A bicycle of the incognito brand

[ren531]

It is a bit of a long shot, but the frame lugs are exactly the same as a Falcon Superpro or Falcon Professional, which shared a frame but were kitted out differently. If it is that frame it will be cr-mo with a 27mm seat pillar. The Seat pillar looks to have been changed to accommodate the "comfy" saddle!. Added to that the SuperPro was fitted out with Campag Gran Sport derailleur and brakes etc. and had a chrome tange front fork which yours has. The frame number also matches the style used by Falcon for the Professional and SuperPro frames and fits neatly into a series of 19 such frame numbers I have collected and puts it at late 1979 / early 1980. If it is a Falcon it is certainly before September 1980 when they added top tube braze ons to hold the rear brake cable. It looks as if it has been resprayed at some time as all the SuperPros seemed to be a metallic red. It has also lost its Campag pedals for some without toeclips. I am pretty convinced it is a modified Falcon SuperPro.

Very interesting indeed, just had a look at the seat post it's a 26.8mm and dated 93/06 going to have a look at the seat post clamp tomorrow to see if it's closed up more than expected and see if I can see a seam in the tubing witch I guess I would have if it's co-mo .

 

[ren531]

Cleaned up the inside of the seat tube and no sign of any seam , is it a reliable indicator of cro-mo or are some cro-mo tubes drawn rather than rolled , but the seat post has a tiny bit of slap when in the seat tube so the 26.8mm post is on the small side suggesting that it's true size is 27mm .
Also the head set is a Shimano one.
Been searching for photos of Falcon Superpro bikes and Mandobob you seem to be correct there's a lot of detailed similarities with the frames .

 

[Mandobob]

Cleaned up the inside of the seat tube and no sign of any seam , is it a reliable indicator of cro-mo or are some cro-mo tubes drawn rather than rolled , but the seat post has a tiny bit of slap when in the seat tube so the 26.8mm post is on the small side suggesting that it's true size is 27mm .
Also the head set is a Shimano one.
Been searching for photos of Falcon Superpro bikes and Mandobob you seem to be correct there's a lot of detailed similarities with the frames .

I am pretty convinced that it is a Falcon SuperPro, which when it was released in 1979 was their top of the range and sold for £279.95. As it seems to have been resprayed, the fork and headset would have been taken off so it could have been changed then. I have a SuperPro myself (among my collection of Falcons!) so I am very familiar with the model and I am attaching a pdf copy of a contemporary sales sheet with an excellent picture of it .