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Tarbyarmy wrote: Hi, I'm new to the forum but have found this thread very interesting. I recently purchased a fully chromed CB frame from ebay. The chrome is shocking in places and so the bike was cheap. It has the riveted head badge and the early signature decals on the down tube. The bottom bracket number (repeated on the steerer tube) is 2733. The rear brake stay is typical CB curved. There is a threaded hole for an oiler on the upper left of the BB shell which is also stamped "RGF" (which I believe is for Gargatte Brothers) The seat tube top lug is stamped "72*" on the right hand side and "A" on the left. The head tube is also set at 72 degrees. Front dropouts are forged "Brev Simplex" rears unbranded pressed without a hanger. There is a single shifter braze on on the RH downtube. Nearly all the equipment with the bike appears to be 1970s/80s "upgrades". The BB is ,for example, a quality Nadax Favorit sealed unit. Now here is my problem. The BB numbering is odd in that the 4 digits are widely spaced across the whole width of the bottom bracket which I have never seen before. Additionally I can't identify the lugs. They seem not to be quite Nervex Pros . In fact the nearest I can see are the De-luxe illustrated in the 1956/57 CB catalogue. My question therefore is do you think this is a 1959 first year Holdsworth or not. I will now attempt to upload some pictures but as this is my first time please bear with me. Hello Tarby, you ask some reasonable questions... TBH I really don't know if it is a Holdsworth Claud or not, but have posted some of your pictures on the Holdsworth Claud thread here; viewtopic.php?f=12&t=396384&p=3076762#p3076762Hopefully someone may shed some light on it.
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