Robin S’s Falcon Black Diamond

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Today’s OTS, a Falcon Black Diamond come to us from Scottland courtesy of Robin S.  Just a wee bit grungy. I like it.

Dear Sir,

Please accept my submission to your Old 10 Speed bike website. I hope the images of the bike are Ok. If not just drop me a line and I’ll figure out how to reduce their size.

Make: Falcon
Model: Black Diamond

About the bike:
I bought this bike from a charity bike shop called the ‘Bike Station’ in Waverly Station about six years ago. I cost me £20 and the guy wrote on the sales receipt “this is not a bike, it’s a collection of bike parts”. He grossly underestimated this steed’s resilience and longevity.

I’ve done hundreds and hundreds of miles on the old jalopy, replacing parts as the disintegrate/break/catastrophically fail. This was my regular commuting bike when I worked in Edinburgh and I loved whizzing past flashy MTBers and LRT buses.

My next repair job will be the bottom bracket which is a wee bit loose. A little birdie told me that you can replace old BBs with cartridge BBs. I hope this is true. I’m also thinking of a new pair of wheels as I can never seem to get the rear bearings to stop going “clickety clack”.

Thanks Robin

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  • Joe B.

    Just keep replacing those old parts. It’ll keep going & going & going… 🙂

  • http://hughsbicycle.blogspot.com Hugh

    That bike has character!

  • Pete

    Nice bike. A mate had one of those in the early 80s – was a lot faster than the grifter I had at the time!

    The BB will be a standard 68mm shell. I recently fitted a replacement cartridge BB to my old Falcon 10 speed that I was converting to a fixie and it screwed straight in with no problems. I used a Shimano UN54.

    Good luck on those cobbled Edinburgh streets – the last time I cycled down the Royal Mile I’m sure I lost a few fillings!

  • http://none Bob Easter

    I bought an orange Falcon Black Diamond from a neighbor. It looks totally original, including the water bottle. I’ve ridden it a number of times, however the tires (looks like 26″ x 1″ High Pressure seem dry rotted, so I’m afraid they’ll burst if I keep riding it. Where can I find tires to fit this bike? Or, should I sell the bike in it’s original condiditon?