I have just bought myself, what I believe to be be a 1960's Carlton Catalina racing bike from that great marketplace E-bay. I collected it a week ago, from a great guy in North Devon (UK) and brought it home on the back of my little car. Everything appeared to be in working order apart from some rust on the exposed metal and some missing paintwork. I have great plans for this little beauty, above and beyond making her look beautiful, I plan to use her, a lot. She is taking me to Paris this summer to see the end of the Tour and she is my general commuting machine. I am also planning to upgrade various parts to make a more efficient light tourer, something I have only done on mountain bikes before.
All this on a shoestring, partly because she's barely worth scrap anyway, and secondly because there are nothing but moth's in my wallet at the moment.
Up to now I have been an amateur (in the truest sense of the word) cyclist, dabbling in a bit of everything from cyclo-cross to touring and mountain biking. I have never owned a racer, nor done any major maintenance, above the old brake adjusting, lubing and cleaning that everyone should do. This means I am learning as I go, with the help of LBS', information I can find online, and any help you lovely people may give me. Though there will probably be quite a lot of trial and error as I go, probably more error.
(photo's to come)
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