Original Message: ----------------- From: Larry Osborn losborn2@wvu.edu Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 15:06:04 -0400 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]EBAIT: Unidentified Flying Raleigh...
"Beats he heck out of me what was going on during the first few years of the Raleigh ownership of Carlton. At least in 1970 the "Professional" model
name existed simultaneously as both Carlton and Raleigh, but I haven't found anything that suggests that was ever also true for the Int. I've s een 50s & 60s vintage Carlton Ints, but no Raleigh Int before 69, at least not
here in the states."
My last posting for the day. I promise.
My supposition is this: from 1962-1968 in the USA (which is the earliest catalogue I've seen with Raleigh branded quality lightweights) you bought a Carlton via Raleigh Industries. Again I've seen the leaflet and price li sts for the US during this era. And I have a 1966 Raleigh leaflet showing a Carlton. I am not sure how many Carltons were sold in the States during this time; it cannot have been many. This coincided precisely with the Falcon San Remo being the primo British lightweight of the era, at least i n name recognition in the USA, or at least I recall as a boy. So many ther e wasn't much of a demand for Carlton/Raleigh at least in that still very specialised market.
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
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