Falcon road bike from 1980s?
01-30-22, 11:15 PM
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It appears to be the same model as mine based on the lack of chrome, similar fork crown, 'claw' derailleur hanger. Mine has a braze on rear derailleur cable stop and the lugs are a little fancier. Mine had the remnants of a Reynolds 531 decal and the San Remo decal. The guy I bought mine from said he bought it as a frameset and built it up. When I purchased it I made some changes to the components so none of it is original. It isn't a bad bike for the $42 I have invested in it.
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There is just something so wonderful about that Falcon pale blue - I've always considered it their answer to Bianchi's celeste.
This is the Falcon Black Diamond I owned about a decade ago. Wanted to go for the "low buck club racer" look, so I built it up with Campagnolo Gran Sport drivetrain and Campagnolo Record hubs with sewup rims. Rode the bike for a number of very enjoyable years, but the frame was one full size too large for me, I barely cleared it, so I ended up tearing it back down, stored the components, and sold the frames to a much longer legged dude. Unfortunately, all the components were lost in the fire:
This is the Falcon Black Diamond I owned about a decade ago. Wanted to go for the "low buck club racer" look, so I built it up with Campagnolo Gran Sport drivetrain and Campagnolo Record hubs with sewup rims. Rode the bike for a number of very enjoyable years, but the frame was one full size too large for me, I barely cleared it, so I ended up tearing it back down, stored the components, and sold the frames to a much longer legged dude. Unfortunately, all the components were lost in the fire:
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“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
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