Recent content by silver pete

I pal of mine is standing at the Eroica in Bakewell as a cycle jumble seller and has taken the bike with a view to selling it. He says he will stick a big price on it and see what happens because foreign collectors attend. Reckons he might get 500 quid for it!!.....I would still be interested in...

I would be interested to know what the head badge looked like. The link to the Carlton site didn't work. A friend tells me the site seems to be permenantly down. Any one have any idea what the original badge looked like? Does one exist on the web? I have searched long and hard and can't find any...

Yours is a lovely bike! Obviously a "pride and joy" machine. Unfortunately the Donovan is too big for me. I am only 5ft 6" , the frame is 23.5" Top of seat tube to center of crank. I have been up and down the road on it and having once had a Claud Butler the same size I know I wont get on with...

I had a Flyer a few years ago. It had a decal as a headbadge, not a two holes metal badge. It was just the word Carlton set at a 45 degree angle. I seem to think it was a track frame. I sold it to a mate who may well still have it!

Photos are sent! have you got them?

Let me have your email address and I will send some photos. My camera is a Panasonic Lumix and the files are too big for the forum [email protected].

Shall I send you some photos?

I am new to this forum and in search of an answer to a mystery. I aqquired this chrome framed racer a week ago. It simply has the name "Donovan" on the sloping tube and all other transfers removed(though the"ghost"outline is visible in the chrome).It has a frame number E7660, Williams crankset...

Hi, I'm a newby to this forum.I came on here looking for information about my latest bike; I hope you can help as you seem a knowledgable lot! I recently bought a chrome framed bike with the name "Donovan" on the sloping tube. It struck me as a Carlton, with nervex lugs, Williams crank (AZ...