CLASSIC BIKE TOM SIMPSON’S CARLTON

The bike ridden to silver at the 1958 Commonwealth Games

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This is the bike Tom Simpson rode to a silver medal in the individual pursuit during the 1958 Commonwealth Games. However, Simpson lost ownership following a card game. “Tom had a good friend called Graham Plumber,” explains Dave Marsh, of the Universal Cycle Centre, Rotherham. “The two played cards together in local cafes, which is how Graham won this bike from Tom. I doubt Tom was too bothered - if he ever needed a bike, Gerald O’Donovan, manager and designer at Carlton, wa