[CR]re: 60's Falcon

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:41:23 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]re: 60's Falcon

others wrote:

"In a message dated 1/19/04 8:03:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes: Opinions anyone?

http://ebay.com/<blah> toDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Jerry et al, Please excuse my ignorance, but might that fork not be original to the bike?

Ed Kasper Detroit MI "

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Without seeing it close up I wouldn't want to say for sure, but I'd bet that the fork is original. Mine looks exactly like it. Cinelli sloping crown fully chromed. Very common on this frame.

As for whether it's worth $750, that kinda depends on how much you want it, Jerry. If you really want a cherry-condition Falcon, then it's worth it, barely.

But, that's probably over market. In fact, I'd say the final bid on ebay was only slightly under market. For this complete bike, I'd guess 550 is market. $575 shipped maybe.

But to a San Remo fan, that bike is a steal at $750---so, as usual, it all depends.

I love my San Remo, which I recently had restored, beautifully, by CyclArt. I've had it for many years, and I've ridden it thousands of miles in every possible condition of cold, heat, rain, snow, sleet, you name it. It's not together yet, but it will be soon. One of the nicest-riding frames ever made. Typical brit with looooong top-tube, (57cm c-c as I recall), very low bb shell, long wheelbase. Chrome was variable. Some of the chrome on mine is original, but we had to re-chrome the fork, alas, it was peeling pretty badly.

I think the market undervalues these particular Falcons, which were top-line frames all the way, far as I can tell. It's not fair, but markets don't care much about fairness.

Charles "closet San-Remo-phile" Andrews SoCal