Career
Carbutt rode for the Midlands-based Saracen Road Club early in his career. His programme mixed the top road races with a range of time trial distances. His time trialling led to selection for the British team for the team time trial at the Montreal Olympics.
The team came sixth, 50 seconds away from a bronze medal.
He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1977 he rode for the GS Strada team
In 1978 Carbutt turned professional for Viking-Campagnolo. Lands End to John O"Groats record
In July 1979, during a busy professional season, Carbutt attempted Dick Poole"s 1965 record from Lands End to John O"Groats.
Carbutt made early inroads into Poole"s schedule, struggled in a Scottish heat wave, and set a record time of 1 day, 23 hours, 23 minutes and 1 second - just inside Poole"s mark.
Bernard Thompson said: "Paul Carbutt is probably the one and only rider ever to have covered such a wide variety of unpaced distances with such success. Carbutt turned professional for a successful career which included the Land"s End to John o"Groats record in 1d 23h 23m 1s, breaking Dick Poole"s 14-year-old record by 23m 34s. In the process, Carbutt lost five minutes in Cornwall when police accused him of speeding!"
He also took third in the Tom Simpson Memorial road race in 1981.
Carbutt continued cycling after his professional career, riding with the Saracen Road Club again and later the Solihull Cycling Club.
In 1984 he rode the 24-hour championship, attempting a medal at yet another distance. He finished 22nd. Carbutt was a clay artist, designing transport solutions.
He was later diagnosed with motor neurone disease and died in 2004.
