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Carlton Cycles: A Timeline of Britain’s Overlooked Lightweight Marque
Carlton Cycles, founded in Carlton, England in 1896, built wide-tired roadsters before a mid-1930s pivot toward racing and club machines gave rise to one of Britain's most respected, if still under-recognized, lightweight marques. This timeline traces its rise under the O'Donovan family through a 1960 acquisition by Raleigh to its eventual wind-down.
