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Late '80s Falcons

IDENTIFIED: It's an early 1980's Falcon.

I'm considering what appears to be a nice frameset with details strangely similar to the Raleigh Professional Mark V's. Thing is, it's $175 - a bit more then I usually plunk down for a frameset - definitely quite a bit for an unknown.

That said, I do want to get an idea of what the thing actually is. I honestly don't think it's a Pro - details are simply wrong for it. That said, here are the details that stand out:

-English threading
-Lugs with window cutouts, could be Bocama Competition 83's or similar.
-Flat, non-engraved seat stay caps
-Short rear drops
-Water bottle braze-ons, seat tube + downtube
-Downtube shifter braze-ons
-Top tube cable clips, beefy ones too
-Under the BB cable routing
-Appears to have NO BB cutout - one of the reasons I've dismissed "Raleigh Pro" as a possibility.

I only have one photo of it:



Any ideas? I haven't a clue - I was going to say Falcon, but the stay caps are too short by comparison.

-Kurt
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