Carpenter Olympic Mass Start - 1963
Owned by: Patricia Killiard
| Frame | Carpenter Olympic Mass Start road frame- 1963; frame No. 5435: Seat tube 20”, Top tube 21”, Chainstays 17½”. Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing built with Nervex Professional lugs. Rear ends Campagnolo (early long version). Braze-ons: Brake cable eyes under top-tube, Cable tunnel for rear gear on BB plus cable stop on chainstay. Single stop for front changer at bottom of down tube. Boss for Pennine CO2 pump on rear of seat tube. Finished by Mario Vaz, London in dark green with ivory head tube and seat panel - lugs lined in gold. |
| Wheels |
Fiamme sprint rims 32/40 on early Campagnolo Gran Sport s/f hubs with QR and 14-16-19-21-23 Simplex freewheel |
| Chainset | Stronglight 6½" alloy 5-pin cranks
with TA double chainrings 42/36 |
| Pedals | Zeuss (Spanish copy of Campagnolo) with
Christophe clips and straps |
| Gears | Campag (early) Record front and rear (5-speed)
changers |
| Brakes | Weinmann levers with Weinmann 730 rear stirrup
and 500 front |
| Stem/Bars | Capo Berta bars on GB Spearpoint alloy 3" stem -
Stronglight Competition headset |
| Saddle | Brooks B17
Swallow on Reynolds alloy domed seat post |
| Extra details | Extract from
catalogue shown below |
 Nervex Professional lugs
|
 Seat cluster, boss and clip
holding
Pennine Mk I CO2 pump |
 BB showing outer cable from down
tube stop to cable stop
on front (early) Record changer |
 Capo Berta bars with less
forward 'throw' than Maes for example; Weinmann levers
|
Early 60's Carpenter catalogue with 'Olympic Mass Start' listed on left
Carpenter advert from Sporting Cyclist, May 1961 showing Olympic M.S. as
one of their top-of-the-range road frames