Thread: What is this Raleigh / Carlton Frame?
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Old 10-10-25 | 03:50 PM
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Bikes: 1960 Carlton Franco Suisse,1974 Peugeot PX10, 1970 Hetchins, 1953 Rotrax Super Course, 1972 and 78 Raleigh Professionals, 1972 Schwinn Paramount, 1972 Motobecane Le Champion, 1965 and 67 Carlton Flyers, 1975 Raleigh International, 1972 Gitane TDF

Originally Posted by Kilroy1988
An almost identical frame with no top tube decal in France:

Carlton Raleigh 1977

A virtually identical 1977 frame with a backstory and another from 1978 with the same specifications, both with "Rapide" model decals:

For Sale - Raleigh Carlton road racing /light touring bikeReynolds 531 1977 Bought this bike from TI Raleigh accountant. He was working in Ti Raleigh as an ac | Retrobike

Raleigh Rapide | Retrobike

A stock 1977 Raleigh Rapide located in France that is identical except for the lack of Nervex Professional lugs:

Vélo de course RALEIGH RAPIDE CARLTON 1977 - Vélos

It is apparently a 1977 UK/Euro spec Raleigh Rapide. I haven't found a catalog yet to confirm but all the examples above stack up pretty well.

-Gregory
This is clearly correct. Nice work!
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