I have seen a number of Carlton Internationals, all of
which had chromed lugs. They also had one of those
so-weird-it-was-cool paint schemes, BRG tubes with
orange panels.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> In a message dated 9/3/2004 6:55:04 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> laquelda@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << Just stumbled across this Carlton International
> on Ebay. Wonderful stylish
> lugwork at its best. >>
>
> Say folks, looking at this bike, I get the
> impression that a bike of that
> era, especially a "fancy" model such as this, would
> have had chrome, Do you think
> it was partially chromed then painted over?
> And the transfers... Was there, in fact, a Reynolds
> 531 decal with that huge
> fat gold border? It's unlike any I have seen, but I
> don't claim to have seen
> them all (Just 99%! Ha!)
> Also, would a Raleigh of that time frame have had
> that seat tube decal with
> the Chevrons? Doesn't seen to fit to my eye somehow.
> Looks generic rather than
> accurate.....
>
> Comments?
>
> Dale
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina
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