Is this Good Carrera or Halfords Carrera?

SimonAH
SimonAH Posts: 3,730
edited July 2012 in Commuting chat
Says "made in Germany" on the frame and not a lot else. Fairly boring lugs and Weinmann brakes.

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  • iclestu
    iclestu Posts: 503
    where do you dig up these old frames?!
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    I have a special whistle, inaudible to humans but brings old bikes limping in for a fresh lease of life :-D
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  • mattcroad
    mattcroad Posts: 189
    The Carrera looks rubbish to me, post it to me and i'll dispose of it for you :lol:
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    A rusty old frame that weighs about 8lbs?! I'd take a modern Kraken lol.
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,632
    Looks more like a Giant to me. I like the mini mudguards!
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    doesn't that rainbow decal on the down tube mean the bike make has been used in a championship? or did i just make that up?

    i likes the stand

    any tubing stickers on it?
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,768
    The only good Carrera:
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  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    Veronese68 wrote:
    The only good Carrera:
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    Only a proper RS mind.

    They work better on tarmac though!
  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    RSR, that's all I will say
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I suspect your Carrera is between the Marco Pantani era and mass production era or a cheap model. After all the lugs are a bit dull and the dropouts look cheap - cheap fittings. Still, it will make a nice bike.

    The original Carrera's have the USA college block lettering in general and are Columbus steel with Campag dropouts, even the cheap Mondiale model has these features.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Cool. Thanks GTV. In that case I shall be de-bossing, blasting, painting and fixing the wee fella without guilt.
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    CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
    Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    SimonAH wrote:
    Cool. Thanks GTV. In that case I shall be de-bossing, blasting, painting and fixing the wee fella without guilt.

    Don't blame me if it is a quality item though......I suspect the mudguard braze ons are giving away it's racing pedigree.

    Can't remember the font name for the 'collegiate' writing.....
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,341
    Just had a look at some pics of a vintage Carrera Podium (Columbus tubing et al) and it has plain lugs, but vertical dropouts at the rear. Also, your frame doesn't appear to have a hanger on the RH dropout - another indication of cheapness.

    EDIT: I also read that Italina Carrera frames were actually rebadged Battaglin frames - a result of Carrera Jeans sponsoring a couple of racing teams.
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