Recent content by zalp66

Re: Thanks Spokesmann I hadn't thought of the significance of this. I've been trying to look at photos lugs on loads of old bikes with some difficulty. The rear dropout lip may be a lot easier to spot on a photo. It also rules out Elswick Lincoln Imps. Looks like it was designed for...

Re: Thanks all. The wasn't any signs of chroming when I stripped it back and also the seat stay drops very smoothly to a very fine taper with no flattening that I recall Carlton's having. Now I think about it, the lowest layer of paint scraps stuck in the fancy detailing was a metallic red -...

Hi. I've owned this bike since the 1970s, but it had been resprayed long before then. The wraparound seat stays imply late '50s. Brakes are original - GB Sport Mk. 3. I had thought maybe a Lincoln Imp, but the head tube lug work does not look right - it has a distinctive piercing. The...