Carlton Flyers! When I started riding with Los
Angeles Wheelmen @1968 they seemed like the official
club bike there were so many of them. Also once saw
Audrey McElmury riding a white Carlton Flyer track
bike in SD.
David Feldman
Vancouver, wA
--- FredParr Bicycles <fredparrbicycles@msn.com>
wrote:
> I was a dealer for Carlton at Colley Ave Bike Shop
> in 1965-66 and then went
> on to Huffy Azusa's
> plant and the attempt to market them in the USA.
> Very few were the same and there were versions that
> went to dealers In
> Virginia that were altogether
> different that ones sold in the UK or on the West
> coast thru Huffy Azusa.
> The company at that time was bending over for any
> distributor that would
> help to market them.
> Raliegh won out... I have seen so many different
> Calton flyer models it
> hurts, I rode one coast to caost
> in 66' and am quite fond of those rough riding heavy
> devils..
>
> Depending on the day it left Worksop, it might have
> any combination of
> parts..period
>
> Freddy Parr
> Palms
> California 90034
> 310-204-5689
> http://www.probikeshop.com
> fredparr@fredparr.com
> http://www.parrbikes.com
>
.........................................................................................................................................Freddy
>
> ....
>
>
>
>
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> >Subject: Classicrendezvous Digest, Vol 8, Issue 32
> >Date: 13 Aug 2003 12:06:52 -0700
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> >Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:10:28 +0000
> >From: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <kctommy@msn.com>
> >To: mmeison@scubadiving.com,
> classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: Re: [CR]Bike Brand Signature Colors
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> >I would say the "most classic" Trek racing colors
> were the all white bikes
> >with Blue or Red panels on the down tube or seat
> tube, depending on whether
> >the bike was constructed with Columbus or Reynolds
> tubing. I would still
> >vote for those as the best looking bikes Trek ever
> built.
> >
> >Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
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> > >Trek - that greenish colour that I never could
> identify.
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> > >Marty "colour challenged" Eison
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> >Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:33:02 EDT
> >From: NortonMarg@aol.com
> >To: brucerobbins@supanet.com,
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> >Subject: Re: [CR]A couple of Campag
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> >In a message dated 8/13/03 6:26:36 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> >brucerobbins@supanet.com writes:
> >
> >
> > > Also, I have a 1961/62 Flying Scot with front
> and rear Gran Sport
> > > derailleurs,
> > > a Stronglight 49D chainset with 48/52 chainrings
> and a 14-24 five-speed
> > > block.
> > > I hope to swap the chainrings for something like
> 36/48. Will the front
> > > derailleur be able to handle that? What would be
> the smallest inner ring
> > > that
> > > the front mech would be capable of handling?
> > >
> >
> >The front won't shift well with more than a 5 tooth
> difference, nor will
> >the
> >rear handle the amount of chain difference from a
> 10 tooth jump on the
> >front.
> >For the front, you might want to try an early
> Record mechanism with the
> >cable
> >stop to keep compatibility with your downtube cable
> clamp and shift
> >housing.
> >For the rear (presuming you want to stick with the
> early gears) try a
> >Record
>
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