Re: [CR]Merckx/Falcon ???

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From: "Diane Feldman" <feldmanbike@home.com>
To: <stevens@veloworks.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <F284P7Ie8tlMazUSxvj00003ca7@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Merckx/Falcon ???
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:35:02 -0800

I've seen both, a not-too-cheap 3-tubes 531 rig with Campy Sport/Gransport and Weinmann 27" rims, and an all 531 which was identical to a Falcon top of the line San Remo bike. Harding's on Westwood Blvd. in West Los Angeles sold them ca. 1975. About seven years ago I saw an unridden high-end one at a store in Spokane, WA. Frame details--fork crown, seatstay plugs, finishing of the stay and fork blade ends--are visually very different from "real" Eddy Merckx frames. David Feldman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven L. Sheffield"
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 3:10 PM
Subject: [CR]Merckx/Falcon ???

>
> Falcon-made Eddy Merckx frames from the 1970s ... decent 531 frames? Or
> gaspipe?