Barn find- 1 of 4- Falcon San Remo
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Barn find- 1 of 4- Falcon San Remo
This is the first of 4 bike I have located. I bought the first 2. 85 Schwinn Tempo, fairly rough but should clean up nice.
The second one is a Falcon San Remo. I do not know the age but from what I searched the forums and internet it is pre 1973, because it is a cottered crank. It is 531 main tubes the serial # is x 248 98. it has campy rear drop outs, Campy Velox rear derailer, Huret front. It does not appear to be repainted it is gold ( about the color of the mid 60's mopars). Any Ideas about what year the falcon is?
Ps pictures to follow, and My wife has not noticed the new bikes. I will have to tell her because both may be keepers
The second one is a Falcon San Remo. I do not know the age but from what I searched the forums and internet it is pre 1973, because it is a cottered crank. It is 531 main tubes the serial # is x 248 98. it has campy rear drop outs, Campy Velox rear derailer, Huret front. It does not appear to be repainted it is gold ( about the color of the mid 60's mopars). Any Ideas about what year the falcon is?
Ps pictures to follow, and My wife has not noticed the new bikes. I will have to tell her because both may be keepers
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What brand of cottered crank? The older ones (early 60's) came with Williams cottered cranks.
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Not sure if this will help too much, but VeloBase.com has a listing for the Velox rear derailleur with the year 1971. Not sure how long the model ran before or after that date, but don't think it was for too long.
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I have no idea what crank it is. There are holes for a chain gaurd or Pie Plate , but other than that the only mark I can find is 52 inclosed in a circle. It looks like it is double stamped one set of 52 outlining the other. Velobase is one cool site. I will visit it more tonight after I get the kids in bed. I will add photos also
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You will definitely enjoy the Tempo. I have one, and it's younger sibling the Prelude. The Tempo has a little nicer workmanship, but both are very nicely made, and ride nicely to boot. Looking forward to pics of the
Falcon. I have an orange one I'm lusting after, but thankfully it's going nowhere soon. I've asked a price, and it seems reasonable if it's actually 531 like the owner says.,,,,BD
Falcon. I have an orange one I'm lusting after, but thankfully it's going nowhere soon. I've asked a price, and it seems reasonable if it's actually 531 like the owner says.,,,,BD
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Here are photos of the bikes. I have not cleaned them at all. The falcon is on the work stand trying on nicer wheels. The Tempo may replace the 89 Traveller
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I had a Falcon San Remo Mod 76 - from 1972/73. This is a bit older. I think there was a model with a cottered crank. But the rear derailler is definitely older as another poster suggests. I am 90% sure it was repainted at some point (unless the color is off from your picture).
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Hi James. ebr898 has been missing 10 year😉
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