Re: [CR] Need help identifying Carlton Flyer

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:10:13 -0800
From: "John Siemsen" <velorosso@flash.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Need help identifying Carlton Flyer


Sorry, forgot the subject line


--- On Sun, 12/20/09, John Siemsen wrote:


> From: John Siemsen <velorosso@flash.net>

\r?\n> Subject:

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 2:09 PM

\r?\n> This frame is sitting in my basement

\r?\n> now.  It got some discussion on the list suggesting it

\r?\n> to be a Carlton Flyer.  Asking for help with ID.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Some details: Brazeon's for shifters, derailleur cable

\r?\n> stops, but not brake cables.  Oiler port in the bottom

\r?\n> of the BB shell.  Cyclo front ends, not sure rear, but

\r?\n> not Campagnolo.  Serial number K6987, which one site I

\r?\n> found suggested 1962.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Hard to tell if it had paint at one time, most chrome is

\r?\n> well polished, though scratched in places by age. 

\r?\n> Maybe it had the translucent paint over the chrome in

\r?\n> spots.  There is no evidence of holes for a head

\r?\n> badge.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Here's the ebay link:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> http://ebay.com/<blah

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Thoughts?

\r?\n>

\r?\n> John Siemsen

\r?\n> Portland, Oregon