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Everything Ebykr holds on Carlton: two articles and a Timeline of 18 dated events from 1896 to 1982.
The history of Carlton on Ebykr.
Carlton Cycles from Fred Hanstock's roadsters of 1896 through Dan O'Donovan's lightweights to Raleigh's takeover in 1960 and the end of the marque.
Grouped by format, the most read first.
A timeline of Carlton Cycles from 1896: the O'Donovan years, Raleigh's purchase in 1960, its handbuilt frames from Worksop and the closure of 1982.
Where Carlton is named outside its own pages: four articles and 12 archive documents from three other makers.
The articles that name Carlton most often first.
…easy to conclude that the marque built nothing a club cyclist would want until it bought Carlton in 1960. That is not true, and the exception matters a great deal to us aficionados. Raleigh introduced a quality…
…catalog position suggests. Much of Raleigh's quality lightweight production was really Carlton work — the Worksop firm Raleigh bought in the spring of 1960 — and the Raleigh-Carlton range became an icon of the…
…the cycle division of a large industrial group. 1960 · Acquisition · Raleigh acquired Carlton Cycles of Worksop, a small specialist race-bike builder. Carlton brought a genuine lightweight capability and the…
…and parts. There were quite a few nice finds in the mix: A minty fresh Peugeot PX-10, a Carlton with Reynolds 531 tubing, and a newer Raleigh frame and fork. There was one frameset that really caught my attention…
Filed under other makers whose words name Carlton; the biggest share first.
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