In the mid 70s Falcon pro bike were built by Terry Dolan, 2 frames per rider,. I have just sold Sid Barras s bike, and checked with Terry. They were only 531 comp tubing and with no numbers. I cant say , but I would have serious doubts as to the authenticity of this one, the tubing on a British Team frame would always be 531 I doubt us Brits would ever accept any other. Stan Pike was the first to use a foreign tube for Pro frames as far as I know, but, who knows. This isnt, as far as I can tell, a comp pro frame. maybe its a FKW, or even....a D.... Cant say it. Barrie Carter. Ash strewn Roundham, UK
From: M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl> Subject: Re: [CR] Falcon Professional To: Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Friday, 16 April, 2010, 14:05
Giles O'Bryen wrote:
> But the seat tube has an ID of 27.0 so it is (I presume) not a Reynolds
> tubed frame. That seems unusual for a British bike. Does anyone know what
> tubing might have been used?
Reynolds always did a 1.0-0.7 mm seattube, a popular choice for builders looking for a bit more stiffness
-- mvg
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