My new Coventry Eagle

[biggs682]

picked this treat up at weekend , its a late 70's Coventry Eagle by Falcon and apart from a layer of dust it does not look like it has done much at all .

could not resist the orange colour with the half chrome forks and chromed Rigida rims , 27" of course .

not sure of its destiny yet , as its hanging ready in garage . now for sale

 

[Spokesmann]

Nice, the forks do look good with chrome tips. A ncie B17 on it will really set it off.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Good find!

I'm another fan of chrome tipped forks.

 

[biggs682]

i have a new Honey coloured b17 sitting around doing nothing so good idea

 

[TheDoctor]

Good lord. I had one like that, only silver. Got it when I was a svelte young 14 year-old IIRC.
Nice looking bike
*approves*

 

[PoweredByVeg]

Is that a Normandie front hub I spy?

 

[bobcat]

Always liked the Coventry Eagle, good find!

 

[biggs682]

have not removed the dirt and grease of the hubs yet but yes i was told they were normandy hubs fr & rr

 

[asterix]

Wasn't Coventry Eagle taken over by Falcon possibly later than your bike (which I guess is mid-eighties, latest)?

The name was used briefly by the co-operative sponsored by Barry Hoban and then became British Eagle producing the same models up to about 1992, I think. In the late 80's I used to import bicycles for Falcon from Taiwan and they weren't of that quality by any stretch.

 

[biggs682]

yes i cant wait to get on with it , but to many others in the way at mo

 

[biggs682]

have spent the last few early morning sessions cleaning this and it has come up really well , using today and rest of week for commuting on , so far quite impressed just a bit on the heavy side but very nice . all the chrome work cleaned up really well and looks shiny will try and get some new pics up once this rain stops

 

[alanf1968]

like my first 10 speed racer, except it was a pale blue.......bought mine in 1982......30 years of serious cycling :-)