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Not at all. In 1983/84 the Falcon team bikes were actually built by Paul Washington at Brian Rourke's. In late 1984, 1985 and 1986 the team bikes were built by Terry Dolan (formerly of Harry Quinn, later of Cougar and later again Dolan Cycles). I have a 1984 Falcon, built with Reynolds 531...

Thanks for the reply. I havn't seen another one since.

So what happened to your Falcon 753 frame then?

I don't think you will get better confirmation that it's a Mercian than from the firm themselves. Congratulations! Now for the interesting, and often lengthy and expensive, search for period parts! Great fun though.

My Falcon San Remo 1980/81

A great decision! Keeping the frame and the fork together was essential and now a quality refurb. What colour scheme are you going for?

I have also noticed that the Reynolds transfer has the gold base which only was added in 1973. It suggests a respray in the 1970s?

My 1957 Falcon has the same small cable stop on the left hand side of the down tube. It took me ages to find a Cyclo Benelux derailleur with the little bracket that holds the end of the outer cable. It was a four-speed x 2 derailleur.

Superb! The lugs are the same as my 1957 Falcon Club Special.

Falcon used the classic low relief metal badges from its inception in 1956 through until about 1978/79 when Elswick Hopper bought out Ernie Clements ownership of Falcon Cycles and made him a director of EH. The new regime implemented cost savings in all areas to compete with the fierce...

Oh well spotted! Clearly the lugs were a pretty regular component on lower spec Falcon bikes through the 70s. It was a clever way to shift a lot of basic bikes riding on the cachet of the reputation of the pro racing team and of the top end bikes. In logging all the various models there were...

I am not sure what you mean by the olympic rings era. They were used as early as 1956/57 as per the attached photo. I have this badge on a very early Club Special Falcon. Note how the manufacturer is shown as "RCI Ltd". Robert Cycle Industries were bought out by Coventry Eagle in 1958, so...

On looking at my database, the same lugs are used on most of the 1970s Black Diamonds. Those were very prolific in numbers and were a non-531 tubing frame. This frame had been resprayed and the rivets you can see in the photo, I guess would have been put in after that. So, it might not be its...

Thanks Midlife, you have noted my preferences! I edited the photos as the head tube has an unusual badge, which I am attaching, which gives away the manufacturer. It is a metal badge, which suggests it is at least pre 1978 / pre Elswick Hopper takeover, when they seem to have switched to the...

Thanks for that. I suspect they may be a copy as they are not brilliantly machined.