Re: Subject: [CR]Carlton Timeline Question......

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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:25:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: Subject: [CR]Carlton Timeline Question......

Carlton Closed up in 1981 (source : http://www.carltoncycles.me.uk). I don't know exactly when Raleigh started to distribute Carlton in the USA, but Carlton tried several times to penetrate the USA market after acquisition by Raleigh - once via Huffy, and again using the "Carlton" brand. When these failed I think that the Raleigh Carltons originated in 1965 or 1966, but the catalogues on http://www.bulgier.net do not cover this period very well, e.g. the 1967 catalogue mentions the "Raleigh Carlton" bicycle from worksop, see :

http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Retro-Raleighs/67-Catalog.pdf

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA