Coventry Eagle "Flight Deluxe"

[Alfie_Gooner]

Hi Guys,

Managed to pick this bike up recently and was just wondering if anyone on here knows what sort of age it is? I've tried looking online but i get mostly articles about motorbikes made by Coventry Eagle. It only has 5 gears and the wheel on the bottom rear derailleur is just a disc, with no teeth on it.

Any help greatly appreciated :-)

 

[T4tomo]

Pop up some close ups of the components - shifters, derailleurs brakes etc and frame number if you have it, and the vintage experts will be along to tell you. Some of the experts on here will be able to tell you the name of the frame builder and what his favourite sandwich filling was.

 

[Alfie_Gooner]

cheers T4tomo , i'm away from home at the moment but will get them up on here when i get back ;-)

 

[midlife]

I'm on the iPhone so can't see much but it looks like a Falcon underneath so from brigg most likely

Shaun

 

[Alfie_Gooner]

It has Rigida wheels and the rear derailleur has Huret marked on it according to the Mrs...

 

[midlife]

Google Falcon Olympic and one of it's incarnations over the years will have your frame with the lugs and seat stays the same.

Shaun

 

[biggs682]

early 80's , hubs could be date stamped as could the calipers

nice colour combination

 

[midlife]

As Biggs682 says it's 80's most likely. Another problem with bikes like these was they were often built for sale in catalogues like Empire Stores or Grattans so never appeared in the manufacturers literature.

Nice though and obviously cherished by whoever bought it

Shaun

 

[raleighnut]

Nice.

 

[Dekkb]

Hi there, this is my flight deluxe. Looking at it I think yours is a little older than mine. they are a typical "ernie Clements" frame from the late '70s and early '80s I believe. I'm the third owner of mine although only the second to ride it. as mentioned its a bit of a generic frame as I have a Falcon exactly the same.

 

[Cycleops]

Very nice find. Couldn't give you a definite age but you may be able to date it from the Huret derailleurs on this great site: http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Home.html

 

[Illaveago]

Are those Weinmann brakes? If so you may be able to find a date stamped into the back of them.

As has been said above it does look very much like a Falcon frame from the lugs and seat stays.

 

[Illaveago]

Sorry I just thought that I'd check first that Coventry Eagle was the parent company of Falcon.

 

[midlife]

Yep, typical Falcon with no frame braze ons lol

Shaun

 

[Illaveago]

So the cycle is the same make as the one used in the BBC series New Tricks and ridden by actor Alun Armstrong. I always tried to make out the name during the programmes.