Re: [CR]Ebay Outing : Carlton Competition / Gran Sport

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 09:47:06 -0400
From: "George Allen" <jgallen@lexairinc.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Outing : Carlton Competition / Gran Sport
References: <200705010705.l417524h003201@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200705010705.l417524h003201@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>


Don,

I believe this is the American/Raleigh counterpart.

Ebay Item #: 170104662756 URL: http://ebay.com/<blah>

George Allen Lexington, KY USA

Donald Gillies wrote:
>Hey americans, check out this "missing link" carlton model :
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>It's essentially the early 70's white and blue raleigh competition, in
>carlton paint. The head badge is carlton, the lugs are nervex, it has
>the pro/competition italianesque (not cinelli) sloping crown, and the
>frame is 531-throughout.
>
>In the states the entire head tube was blue, but this model shows just
>a stripe of blue 2" high that is centered beneath the Carlton head
>badge. other than that, I'm guessing that the bike originally was
>exactly the same as a 70-72 blue and white Raleigh competition model,
>even down to the "Competition" transfer on the chainstays.
>
>I enjoy trying to figure out the correspondence (if any) between
>Carlton models and the Raleigh-Carltons, e.g. (Giro D'Italia, Fastback
>Pro), (Franco-Suisse (w/downtube shifters), International),
>(Competition, Competition / Gran Sport), etc.
>
>- Don Gillies
>San Diego, CA, USA
>
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