Originally Posted by
moultonguy
Q: beautiful bike. SIZE ? SEat tube and top tube. Was this not the bike seen on the cover of the Richard Ballantyne book ? Upside down, in fact ?Nov-28-07
A: Hi; The top tube is 22 inches and the seat tube is 23 inches. The stand over height is 32 3/4 inches.This bike WAS on the cover of Richards bicycle book( I have a scan of the cover, but can't figure out how to post it) and it was not upside down on the cover..
WAS THE BIKE UPSIDE DOWN OR NOT?.........I do not have the book!
Well, I just got back home and can finally post the pic form Richard's Bicycle Book. The bicycle was on the BACK cover and was upside down. However, it is not the same frame as the seller claims. The following differences are apparent:
1. The seller's frame uses clamp-on shifters while the Richard's Condor has cable stops in this location, for bar end shifters.
2. The seller's frame uses clips for the rear brake cable while the Richard's Condor has cable stops.
3. The seller's frame has no tubing decal, while the Richard's Condor has a Reynolds 531 decal.
4. The seller's frame has an orange band at the top of the seat tube while the Richard's bicycle has a red band at the top.
5. The seller's frame has a red head tube while the Richard's bicycle has an orange head tube.
6. The seller's frame has ERIC CLAPTON On the top tube, while the Richard's Condor does not.
In short, the seller's frame has all the discrepancies that I listed in post #2 of this thread (it's nice to know that my memory hasn't totally deserted me). While the frames are similar, they are not the same, as claimed by the seller. Supposedly this claim came directly from Condor. May be Condor goofed, maybe not. For me, this makes the rest of the seller's claims suspect and there would appear to be at least three Condors with similar though not identical graphics. It's still a gorgeous bicycle.