thanks for that bm0p, any more views would be very much appreciated baring in my mind the last bike i rode was a raleigh burner many, many years ago so obviously not that clued up on quality bikes but trying to do it right.
i'm in the process of building an 86 champion mondial and have gathered together half the shimano 6207 group-set as these are period to the bike and equal quality to campag as reflected in the prices. a chance has come up now to get a full 105 group-set, same period in the anodised grey but...
i'm breaking an early 80's holdworth, very light but probably produced by falcon at that time as there's no model ident. it appears to be original paint with no rust, nice butting and 58cm centre of bb to top of tube, £40 posted.
yeah i've been researching all day and that's what i guessed. it seems to me from the 70's to the 80's especially as falcon took over it all becomes a muddy puddle identifying exactly what you've got which is a bit deflating but as you all say still a quality bike and for nothing really. i'm...
definately no numbers anywhere, what i will say is the holdsworth emblem looks original and so do the transfers as they're are individual letters and not a full stick on HOLDSWORTH word as you'd expect a copy to be.
no can't find a number anywhere, i've just been looking at it again and daft thing is it looks right but it just smells a bit wrong because there's no frame no. and as i said in the thread there should have been all the no.s in the steerer tube from what i've researched so i don't know what to...