Carlton Emblem
This is the emblem on the front forks of my Carlton bicycle. Bought in Edinburgh in the early 1970's, it beat hitchhiking as a way to get around England, Scotland and Wales.
As an after thought to an already stretched budget, I added an odometer to the bike. It totaled up 2,624 miles in Scotland, England and then Europe, ending up in Genoa. Then to Yugoslavia (still run by the 'benevolent dictator' Josip Tito) by train to see friends on the island of Hvar; altogether a beautiful country. I returned to Paris on what was still called the "Orient Express" train passenger service. At the time, Air Canada had a special bicycle box to ship bikes, by removing the handlebars and front wheel; no additional charge.
After the flight home, the airport bus dropped me beside the Royal York Hotel late at night. I reassembled the bike as the hotel pub loudly played a game from the infamous 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series on black-and-white TV's. I resisted the urge to go inside for a brew and rebuilt the bike to ride home. The bicycle now has a permanent resting place against the back fence.
Carlton Emblem
This is the emblem on the front forks of my Carlton bicycle. Bought in Edinburgh in the early 1970's, it beat hitchhiking as a way to get around England, Scotland and Wales.
As an after thought to an already stretched budget, I added an odometer to the bike. It totaled up 2,624 miles in Scotland, England and then Europe, ending up in Genoa. Then to Yugoslavia (still run by the 'benevolent dictator' Josip Tito) by train to see friends on the island of Hvar; altogether a beautiful country. I returned to Paris on what was still called the "Orient Express" train passenger service. At the time, Air Canada had a special bicycle box to ship bikes, by removing the handlebars and front wheel; no additional charge.
After the flight home, the airport bus dropped me beside the Royal York Hotel late at night. I reassembled the bike as the hotel pub loudly played a game from the infamous 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series on black-and-white TV's. I resisted the urge to go inside for a brew and rebuilt the bike to ride home. The bicycle now has a permanent resting place against the back fence.