Steven- was there a Carlton label on it? My wife has an SC Mk2 mixte
marked Carlton. I'm now eyeing a matching 23.5" SC Mk2 se color and
probably 1976, but w/I Carlton mark. Anyone know more about this?
3/7/08, Steven M. Johnson <grisha2@juno.com> wrote:
> Friend of mine just bought a Raleigh SC off ebay, and I went and looked
> it over last night. As old as it is, it in incredible shape.
>
> It is pretty much like this:
> http://retroraleighs.com/
>
> It has some changes that showed the owner had some pride in it and rode
> it at one time. The B17N is gone, wire and plastic tubing tire savers a
> nd finned Mathauser brake pads installed on the Raleigh labeled Weinmann
> s. (I remember many times up until about 1984, seeing leather saddles in
> thrift shops. Owners had swapped out OEM for lighter and supposedly mor
> e comfortable plastic saddles.)
>
> Date on the components had 1976 on the SR cranks, '77 on the brakes and
> '77 on the stem.
>
> The Suntour dropouts are chrome. Rear spacing is 123mm. It was made in t
> he Carlton factory, and has a few of the famous OE production aesthetic
> braze blobs here and there.
>
> I never saw too many of those when they were sold, and for a mid range b
> ike this is a pretty cool bike.
>
> Hubs and pedals are Atom. The end of OEM leather saddles, and the French
> component industry stating to lose against the Japanese really show on
> this bike.
>
> Steven Johnson, Shiloh, IL