..........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.
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.
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?
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