Nigel, The Falcon Milan San Remo was available when I was a schoolboy when we still had school milk before that cow stole it! This was an eternity ago and would be around about 1960/61, if you can get hold of some "Cycling's" from around this period they did a road test on the San Remo. They also offered one as a competition prize and I am sure Bill Bush the SVCC stalwart won it wonderful man. Think the San Remo was sort of low middle range and had a Magistroni chainset, best ask Peter or Hilary as they might have some Comics for these years. Sorry the best I can do, we also had pits back then but she put pay to these as well. Have been in South Wales today and the Midlands on Friday what a sad sight she did more damage than Adolf's Luftwaffe. Take care and be lucky Mick B Hunts UK.
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:01:55 EDT
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> Subject: Re: [CR]Ernie Clements Falcon Special (and
> San Remo too)
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> I'm jumping in on this thread, because I too have a
> (still dirty) old
> beast,
> of similar description but likely a lower model.
> Mine is a SAN REMO
> model,
> with Campagnolo VELOX components. Just like Bill,
> I'm interested to
> know the
> year of offer, if possible. Does have a 531 decal.
> I took some quick
> PICs of
> it so that the basics can be seen. Light was
> waning, but I think the
> idea gets
> across:
>
>
http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Remember to click on a thumb, then click on the pic
> it reveals, in order
> to
> see the larger and much clearer versions. (Do I
> need to keep adding
> this, each
> time I supply a link to the Wool Jersey Gallery?)
>
> Nigel? ... anybody? ... know the date?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Ciao,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI US
> ~ ~ ~
>
>
> Bill Roberts wrote:
>
> I'll have to forward some further info and links to
> pics later (good
> digicam
> is down for a week or so, will do some basic photos
> with the vid cam).
> Wondering if anyone knows anything about this
> particular model. Falcon
> 'Special'. Has a painted head badge 'designed by
> Ernie Clements'. Nice
> lugs, Simplex components, and 27" wheels w/high
> pressure tires. Classic
> light blue. Perhaps late 60's. Standard Falcon
> script decals. Cotter
> crank. GB alloy bar/stem, Condor seat. Probably
> not 531 or the like,
> but
> not gaspipe either. Looks like a mid-line
> city/touring bike. Good
> shape
> throughout, all original. Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill Roberts
> Jacksonville, OR
>
>
> Nigel Land replied:
>
> Bill, I may have a fix on your Falcon as it sounds
> like it could be an
> early one made in Smethwick, Birmingham. Please
> check the headbadge for
> an address and let me know what lugs it has - should
> be Nervex. If you
> contact me off list I should be able to furnish an
> original spec, once
> we have fixed the date of manufacture.
> Nigel Land
> North Lincs
> UK
> Guys, I need frame numbers, models and guesses on
> dates for Falcon bikes
> as there seems to be interest in cracking the date
> code (assuming there
> is one). I know Dale has had many through his hands
> and there must be a
> lot of survivors in the US. A letter was used with a
> series of numbers
> but it is difficult to make sense of the few I have
> on record already.
> In case you are wondering why I want to do this, it
> sort of fits in with
> the Elswick-Hopper research I am doing as Falcon was
> part of the group
> from 1977 to 1992.
> So, Mark, the earliest San Remo I have a catalogue
> for is 1966, before
> the company moved to Barton. Not sure when the range
> was introduced, but
> by '66 there were 5 different models, including
> Equipe, Mk II, Sprint
> and Pursuit. Ernie used a variety of lugs and in '66
> featured Prugnat,
> 'Specialist Lugs cut and filed to our design' and
> 'long point
> Continental Lugs', for the different San Remo
> models. All Cotterless. I
> would guess that the San Remo on Mark's site is a
> few years earlier. I
> am fairly sure that the first Falcon dates from
> 1954/5, when Ernie
> emerged from a failed business in Shropshire to work
> for Roberts Cycle
> Industries in Smethwick, near Birmingham. He
> introduced the Falcon,
> based on prior experience with his Ernie Clements
> range. When Coventry
> Eagle took over the factory in 1957 he became Works
> Director and not
> long after the move to Lincolnshire in 1968, MD. It
> appears that Ernie
> was also responsible for the first ever training
> camp in Majorca in
> 1966.
> Bill, I am sure your frame is not 531 if it is seam
> welded but I have
> heard of welded tubing being used, anyone know what
> material it would
> be?
> Nigel ( I would be happy for someone else to take on
> Falcon) Land
> Barton on Humber
> UK
>
>
>
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
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