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Re: That really is a beauty - good luck with the sale.

Re: Thanks for that - I have already reamed the seat tube as it was out of round, and the old (scored) post now actually fits the frame. The reamer is an adjustable one so I can open the tube a bit further if I have to. I'll have a look for the domed top seat post - thanks for the suggestion.

Hi all, I am in the process of restoring a Falcon San Remo (the early one not the Equippe version). I am finishing it with period 10 speed Campag and it has the original tubs and a rather nice Brooks Swallow saddle. The original seatpost is scratched to heck and also is only a post without a...

Re: Lovely bike though, and maybe google the tin foil method of cleaning up the chrome parts

Re: Rechroming will destroy the paint. The acids and polishing etc will remove most of the paint, and I’m afraid there’s no way round that. And chroming is expensive - probably £150-200 to get the frame done

Re: Just sent one - has that come through? thanks

Any chance you can email some pics over - I sent an email to you earlier. Thanks!!

Re: Hi, I think I might take it at that price. I'll PM you

Re: A bit of a thread resurrection. I have just bought a 1963 Falcon (the date is taken from the Williams cottered cranks and Weinman brake date codes), and am struggling to find the model. It is not a San Remo, and is 531 plain gauge. It's orange with chromed head tube lugs and fancy bottom...

Re: Thanks people, there's a wealth of info in those catalogues. They look a lot different to the ChainReaction website!!

I have just acquired a 1938 Pollard tandem - 531 double butted frame, lots of decent parts, but it does seem to be a bit of a mishmash of a build (1938 frame, 1960's wheels, original chainset, different forks etc. It was a track tandem, but I want to make it as period as possible but with road...

Thanks guys. There is no drain tube near the bottom bracket, so the seat tube has filled up with water and rusted through. When I saw the first rusty bit I filled the seat tube with waxoyl, but it was probably too late as it got worse. Drilling a drain hole in the bottom bracket to empty the...

Hi, a few years ago I bought a resprayed Bill Nickson road bike in order to do LEJOG. Did that, and really enjoyed the ride and the bike. Trouble is that the seat tube by the bottom bracket has now rusted through (water in the seat tube, despite me squirting lots of waxoyl down there). The bike...