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Looks like a road frame to me I'm with Spokesman it's not worth £150

Nice work looks great

Thanks for your help, the 2 bikes look very similar except the front and rear derailleurs are branded Raleigh as is the stem. And the brake levers screw into nutserts in the bars, on the bike I have thanks again for your help

Nice bike, I have a similar pro am and I was wondering if you would be able to help me date the frame please it reads WF 0000386 with a S below and a R above I will be grateful for any help thanks

What a fantastic story, many thanks for posting

Don't worry about Doras comments he doesn't know what FW 190 he's supposed to be,

We all have our own opinions, and after all as you say its your bike and its up to you, it is a nice bike and if it was mine apart from the tyres I wouldn't change a thing. I wasn't criticising your idea just offering my point of view

Remember it's only original once

I know green is unlucky with the sailing / fishing fraternity, but as far as racing cars are concerned it was a lucky colour for britain in the 50s and 60s and seeing as I have a green bike myself now I'm worried LOL but seriously cherry red, electric blue or dark metallic blue would look...

Wow great don't change a thing it fine as it is should win RBOTM anyway

Always nice to see some more Carltons for me there is just something a little bit special about them. My first restoration was a 1970s Continental wish now I hadn't sold it

I don't care where the images came from I just want to know how does he keep everything so clean and does his wife know how much he paid for them

My choice would be the Carlton it may need more work, there is a certain quality about Carltons of that era that I admire

Sorry can't help you with the colour scheme or decals, but seeing as Sid Mottram also didn't build his own frames it rules him out . It could be a Barry Bond frame as he was a prolific Leicestershire frame builder and made frames for other local shops as well as his own

Owen Blower did indeed have a shop in Leicester it was on Blackbird road Groby road corner I had the pleasure of meeting him recently and he said he did not build his own frames but bought them in from various sources including Holdsworth amongst others. He still lives in Leicestershire and...

Hi I am new here, I was wondering if anyone could help me with any information about Fred atterbury bikes although his shop in Leicester was my LBS when I was younger I know very little about his bikes. For example did he build his own frames or buy them in I know he worked for Sid Mottram...

It seems Sid Mottram didn't build his own frames the very early one's where built by Holdsworth then wally Green and finally Mercian your frame is exactly the same as mine, the decals are the same but mine is cherry red and has been lacquered to protect the original finish and is nearing the...

sRe: date or identify a Sid Mottram ?? Looks like the same frame as mine which I believe is a Wally Green built frame for more information on Wally Green check out classic ligthweight s

Hi are you still looking for a steel frame if you are please pm me for details