Falcon in "nice bike" shocker!

[David B]

Rourke's building the frames do you think?

I think the wrap-over stay is a red herring; Falcons also had this feature "back in the day" (as did a few other builders e.g. Henry Burton) which may explain it. As far as I know there's no in-house building at Brigg these days so not sure where the frames are being made.

David

 

[NickD]

Rourke's building the frames do you think?

I think wrap-over stay is a red herring; Falcons also had this feature "back in the day" (as did a few other builders e.g. Henry Burton) which may explain it. As far as I know there's no in-house building at Brigg these days so not sure where the frames are being made.

David

A good point, the 'Eddy Merckx' Falcons had this feature too.

 

[AndyPA]

Great colour scheme ,my head cant get around the carbon fork combination though
Ive seen a lot of reynolds steel frames coming from china recently all fitted with carbon forks

 

[Old Ned]

There was one on display at York Rally this year (June) with a black fork I think. Several people I spoke to thought it was an original that had been 'interfered with' and were very surprised that it was a new production. There wasn't any info on the bike itself to make this clear, not very good marketing!

Aren't Falcon and Holdsworth all part of the modern 'Claud Butler' conglomerate?

 

[The Ken]

Pretty sure Falcon are the holding company and CB is the brand, Falcon make Edinburgh Bike Coop bikes too.

 

[orbeas]

falcon

Dont think the transfers match the original, and the price is a bit much, be cheaper to rebuild an original one.
Think keith Lambert still has his original one that he won the pro champs on.

 

[tim2]

Ed Bikes

Pretty sure Falcon are the holding company and CB is the brand, Falcon make Edinburgh Bike Coop bikes too.

They used to make the EBC bikes when they had a factory some years ago but they havent supplied them for about 6 or 7 years