Recent content by CarltonWorksop

Interesting. So perhaps the frame-builder made a mistake, but kind of a good mistake... Yeah, I don't want to keep it original for any other reason than I like the way it looks presently. Can you even buy new steel/silver wheels? They all seem plastic/black on new bikes. And the fact that new...

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm away from the bike now so can't measure. I did measure the width though when I got it back from the frame-builder and it was about 140mm - 150mm from memory.

Hello everyone. Just joined to get some specific advice but I'll hopefully stick around as I love my old bikes. Bit of a long read so bear with me. So, I have an old Carlton Pro AM road bike. I've had it about four years. I was working on an old fella's house and I was admiring the bike in his...