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Did you already do a mock-up with wheels? If so, what are the clearances like?

That's a winner for me! moar pics plz?

Still looking for a new frame? Here's a size 60 casati for a reasonable price: http://m.ebay.de/itm/Casati-Rennrad-Rahmen-Rennradrahmen-60cm-/191992009854?hash=item2cb39d947e%3Ag%3AOI8AAOSwZJBX-5V5&_trkparms=pageci%253A40d8a73b-9455-11e6-9659-005056bb1871%257Cparentrq%253Ad234c5251570a356d4360fbefffea7e2%257Ciid%253A27

belongs in here

lol, strong words considering that you spammed the last couple of pages with blurry photos and selfies. What's wrong with the Berretto for instance?

Today I received a pair of Itm Dual CX for the Lo pro courtesy of @Si46
I threw them on the bike to see how it looks but I need to do some fine-tuning with the adjustment. When I find some more time, I'll cut and file the extensions to fit the bar end shifters that I also bought.
In addition, I changed the saddle and put on an alcantara covered San Marco Laser.

@Si46 top seller, immediate shipping and very good packaging!

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Duells are great! A friend of mine built a neo retro Duell last month:
He bought that silver orange duell tsx that was on retrobike for a while. Note that he did these perfect fades with rattlecans in his backyard. He knows his way around a spray can. Bar angle and STIs have been resolved since the photo was taken.

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I'm facing exactly the same dilemma with the chainstay on my falcon. What makes it even more difficult is that the chainstay is chromed and half of it painted...

Cheers!

I procrastinated the repair so far since I won't be riding this in autumn/winter anyway. I'm still not sure whether I should get a basic repair or get it rechromed while I'm at it. The chrome on the rear triangle is still in pristine condition so it wouldn't spoil the overall patina of the bike I think.
In other news: I found another picture of the odd brooks b17 with the additional copper rivet in the back. The photo is from an eddy merckx exhibition and the saddle is on eddy's superia from the early days of his career. The plot thickens.

Here's the link to the full article: http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2015/03/14/eddy-merckx-jacky-ickx-exhibition/ Interestingly, the saddle is incorrectly referred to as a Brooks Pro, while it says B17 champion standard on the side of it. When I first saw the saddle, I also thought it looked more like a pro than a B17...

According to this article, merckx became amateur world champion on this bike in 1964 which means that the saddle is more or less period correct for my late 50s/early60s falcon: http://www.i-c-c.nl/interviews/7/eddy-merckx-campagnolo-is-kwaliteit.html

put the brooks and the leather bars on

You're right should be c-record and the stem looks a little bit short, too. I was blown away initially tho because of the colour scheme with the golden wheels + the chromed rear stays & lugs

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10/10

Mh, maybe the painted ones get my vote. Tough call...
http://biciclette-pescatore.de/project/claus-lauer-bahnrad/

I vote for the chromed forks. Unless you get the other forks pantoed with the lauer 'L' before getting them painted ;)

Nice score! Another professional, right? What's the deal with the decals? I assume you're going to polish the brake levers and stem for the repainted professional?

Resolved!

Here's an article scan from tour-magazine which shows Claus at work:
http://test.radklassiker.org/?page_id=1164

In a nutshell: he's all about quality. He moved from Duisburg (a city) to the middle of nowhere to concentrate on frame building. He built betweeen 100 and 400 frames per year. He also built cyclocross bikes. Prices were between 700 and 5000DM (2500€) for the top of the range aero-model with full campa record. During his time as a mechanic he won a price for being the fairest mechanic since he also helped out other guys which weren't part of his team. Aaaand, he's a porsche enthusiast :)

Claus Lauer, little known german framebuilder...

http://www.rennrad-geschichten.de/rennr%C3%A4der/der-edle-claus-von-altenkirchen/ check out this lovely steed with full campa 50th gruppo.

Apparently Claus Lauer started building his bikes in Duisburg and later moved to Altenkirchen, he used to be a Mechanic for several national cycling teams (not specified which nations tho). During his time as a team mechanic he learned a lot about what a rider wants in a bike, which in turn helped him as a frame builder. He built frames from the 60s to the early 2000s and is considered one of germany's best frame builders. Apparently he build frames for a lot of pros but a lot of them rode his bikes under a different name for sponsorship reasons. Painting was usually done in-house.

http://www.rennrad-news.de/forum/threads/claus-lauer-rahmen.70140/

They talk about Claus Lauer in this thread. According to a user there, at the time of writing (2010), Claus Lauer was still alive but he no longer built frames as his health no longer permitted it. Apparently he build tailor-made frames mostly for professionals and apparently he exclusively used Columbus tubing. Most Lauers were campa equipped but another user is mentioning an example with DA. The OP's bike also has a Cinelli BB like yours and it is made out of SLX tubing. Another user on there says that Lauer only built high-end frames with Columbus SL & SLX tubing etc. No entry-level models (if you so will) with Aelle tubing etc.

On the second page of the thread another using posted his Lauer which also has a Cinelli cast BB albeit not the spoiler one. http://fotos.rennrad-news.de/s/10311 Interestingly, it uses a different font for the lauer decals which, judging by the external rear-brake cable routing, seems to be the older font.

Here's another nice example made out of columbus TSX which also has a Cinelli BB.
https://blog.cycling-adventures.org/rennrad-claus-lauer-klassisch-retro/ Unfortnately the article only talks about how the owner got it from a friend and other general stuff, not really much about the brand or Claus lauer himself.

From what I found everybody seems to agree that these were really high-quality frames, seems like you got a great bike!