Falcon San Remo
 

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...turned out pretty. I wonder why more bikes don't get painted this color?

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is fork a replacement?

cannot recall seeing one of these which did not have a full sloping crown.

I really like that color. It's a bit lighter than a Carlton blue, right?

As far as fork crown, I had a Falcon San Remo without a sloping crown but also unlike the one shown on the OP's bike:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B...onSanRemo6.jpg

..I don't know for sure, but I googled up some images of a couple of others, and it appears there was a model sold only in the USofA for a time that had this fork and crown on it.

...yes. Once I had it cleaned and polished up a little I was surprised at how much I like the color.

I'm very glad most of the paint was intact over the chrome, because I think it might be hard to match. The decals were easily sourced from Cyclomondo.

love.

I had a Falcon Model 76 with that same fully chromed fork and sloping fork crown. It was a touring version of the 76 with centerpulls, clearance for fenders, dropout eyelets and chrome Nervex lugs and Campy NR components.

That Falcon link from Peter Kohler shows a bike from the Campus Bike Shop in Columbus Ohio. That huge shop was packed with all kinds of lugged goodness in the early seventies and they sold a lot of Falcons. I still see 40 year old Falcons in bike racks, on the front of buses, and on local bike paths.

You have a very nice bike. I plan to own that model in that color when I find one.

I have an early 70's San Remo 76. I came with an all chrome flat crown, round section track style fork w/ Campy road drop-outs & fender eyelets.

It was all DB 531, campy NR/Record, Fiamme yellow rims, Cinelli Bar & stem, Brooks pro saddle and Weinmann 750 CP's with more than enough clearance for fenders,
minimal fork rake and a short wheel base.