This is another bike rescued from my dads shed when they moved recently.
This one is a bit more complete and is currently having a proper service at my LBS, as its been standing for years and years.
It was definitely a Condor frame, it was originally finished in a darker shade of orange and I remember a seat post sticker in white with condor on it,when it was given to my dad it only had one wheel which was trashed and most of the components had been stripped off.It still wears its campag strada chain set with hefty 54t/45t rings.
It had been abandoned in the bike shed at his work, and when they shut the place down they let him take it away,so it has no history before that.It then hung on the shed wall for a good few years as he saved a little each month to buy some components to make it up.
Around the early eighties he painted the frame with humbrol enamel ( thank god for powder coating) and had it assembled.At the time he enquired at the condor shop in grays inn road , but as there was no stamps on it they couldnt identify it and were less helpful, as he didnt actually take the bike in.I suppose they had lots of people wanting transfers etc to replicate their machines.
During its re built life it did london to brighton a few times and thats about it, I am aiming to press it back into use and if i get on with it will probably strip it and have the frame finished properly.
I took the forks out to try and sort the head bearings thr grease has run out of and rusted and found some numbers stamped on the fork crown, so i will ping an e mail to condor , see if they can id it, would be nice to confirm what it is.
If anybody knows anything about what it could be please let me know.
Cheers
This one is a bit more complete and is currently having a proper service at my LBS, as its been standing for years and years.
It was definitely a Condor frame, it was originally finished in a darker shade of orange and I remember a seat post sticker in white with condor on it,when it was given to my dad it only had one wheel which was trashed and most of the components had been stripped off.It still wears its campag strada chain set with hefty 54t/45t rings.
It had been abandoned in the bike shed at his work, and when they shut the place down they let him take it away,so it has no history before that.It then hung on the shed wall for a good few years as he saved a little each month to buy some components to make it up.
Around the early eighties he painted the frame with humbrol enamel ( thank god for powder coating) and had it assembled.At the time he enquired at the condor shop in grays inn road , but as there was no stamps on it they couldnt identify it and were less helpful, as he didnt actually take the bike in.I suppose they had lots of people wanting transfers etc to replicate their machines.
During its re built life it did london to brighton a few times and thats about it, I am aiming to press it back into use and if i get on with it will probably strip it and have the frame finished properly.
I took the forks out to try and sort the head bearings thr grease has run out of and rusted and found some numbers stamped on the fork crown, so i will ping an e mail to condor , see if they can id it, would be nice to confirm what it is.
If anybody knows anything about what it could be please let me know.
Cheers