Newbie - bear with me....help with frame manufacturer

[Neil_B]

Hi,
I didn't know what I was getting into when I rescued an old steel frame bike from the scrapyard (based in Berkshire, United Kingdom). I've got an ID on most of the parts, but, I really could use a hand on identifying the frame please.

Front wheel [27"x1.25"] - Maillard (France, March 1986) (marked "Maillard 13 86" on hub)
Rear wheel - Marked "W Germany 079" - no clear brand....
Front derailleur - Marked "Shimano FE Product of Singapore"
Rear derailleur - Marked "Shimano 600 RD-6207 VIA Japan" [circa 1984-1986??]
Cranks - Marked "170 Japan SR" "34" on Left crank and "25" on Right crank. Also "81"
Freewheel sprocket - Hub is a Suntour "Perfect" Maeda Industries Japan 5speed "BK" (circa 1985 November??)
Stem - Aluminium ITM 70 (100mm), c.25mm diameter and 170mm top to toe - quill stem with round/cone expander.
Handlebars - British made stamped "GB 021 79" Aluminium.
Brake/suicide levers Stamped "PAT APP 642251" and "LH" and "RH" (clearly left and right)
Brakes - "Chang Star Deluxe Y730"
BB - 68mm shell, bracket stamped "Tange Industries"
Serial number - SO236, or, S0236??
Fork tube (inner is stamped "Akisa 80") and front forks no stamped identifiers.
Seat post - "Stop.....and Made in Taiwan" (!) ; the seat might be leather or suede.
Frame? Help please....My best guesses at the moment; I think it might have been a Viking, or an Asian/Malaysian manufactured frame/forks - around mid-late 1960's. The lack of brazes suggests it might be in this date range, interestingly there's a threaded braze welded onto the front right fork, made for a headlight. The previous owner/s then pimped it up in the early-mid 80's with Shimano stuff.

Hope you can help
Thanks
Neil

 

[Southcoast]

Re:

The bike looks a bit like a Falcon Champion Du Monde or another similar bike in the Falcon range.

 

[Midlife]

Falcon was the bike that sprang to mind for me too,

Shaun

 

[Nob]

kinda Coventry eagleish...........

 

[Neil_B]

Thanks very much for those reading my post and looking at the photos. Having searched....a lot, I agree that it's likely to be a Falcon from the late 60's/early 70's. It think red was it's original colour, before being repainted in blue. This past post helped to firm up my conclusion:

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Thanks again for the very helpful pointers.