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I worked at Mosquito bikes in Hackney and we had just got Marin. I had ridden many new MTB's during setup and owned a few too. Marin Pro was by far my favorite bike in 1988. It was just so balanced and could handle nadgery with ease. I can't really remember the rest of the range, but it was...

I really wanted this bike but couldn't afford it! I did have the AM2 though which was better suited to London streets.

Fabulous bike to ride and always a looker. A great restoration of a classic early bike. the U brake under the bottom bracket on a mountain bike was short lived for a reason though :)

Some trivia. At the end of the run of Canyons we had quiet a few of those nylon rims left. As they were pretty much indestructible we built them up on cheaper hubs and sold then all to bike couriers! Bike couriers were a sizable portion of our repair work at Charring Cross as we prioritized...

It It was a long time ago so my memories may need a jog sometimes!

ahh.. yes. When Claude Butler went broke Holdsworth bought cleared stock. Greg bought 150ish bikes. Some were fine as they were and were sold as the Majestic but some came with rubbish groupsets. If I remember Greg had a few resprayed as Routiers. You probably won't find the serial numbers in...

That is absolutely a Canyon. The paint has held up well!

I know this is an old thread but I have some info you might find useful. In 1983 I was a new bike mechanic at BikeUK in Charring Cross. Mick was running the workshop and Greg, Dick and Anita were in charge. Over the couple of years I worked there before leaving the UK. I saw many cool bikes...

The Routier was made by Orbit the same as the Countryman The Routier had much nicer gear on it than the Countryman but was the same frame BikeUK did at one point have many complete bikes from Holdsworth but I never turned one into an Eclipse As an aside both the countryman and routier came...

I was a mechanic at Charring Cross during this time so can probably fill in a few details from memory The Canyon was an expensive bike and was not really sold that much I probably only built about 5 in the whole time I was there. (2 years) BikeUK became agents for Cannondale bikes and this...