A 1960 Carlton Franco Suisse

Looking a million dollars :). Might think about reversing the rear mudguard mount to hide it under the brake bridge :)
 
Midlife":2ehcl0f5 said:
Looking a million dollars :). Might think about reversing the rear mudguard mount to hide it under the brake bridge :)
Always intended to do that when they were on the Mercian!
 
Managed a 10 mile or so test ride today, couple of little adjustments to make as is normal for a new build. Low speed handling was interesting with the fork rake but once up to speed it felt fine. Swapped out the stronglight headset for a TDC yesterday as I couldn't get the needle bearing one to run smooth.
 

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Re: Carlton Franco Suisse

Great looking bike. I picked up what I believe to be a 1962 Franco Suisse recently at a Garage Sale.
 

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