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Re: Re: Thanks guys! Complements like these for my 40 year old work are much appreciated. Andy

Absolutely nothing to do with me. Not guilty! :wink: Andy

Unfortunately yes.

Seems I misunderstood the owners description in my enthusiasm to post it on here. I've edited the title of the thread and I'm sorry for any confusion caused. Thanks Andy

Re: It's not mine. it just came up on my Facebook page. I haven't seen it for 28 years and that's all I know about it except that I know the owner from back in the day, he's a top bloke! Andy

Here's a surprise! One of mine from 28 years ago. https://www.facebook.com/592703143/post ... 208798144/

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No, not one of mine. Many Thompson Bicycle Company frames did indeed have seat stays attached like that but never into that type of seat clamp. I always used to radius the chainstay, seatstay and fork blade ends. I didn't use that style of under BB cable guide. It's also not an Orbit Thompson as...

Re: Re: Thank you! I'll take that complement. Andy

Re: I never saw a Falcon frame like that, its either not a Falcon or it's after the Casket group takeover. The stash I found we're traditional old school Italian frames.

All frames were custom built, so yes it would have been built for a specific customer. Andy

Wow! That takes me back. Every frame was custom built, I never made any stock frames at TBC. Tony Jackson was a regular customer and I sold a good few through his shop. Columbus KL was very light and popular for time trial bikes. I'm guessing that I would have just supplied the frame and the...

Almost correct except I was never Married to Isla and we split up in 1997. After a very lengthy hiatus I'm back on the bike and riding regularly with Stourbug and my wife Malanda. Andy

Re: Hi. I've only just seen this thread and unfortunately the photos aren't displaying which is a shame. As the person responsible for creating this bike I'd love to see it and maybe fill in a bit of history but It was a very long time ago! Andy

That'd be Accles an Pollock cro-mo tubing.

It was Billy that rang me up, whilst I was in hospital nursing a broken leg, to offer me a job at Falcon. And yes, the majority of the workers in the frame shop were female and they were generally superior to the lads at brazing

Re: They were all sold to retailers and if I remember correctly they were not cheap as we offered a custom paint job on each one. Several went to a shop in Huddersfield (I don't recall the name) as that's where I was living at the time. The story goes that they were ordered from a trade show...

A bit of inside history. During my brief period (1982) at Falcon Cycles running the frame shop I also had to oversee the closing of the Barton on Humber Elswick factory. Buried deep in the debris I came across 50 or so rather nice, new, Columbus tubed, Italian built, frames that had been...

Re: I'm wrong! I've made a few phone calls and it transpires this isn't my old bike but a third preproduction prototype that I now have a vague recollection of building. It's a little smaller than mine and a lot bigger than the black one pictured earlier in the thread. I've spoken with the...

Re: Re: Blimey! That's my own old bike and was indeed the very first Zinn. I have no idea how it's survived as I rode it a lot and I mean a lot. We had some adventures together! I'd love to know it came to be back in circulation as I have no clear recollection of what happened it after I...