Gallery – undated Carpenters

      Frame number C975

 

Details awaited….  Sargent and Co. vintage cycle shop

 http://sargentandco.bigcartel.com/product/carpenter

Carpenter Track Frame

Unknown date. Manchester area

No Photo. Post on lfgss site: “Any one know about Carpenter frames, think it is pre-war 39/45, it has a Chater- Lea bottom bracket and a serial number of 3948 on the frame underneath, I raced on the track at Leicester until 1988 and time trials on calm days on this bike, it has sat in my shed buried until now

On Gumtree, Jan 2018: “1944 FH Carpenter Kingston London Reynolds 531 vintage steel path racer 20 inch frame 22 in top tube Chromed forks cottered bottom bracket Clip headset Flamboyant resprayed previously in Glasgow Looks like has had resilion brakes no brake holes Post possible pickup Durham

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Shown as 1938. Elliot Bay Cycles, Seattle

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  ‘Set up as a fixie’

50s Olympic Pursuit tt bike (David Thornley)

Brooks Swallow saddle. Chater-Lea wheel tugs. Double fixed sprocket – very unusual. BH Airlite small flange hubs. GB Courier brake. ‘Honking’ brake body on lh side.

May 2024. Good morning, I’ve been given a very beautiful carpenter tandem. It belonged to a very strong cyclist who is no longer able to ride due to old age. I’m have now restored to its former glory. (Jim Weston)