Michael Angelo 

Hello Everyone,

Those that may be interested in purchasing a New Carlton Cycles Jersey. The guys on the Carlton Cycles Facebook page are making them.

Carlton Bikes of Worksop Merino Wool Jersey - PRE-ORDER - Vulture




https://www.facebook.com/groups/1495959500629283/

3speedslow

At 91 something what does that translate into US currency?

Thanks for the Intel.

Looks smashing!

CV-6 

Just type currency converter in your search engine of choice.

davester

...or type 91.30 pounds in dollars into your search engine.

Slash5

For Cdn it's close enough to double - be $200 Cdn by the time you get it here and depending on what it's declared as, clothing has 18% duty and likely 13% tax. Most of my bikes didn't cost much more than that.

Not too bad a price though, the PlanetX Holdsworth one is 83.3 L.

Michael Angelo 

I ordered cap and jersey.

3speedslow

Nice. Are you going to sport it at the 2016 Eroica Britainnia?

3speedslow

Okay, 133.57 in American dollars.

I have a search engine? Can it find my missing socks?

non-fixie 

Yes. I checked: most seem to end up in Narnia: where socks end up

rootboy 

Were those Carlton socks?

3speedslow

off topic but used the word Carlton... Well played my friend

Michael Angelo 

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verktyg 

Those Carlton replica jerseys are the late 70's style. I've never seen one like that but here's a picture from the 1978 Carlton catalog:



I like the old late 60's early 70's Carlton jerseys much better. From the 1969-1970 Carlton catalog



Pictures from the Veteran Cycle Club Library:

Veteran-Cycle Club Online Library


Raleigh jerseys from that era where about the same design except for the colors and brand name.



verktyg

Chas.

Michael Angelo 

That is a modern interpretation of the original Jersey. Many Designs were put forth for voting on the Facebook Carlton Page. That jersey design was the one most of the members wanted. I for one am Glad someone is giving it a go. Finding an Original Jersey is close to impossible, the last one that went for sale on Ebay went for over $250. I have ordered a Shirt and a Cap.

daf1009

These are extremely cool looking...wish someone would do the same for a retro Raleigh jersey like this as well...and maybe the Schwinn "Wheaties" one? If anyone know of those, let me know...

steelbikeguy

I haven't seen a knit/wool Raleigh retro jersey, but there have been ones made of less sheep-ish materials. Prendas appears to have one for sale ....
TI Raleigh Retro Jersey - Short Sleeve | Prendas Ciclismo

back when ebay was a new thing, I was fortunate enough to find a few old wool Raleigh jerseys, and at good prices.
A quick photo of one draped over my Raleigh Team...


I was also fortunate to be able to get an early 70's Raleigh jersey (with front pockets) from a friend. It's similar to what Chas has provided an image of. Very neat, but a very heavy wool. The Raleigh logo is embroidered instead of using the flocking on the later jerseys.

Steve in Peoria

verktyg 

I have a number of retro jerseys that I bought from Prendas (Gitane, Peugeot, etc.). They're really well made and comfortable. Prendas is a class act too, easy to buy from with fast delivery.

I don't remember if I've ever seen one of the white with red and black trim Raleigh jerseys in wool. The ones that I remember were light weight and made of a synthetic material. Also, one guy I knew had a silk track jersey.

verktyg

Chas.

steelbikeguy

I just took photos of the jersey....

here's the front.....


and the back....


it looks a lot like the jersey worn by a fellow in a small photo on the International page of the 1976 (I think) Raleigh catalog...


honestly.. I've got too many old jerseys.

Steve in Peoria

verktyg 

Nice!

Your International looks like it has the original plastic tape on the bars...

verktyg

Chas.

Prowler 

Calling @Ed. Any ideas on who that guy might be? IIRC you were in the neighborhood.

steelbikeguy

I think I gave the whole story on my International in a separate thread, but the short story is that I bought it NIB around the year 2000. It was much too nice to make any changes.... except for throwing on some MA-2 clincher rims. The original rims, spokes and tires are stashed away, "just in case". The original tubulars were in very good condition. Apparently bike shop basements are well suited for archival storage.

Steve in Peoria

Ed.

Never seen him before.












Honest.

Michael Angelo 

Has anyone ordered jerseys?? There is a cut off date for pre-orders .

DGlenday

In the mid '70s, I used to race for TI Raleigh - through a club called JCRC.

We only wore the white jerseys, and they did not have the pockets on the front.

Some of the pictures of the white Raleigh jerseys in this thread only advertise "Raleigh". Ours specifically said "TI Raleigh" - like this one:

(I don't know what the patch was on this guy's upper-left side - we didn't have that.)

I had several road jerseys which were structurally similar to what we wear today - i.e. 3 pockets at the back, none at the front, but a zipper that only went down about 6 inches. They weren't made of wool - I guess they were some sort of nylon.

I also had track jerseys, which were lighter, tighter, no pockets, and as my fading memory serves, they had no zipper.

I also had woolen sweats ("track suits") that were almost the same as the red one in the picture above. They had the TI Raleigh text in the same place, but the stripes on the collar, cuffs and at the ankles were just white.

On the road I raced a Holdsworth which I totalled, and replaced with a Carlton Professional. It had all Campagnolo Record fittings except for the cranks, which were TA.

My track bike was a store-built thing called a "DHC", and had Campagnolo from end to end. ("Drop-outs" were called "ends" in those days).



My $64,000 question:

Is there any way that I can get one of those jerseys today? Even a good replica would be cool...

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Big Block

this facebook group might know if any are available
https://www.facebook.com/groups/371808149695934/