Don referred to these on Raleigh-Carltons ? ....the later franco-suisse decalset.>>
Do we know what that "franco-suisse" refers to?
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 5:45 pm Subject: [CR] Meteor by Carleton
What you have there appears to be a truly unique steed.
It's the ONLY achryllichrome Raleigh International / Carlton Franco-Suisse that I have ever seen. It is in the image of a Wilier Triestina series of Italian bike, but with the relaxed Geometry of the Raleigh International that made Grant Petersen go Ga-Ga over the bike.
I have seen many, many Carltons on ebay, and own more than three of them and have reproduced 2 different decal sets for these types of bikes (but not the early decalset that is shown on your bike, I did the later franco-suisse decalset.)
nice find. hang on tight !!
- Don Gillies San Diego, CA
P.S. the original handlebars were probably either GB map-of-england MAES, or (more likely) GB map-of-england Ventoux bars, and the saddle originally was probably a Brooks-Pro (small rivet) saddle ...