by velocollective | Sep 11, 2022 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
The Raleigh Record Ace Back when I was a lad the two most prestigious bikes in the Raleigh catalogue were the Professional Team bike and the Record Ace. The former was the machine on which Joop Zoetemelk had just won the Tour de France, and the latter was the...
by velocollective | Jan 15, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Carlton Criterium Restoration I’ve never owned a Criterium before, but I have restored a couple of Pro Ams and Longfellows in recent times. The bike in this blog, which needs top to bottom work, was lower in the ranks than the Pro Am, which had Reynolds 531...
by velocollective | Nov 7, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Vintage Carlton bike for sale – now sold Patrick write to me with a vintage Carlton bike for sale, in fact there are two of them, both built with Reynolds 531 tubing, a Carlton Pro Am and a ladies’ Courette, which is quite rare. Here...
by velocollective | Oct 10, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Four Classics The bikes are: A Dawes Galaxy A British Eagle Touristique A Nigel Dean World Tour A Claude Butler Dalesman All were built in the UK, before the UK stopped building things. Also, they all have racks and mudguards, though the bikes are...
by velocollective | Aug 24, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Carlton Pro Am: Well Matched Why make a comparison between these two bikes? Well, because I owned both of them, and I think it’s an interesting look at two bikes that were quite evenly matched in the early 1980’s. The Carlton Pro Am was a 12...
by velocollective | Aug 15, 2018 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Kept Indoors? I Don’t Think So.. I asked the original owner of this bike, a person who’d owned it from new all the way back to 1976, if it had been left outdoors. I believe she took a slight offence. She replied with a resounding “no”,...
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