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re: the address on the head badge, this is a good way to age the frame because, as I recall, the frames that came with them/were in production had the address blanked out. I imagine they had a load of headbadges they didn't want to bin either so it would place the frame just after the move. I used to have a Condor with a similar obscured address.
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A while back i was looking into an old condor from Hilary Stone.
I did go into Condor as i wanted to see the Pista and Tempo. And was debating about just going modern 1 1/8" and forgetting about 1" head tube.
Anyways... in the basement showroom they have several old frames and history on display.
Get chatting and Condor will refurb old frames and do supply Decals as well.
Well worth contacting them, and if your London based anyway maybe drop in with the frame.
A possible guess on the headtube badge.... although it might not sit well with the brand image, with out looking into the dates.... maybe it was a case of using up old stock badges after the shop had moved down the road so 49-53 Grays Inn used to be Number 90 so maybe to save money they just erased the number...