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Falcon Olympic from late 70s/early 80s (dated by one piece seat stay that only came on later models) Reynolds 531 steel frame - - size seems to be about 60cm Shimano 60 front mech and 600 rear mech Weinmann brakes SR cranks and handlebars bought it to commute on and do a rolling resto...

Lets have a bit of balance here - The Tories are not ideal, but I'll take them any day over the previous government, who's fiscal policies and mismanagement are to blame for our current financial situation. their lack of financial responsibility is why everybody now hates the tories because of...

Mine is the chassis code for a Honda CRX Del Sol SiR For those of youwho don't know what a one of them is, here's my baby :)

What do you call a man with no shins? Tony... Ryan Giggs today admitted to suffering from homesickness, saying that, even though he's happy in Manchester, he does Miss Wales occasionally... I have loads of other bad jokes but they are massively un PC so I'm not sure this is the best place...

ooo yay, another car detailing geek...! :) are you on any of the forums?

gumtree is good, and you could try the road bike section on pistonheads (its in the non-motoring section) as its free...

anything without a buckled rear wheel!! lol

"Eagles may soar high, but weasels dont get sucked into jet engines..." - David Brent, The Office

I personally prefer the raleigh... but surely there's a way you can keep them both??

another vote for getting the bolt croppers out. no point flapping about, just get it done.

depends on the condition of the paint, some kind of cutting compound if it's in good nick i guess... I use farcela g3 on my car and it's absolutely amazing

I can't wait to see it, the most talented f1 driver ever in my opinion :)

Yea I guess it was never a rare or interesting bike (though I see very little info is available on them) I definately need to replace the back wheel as most of the spokes seem pretty bent/loose/rusted and the cassette seems to wobble around a bit! so that's my 1st job, but I guess that means...

I was 8, and if my memory serves me correctly, pedaling about on my Raleigh Striker BMX bike, possibly after I insisted upon my father respraying it in fluourescent green...

I ride mine every day as a commuter (i only have the 1 bike) so I cover about 100 miles a week doing that, and sometimes another 20/30 at weekends. I didnt buy it to look at it, if I just wanted to do that I'd take a pic of someone elses and save my money!!

this may be a really stupid suggestion, but have you tried measuring the gap between the forks? :/

thanks Johnny, that link is really useful. I dont really like the idea of a fixed gear bike as I have a few hills en-route so it'd be impractical, so I won't be going down that route.

So I'm thinking of tidying up the look of my bike, she's a tatty Falcon Olympic but all fully functional, I use her every day for my 20 mile round trip commute and it's about time i showed her a little love... When it comes to doing so, is it poor form to paint the frame anything other than...

Thanks for all the advice guys, really appreciate it :) Rather unfortunately, I didnt read the very last point by Simon Daw until now and its too late!! I know my seat is a little low in comparison to the bars but didnt think it'd have that much effect. Now after my ride in this morning...