Edward
Your steel Condor was actually made by me !! or at least by my company M Steel Cycles. We made all the steel Condors from 1982 until around 2004
Pictures tomorrow, need to reduce the size
Cheers
Dave Y
Well you made a lovely job of it! I rode that bike for 3 years and loved it. Just how a bike should be, supple and responsive, comfortable for long distances but still let you get the power down.
Then some daft bint overtook me, stopped and threw her door open. She seemed surprised when I arrived on her lap.... I was wearing a pink jersey and yellow shorts (hey, it was the 90's). Bike had top and down tube rippled at head tube, forks mangled, bars bust and wheel turned into a pretzel. It wasn't economically repairable!
I succumbed to fasion and replaced it with a Cannondale aluminium job. While it was a 'nice' bike, it just never had the feel of the Condor.
When I bought myself a new bike a few years back I went back to steel. While its not handbuilt, the Genesis is a lovely ride. I test rode carbon and ali bikes and they just didn't feel as nice.