Carlton Capella/Ken Rogers Tricycle Conversion Kit

Owner: Paul Musgrave

Bicycle Make:           Carlton Capella/Ken Rogers Tricycle Conversion Kit

 

Bicycle model:          Carlton Capella/Ken Rogers Tricycle Conversion Kit

 

Date of Manufacture:    1967

 

Equipment:

Carlton Capella Frame from 1970’s with  a Ken Rogers Tricycle Conversion Kit.

Components

Suntour Cyclone Front & Rear Derailleurs, Sugino Mighty Competition Crankset 52/42 Chainrings SR Handlebar & Stem Selle San Marco Rolls Saddle Mavic MA3 700C Wheelset Weinmann Centrepull Brake & levers. The 2nd brake is a Tektro/Acor reverse fit time trial brake that mounts behind the fork Decals provided by H. Lloyd Cycles

 

 

Other information:

Carlton Frame from 1960s or 1970’s with  a Ken Rogers Tricycle Conversion Kit.

The exact Carlton frame model is unknown but has the stylish ‘Capella’ lugs used on many of their top models including the Catalina, Clubman, Continental, Constellation and Flyer. It is probably a Capella Clubman model

 

Ken Rogers was a renowned builder of tricycles and tricycle conversion kits. Further information from http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/RogersK_main.htm

 

The frame and tricycle kit was fully restored by myself. The original frame paint should have been used by NASA as heat shielding for shuttle re-entries. It was the toughest paint I ever had the task of stripping, Commercial aircraft paint stripper failed to remove it completely and I had to resort to sandblasting to get it all off.

 

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