Does anyone have any information on Holdsworth frame builders (names and years of work)? I have the following list of names and info mainly from Hilary Stone + Norman Kilgariff + Classic Lightweights websites
Frame builders
Jack Capeling
Bill Rann
Bill Harlow
Sid Bishop
Reg Collard
Chas Roberts...
Am also going to post some of the photos on my twitter account @whiskeycyclist as instagram seems to have truncated nearly all the photos. They are posted now.
Hmm. Not really sure what I'm doing here(!). I could only see one photo. My instagram username is: london_bengal and you can definitely see all my pics from there. I don't know how to get them to appear directly on to this forum?
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https://instagram.com/p/-bhnjeOW0F/
Hope this link works.Have taken some photos of my Super Mistral and put them on instagram. Best I could do as recovering with broken collarbone. GB handlebars are 'Ventoux'.
I don't recall it having the crown on the aluminium badge decal, desperate to get out to take some photos now and share! Also the GB handlebars on yours have a really nice red decal at the front, which I am not sure my bars have. The other original part I forgot to mention is I have a...
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And just to add the paint job is near mint condition. I suspect this is because my dad (original owner) almost never used it. He had a Dunlop stainless steel front rim and the odd occasion I was allowed to go on it as a child I couldn't brake on it at all so suspect it was not safe on the...
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Will send you pics when I can get to the frame. There is no chrome at all, is completely painted in Sky Blue with I think gold lining around the lugs. I did a really bad job in noting down components and measurements, but apart from model 61 centre pull I have...
Berthet Lyotard no.23...
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That is a beautiful restoration job. I have a Holdsworth Super Mistral I would like to restore and ride in Eroica Britannia 2016, so if you are there too would be good to meet up (and any other Holdsworth cyclists attending). Am guessing you have the Universal centre pull no.61 brake...