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No longer new, 36 year old Carlton, still on the top-line.

Dear David,

The nice thing is that the old thing is daily rider.

Not a precious shelf-queen, but a robust machine that goes well with only weekly TLC.

Currently needs a new freewheel and chain, [I did the brake pads this week], but still running nicely. SJS Cycles still sell good 5, 6 and 7 speed [IRD] freewheels, and seven speed Shimano chain is not expensive.Nobody has placed a spanner or Allen key on the fine old lady except me for more than a decade, and truth to tell is that setting up Campag bearings is easy with some sympathy for the machine ...

Best wishes from George
 
I remember you waxing eloquently on the Naim forum a few years ago. I paid particular attention because I live in the next village to Carlton in Lindrick where the first models were made, before production moved to the Raleigh factory in Nottingham.
Sincerely glad it still gives you pleasure, George.
 
I just sold my Tour de France replica - it's the 40th anniversay this year of Zoetemelk's victory for Team Raleigh. It was the Carlton lads who set up the SBDU in Ilkeston in the mid 70s making high end racing frames
 


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