70's Falcon Olympic designed by Ernie Clements

negaultra7 · Jun 24, 2013

Hi there ive just bought this 70's Falcon Olympic designed by Ernie Clements

some pictures for you to view comments welcome

Midlife · Jun 24, 2013

..........a true Falcon with absolutely nothing brazed on, not even the little cable stop for the rear mech

cracking condition, not sure the chrome seat tube decal is original though.

Nice find.

Shaun

Spokesmann · Jun 25, 2013

Ticks all the boxes for me. Great buy.

negaultra7 · Jun 25, 2013

Any idea on the age of the frame the Serial number is W40332

Neil

Midlife · Jun 25, 2013

Falcon frame numbers were a mystery to me, looks like late 60's early 70's. The brakes look original and should be stamped with a date...

Shaun

negaultra7 · Jun 25, 2013

Midlife":1q23qcj0 said:
Falcon frame numbers were a mystery to me, looks like late 60's early 70's. The brakes look original and should be stamped with a date...

Shaun

Shaun,

Where on the brakes will the date be stamped?

Neil

S1m0nR · Jun 25, 2013

Where on the brakes will the date be stamped?

Usually on the backs of the caliper arms. You often have to take the brakes off the bike and then if you manually squidge the caliper together, there's a circular mark on the casting which will tell you the date.

Lovely bike by the way, beautiful colour and just right in terms of spec and conditoin.

Old Ned · Jun 25, 2013

Great condition, what a super find. What intrigues me about these Falcons is the full wrap-over seat cluster which is very like the Raleigh/Carlton/BSA version. I've said before about the 'cross fertilisation' between Ernie Clements and Gerald O'Donovan (they both built for each other in busy periods - and I had this confirmed last week by someone definitely in the know) so is this an example of a common design feature betweeen the two?

negaultra7 · Jul 1, 2013

Hi gents ive decided to put this falcon up for auction to fund a new project!!

Any offers considered

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141003236119? ... 1555.l2649

Davidvanhaaren · Aug 11, 2015

Re: Falcon

It is a beautiful bike. Would you possibly consider selling?

70's Falcon Olympic designed by Ernie Clements

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