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Have a look at the last couple of posts on the thread to see how nice a powder coat can look nowadays with wet paint jobs being quite spendy https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/135850/?offset=2025#comment17909195

By choppers I guess you mean axes and not a Raleigh Chopper …

Early 70’s would have over bb cable guides with the stop on the top of the chain stay. All the kit could be from any era

bit of a mix of ages.......... The fame design is 80's (ish) but the lugs hark back to an earlier period. By the time this frame was made most lugs were plain. I wonder if the R stands for something else. Roberts?

Would a 1931 frame have a head clip headset, bolted on seat stays and all that ?

Nice, a later one with oversized seat stay caps. The earlier ones were in the classic Carlton lagoon blue Thank goodness they kept the all chrome forks with sloping crown :)

Anything in Bankruptbikeparts ?

Ofmega did other “plastic” components, the Mistral rear mech is the one that springs to mind, mainly as they did a pink one :).

Front mech looks too wide, my old narrow front mechs from the 80’s would do the job though Afaik more modern front mechs for compact chain sets and a wide 10 + speed cassette at the back might not be compatible with your chainset ?

Back in my day which is the 70’s the internals of each freewheel were unique to each manufacturer. If the slots for the remover were damaged we would take it apart and use a vice to remove the body from the hub. Then throw away what was left unless the sprockets themselves were of use on an...

There was a Haden lug that looked a bit like Crespera. Carlton did indeed flog off old stock when they closed, the odd frame does pitch up with them from time to time.

Still on gumtree at £1300, same price on here as LFGSS though https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/mercian-track-super-vigorelli-58cm-campagnolo/1502046221

Carlton pros did it on their road bikes IIRC........ :)

Lugs look like Crespera from the Raleigh Carlton stable ?

Is it the axle moving side to side or the actual bottom bracket in the shell ?