An English Gentleman, Lost in the Midwest.

[Gravity Aided]

Mudguards?

 

[biggs682]

Very nice @Gravity Aided don't tell @midlife

 

[midlife]

Good to see an old Falcon , I wouldn't bother trying to find the exact model number..... They made them up lol

 

[southcoast]

Great find, that should polish up nicely. Good to see the old timer.

 

[Gravity Aided]

How it came to be here, I have no idea, but I'm assuming it was brought over by the owner. No local shop stickers nor modified for the American market.

 

[raleighnut]

How it came to be here, I have no idea, but I'm assuming it was brought over by the owner. No local shop stickers nor modified for the American market.

Ex Serviceman brought it home with him?

 

[Drago]

You not built it up yet? Nothing on your most excellent blog.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Ex Serviceman brought it home with him?

Could be, or world traveler, seemed more like. Baby boom kids are now all in their 60's and 70's now, many long held treasures coming to light. BTW, looks like the brakes are backwards to British custom. But it also looks like maybe Wilson has had his hands on it, one of the local bike shops. Lengthy cables, a hallmark.

 

[Gravity Aided]

You not built it up yet? Nothing on your most excellent blog.

No, I'm having high temperatures in the 30's F and no heat in the garage. Might warm up a bit for the holidays, then back into the freezer. We've had three snows already, as well. No rush. It took it the best part of four decades to get as it is, and maybe the better part of winter to get all ready for spring. Other projects, like brifters for the Trek 600, as well as some fleet restructuring, going on as well.

 

[Kempstonian]

@ Drago - "That's how they were 'back in the day'. Looks strange compared to the modern straight fork but the ride is superb as the fork can flex at the curve to smooth out the buzz and bumps of the road. Flex/comfort doesn't necessarily mean woolly handling, but modern manufacturers seem scared to be accused of poor handling when it is actually just good but soft handling!"

I think milkfloat might possibly be referring to the forks looking slightly twisted? Compare the perspective at the top of the forks, where you can see the far 'arm' slightly to the left of the near one and at the bottom the far side is to the right of the near side.
From the angle we're looking it at, the far side fork looks bent forward a bit (or the near side bent back!).

 

[Gravity Aided]

They look alright in person, I think that is just barrel distortion from the camera lens, at wide angle. My camera's are just higher end Canon digital cameras without interchangeable lenses, so the lenses built into them, while not of inferior qualities, have to sow a lot of ground.

 

[Rusty Nails]

@ Drago - "That's how they were 'back in the day'. Looks strange compared to the modern straight fork but the ride is superb as the fork can flex at the curve to smooth out the buzz and bumps of the road. Flex/comfort doesn't necessarily mean woolly handling, but modern manufacturers seem scared to be accused of poor handling when it is actually just good but soft handling!"

I think milkfloat might possibly be referring to the forks looking slightly twisted? Compare the perspective at the top of the forks, where you can see the far 'arm' slightly to the left of the near one and at the bottom the far side is to the right of the near side.
From the angle we're looking it at, the far side fork looks bent forward a bit (or the near side bent back!).

I often see this comment referring to photos of bikes, particularly the more curved forks. But very rarely, if ever, has it turned out that there is anything wrong. Perspective in photographs can make things look slightly out of kilter.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I certainly agree. Especially where building or architecture was concerned, when I ran photographic stores and labs, it would be a bone of contention among customers. I would explain the situation, and sometimes come out and shoot the site with an old 4x5 camera I had, which had all the perspective controls. Takes about an hour to set it up and take a picture.

 

[Kempstonian]

Yes, it must be the camera then. I have a good eye for perspective because I used to be a technical illustrator and sometimes photos just look 'wrong' to me. Glad the bike is ok anyway, its a good 'un!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Hanging on the bike holder in my garage, with the Trek 600 randonee/sportive bike and the Univega Supra Sport and the Corso. It seems to like the company it's in. I've sourced a set of Suntour downtube shifters for it now, from an old Sekai that I think someone collided with an immovable object.