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What'd we do without our sheds?

Thanks to everyone who replied. I've learned a lot about brakes, and particularly about the brands Balilla and Claud Butler. As shown in the photos, I managed to get a pair of Balilla brakes for ten euros at the Retroronde. The spring fitted perfectly into my C.B. branden calliper. Not really...

Thanks for that, Jesper! I had never heard of Subito before, but found three potential purchases there in 5 minutes. My Italian is not too bad. If my visit to a vintage bike market next weekend is unsuccesful I will certainly order something from Italy

Enjoy the retroronde. I'm not actually taking part myself this time

Next weekend I hope to be at the Retroronde in Oudenaarde and have a good rummage in all the cardboard boxes

Previously I put up a post about my 1948 Claud Butler road bike. Last month I replaced the Simplex 3-speed with a single speed using what I believe to be the original rear wheel. After a return ride to a steel bike event in Germany I was cleaning the bike and the spring in the rear brake snapped...

Just one last reply to my own thread: the frame number is definitely 40857, as confirmed by the steerer tube markings.

Here's a better photo of the frame no.

More on the frame number of my Holdsworth: with better lighting you can see that the number under the bottom bracket is actually 40357, or possibly 40857. Either of these points to a production year of 1974 in Pigman's table.

Thanks for the comment, Midlife. I had seen that website, but now I've looked again it seems like my number 0357 can't be complete. I see that the number may be duplicated on the steerer tube. I'll have a look down there asap.

Hi All, I'd like to find out more about this bike, which I suspect is from the 1970's. It all started with the Holdsworth-Campagnolo cap when I decided to buy a bike to go with my cap! I bought the frame on ebay in 2017 from someone living near Southampton. The components came from various bike...

Thanks, my old dad would be very proud!

Thanks for the tips, Keith. I thought Jonny69 had a good point. It took me a lot of experimentation and consulting Classic Lightweights UK to arrive at this chain routing. Last year I saw the same arrangement on a 1948 Wilier bike at an exhibition in Switzerland.

Magic!

That's a good point, silly mistake! Unfortunately I can't see how to edit a post @ beginner