1991 Banana Falcon - Keep it Original or Fixe ?
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Hi guys, Im new to cycling I bought a Banana Falcon (91) and yea theres a few squeeks and rattles but its all good it stops and goes. Plan is to use it to get into uni every day and I've given it a few test runs seems fine needs new tyres and brakes need adjusting.
I am thinking of bringing it back to its original state within budget haha , or modernising it a lot of people are building fixies. Just wanted some opinions on what to do or pros and cons etc.
Cheers guys, ride safe
I am thinking of bringing it back to its original state within budget haha , or modernising it a lot of people are building fixies. Just wanted some opinions on what to do or pros and cons etc.
Cheers guys, ride safe
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Keep it as is and service it. If anything needs replacing, replace it. I am guessing you probably don't have one of the actual team bikes, and therefore what you have is a very usable, economical road bike that will very capably get you around - lots of these bikes were made, and they are about comparable with today's Halfords fare.0
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Didn't Banana use Raleigh bikes?
My Raleigh Banana 531c was from that era.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Didn't Banana use Raleigh bikes?
My Raleigh Banana 531c was from that era.
Falcon was later, '90s.0 -
I got mine in '92.[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19680854#p19680854]Simon Masterson[/url] wrote:Didn't Banana use Raleigh bikes?
My Raleigh Banana 531c was from that era.
Falcon was later, '90s.
It was on sale as old stock but I didn't think it was that old.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Explains why I got mine so cheap. I was happy and don't regret it.
If the Falcon is a 753 then it has to be ridden, and it is down to the rider's preference whether it should be fixed or geared.
What it should not be is a winter hack bike.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Explains why I got mine so cheap. I was happy and don't regret it.
If the Falcon is a 753 then it has to be ridden, and it is down to the rider's preference whether it should be fixed or geared.
What it should not be is a winter hack bike.
The typical production models weren't 753, much like many of the Raleighs (and of course the milk race specials etc) there were lots made in gas pipe with cheap bits. I suspect that's what the OP has.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19680890#p19680890]Simon Masterson[/url] wrote:
Explains why I got mine so cheap. I was happy and don't regret it.
If the Falcon is a 753 then it has to be ridden, and it is down to the rider's preference whether it should be fixed or geared.
What it should not be is a winter hack bike.
The typical production models weren't 753, much like many of the Raleighs (and of course the milk race specials etc) there were lots made in gas pipe with cheap bits. I suspect that's what the OP has.
As a youth I had a Raleigh Tour of Britain. Gas pipe tubeset, cheap components and steel rims. Weighed a ton. Improved it a bit with alloy bars / stem / brakes / levers and wheels, but it was still made of gas pipe.0 -
And I was probably there, the pic of the 3 riders climbing a hill with a hill in the distance.
The hill in question being the Blornage with the Sugarloaf in the distance, I grew up around there, the road climb is often in cycling called the Tumble.
I agree bikes should be riden.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19680890#p19680890]Simon Masterson[/url] wrote:
Explains why I got mine so cheap. I was happy and don't regret it.
If the Falcon is a 753 then it has to be ridden, and it is down to the rider's preference whether it should be fixed or geared.
What it should not be is a winter hack bike.
The typical production models weren't 753, much like many of the Raleighs (and of course the milk race specials etc) there were lots made in gas pipe with cheap bits. I suspect that's what the OP has.
As a youth I had a Raleigh Tour of Britain. Gas pipe tubeset, cheap components and steel rims. Weighed a ton. Improved it a bit with alloy bars / stem / brakes / levers and wheels, but it was still made of gas pipe.
My first adult bike was/is much like that, only with flat bars. I weighed it once, about 15kg if I recall, not including the kick stand it started out life with! I'm rather fond of it if truth be told, and at some point intend to rebuild it as a fixed wheel commuter...0
