Recent content by CarltonWorksop

Sheffield, UK. The bike is at my lockup, I'll be heading down there shortly so will update with measurements. Thanks everyone.

I just don't understand how it's gone out. I would have remembered using so muscvh force to clamp them together when I rebuilt it I'm sure. If the frame-builder has stretched them out with a wrong jig or something, surely the stays and dropouts would be bent. And I can't imagine why he'd even do...

I'm pretty sure it was about 145mm. The wheel/hub was just floating in space when I offered it up. Had to put one side in then use briute force to clamp the dropouts together. I'll measure things properly tomorrow. Where do I need to make the measurements of the axle?

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...