a week a paper round then when leaving School to College/Work before buying a motor bike It never missed a beat all the time I owned it The wheels stayed true despite going up and down and off local curbs The Sun Tour Skitter shifted up and down without fault and also never gave a minutes trouble so much for Jap Crap Brakes were always brilliant it rode and stopped like a good Carlton should that’s why I love them bikes with a soul wish I still had it gone but not forgotten What’s your story let’s hear it .
PDI'd, mended and road hundreds during my time at a Raleigh 5 star Dealer in the 70's.
