Recent content by BlokeFromStoke

haha yeah I guess cycling is quite sausage festy. Never thought about it till now. I showed someone a photo of the Tandem yesterday and they laughed at how they decided the women would sit at the back with our bike . The trainers are Adidas Gazelles. I've bought them new for years but they...

We finally got out on the Tandem today! We took it to the local park first and had a go with no traffic. At first we felt pretty wobbly haha. We took turns in swapping from captain to stoker to try and figure out the wobble. After a while though we just got used to it and decided to cycle a...

Had a quick look at the serial number. Looks like 05260416 I'm not sure if that means anything though.

I forgot to update this thread! I ordered a cotter pin of ebay for the Carlton. I followed the old school advice and watch a few youtube videos to see how people we're possibly doing it wrong. Anyway I greased it up, Whacked it through with a ball peen hammer (the opposite way to the other...

Thanks for the heads up. A friend of mine who owns a bike shop mentioned you have to both kick up the same pedal to start and "count off" to set off? I'll have a look online too for more info. We're going to try it out in the park first haha. When we both go riding usually shes miles behind so...

Yeah the frame is in good condition. A bit of paint rubbing off the rear seat post area. Only a couple specs of rust. I guessed it was 90s due to all the more modern stuff on it but like you say someone probably upgraded it all. One of the rear brakes is the older block type too so that makes...

Ok... I dont know how we quite got here but I bought a tandem. Well I do actually. It went... We're at the Pub, turned to my girlfriend and went "we should get a tandem", straight on ebay and seeing some cheap ones, she said lets do it (bear in mind I buy old stuff all the time she hate)... next...

Cheers for the link! I will buy some of them if the bloke in the next street doesnt get back to me. Just seeing If I can find anything local as I get a bit impatient waiting for parts in the post. I'll check the video out on refitting it Jim. I did wonder if there was a technique and funny...

I took a hammer and various tools to the troublesome cotter pin. It didn't take much to get it out and looks like the crank arm/bottom bracket is in good condition. I walked over to another local bike shop that has some older bikes (a nice 80s Peugeot racer) and sells parts. He wasnt happy that...

Yeah they are a bit more common over here. You got the Mercury Capri right? I remember seeing one in LA years ago. Without going to off topic heres my Escort mk3 which is much smaller than the Capri mk3. In the USA the first generation Escort was the same styling but a much bigger. I remember...

Are they all pretty standard? I might try and take it out and measure it.

Hey all, This is my Carlton bike that I've owned since about 2014. I paid £50 for it at steam fair as it seemed a cheap way to get into a classic racing bike. I knew nothing of the make Carlton but it seemed the right size for me so I bought it. I always fancied a racing bike from a kid. My Dad...