Hi Arno/All....The bike in the Wool Jersey link is in fact a Carlton
'Corsa' model in 'Glitering Lilac' from the early 70's...I had a Corsa
in 'Aqua Green' (
http://www.bikebrothers.co.uk/
Here's a scan (1971 Carlton catalogue) of the Corsa in question
http://www.bikebrothers.co.uk/
Nic Henderson Croesyceiliog Torfaen UK
Arno Volkers wrote:
i'm intend to buy a carlton continental, but i can't find good resour
ces
> > for
> > the Continental model, does anyone know if it's a good bicycle?
> > I think it's build in the 50's/60's.
> >
> > here is link to a crappy picture, but maybe some people will
recogniz
e!
> >
> > http://www.wooljersey.com/
Ian Briggs wrote:
>>
>> I used to unpack / assemble / sell these whilst working for Denton's
Cycl
> es in Oxford - so definitely mid-1970s era.
>>
>> Right at the low end of the Carlton / Raleigh mass-product range of
the t
> ime and at?Raleigh's lowest ebb (thus far). Gas-pipe tubing, crude
lugwor
> k / brazing?and apparently whatever bits they could?job-in or find in
the p
> arts-bins (mostly GB and Huret). Poor paintwork?and decals. I remember
in p
> articular these monkeys came supplied with horrid Wrights concrete
saddles
> too.
>>
>> Sorry if this seems blunt / rude / abrupt or simply offends?but I
have a
> poor opinion of most of the Nottingham / Worksop product then. We also
sold
> Dawes and Falcon and their stuff (even the cheapo) was far superior.
>>
>> You did ask.
>>
>> Sorry,
>>
>> Ian "skinned his knuckles fettling?more Carltons that he likes to
remembe
> r" Briggs
>> LUTON, Bedfordshire, UK.