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Got this frame a while back as it was cheap having a crack in the TT and no forks. Strangely found the matching forks on eBay and after some haggling they still cost me more than the frame. I was told the bars hit the frame and cracked it, bit odd as not dents, I guess it fatigued. There are...

Bought this CB International path a while back. While working on it I found a crack in the seat tube which got worse while removing the remains of a stuck stem. Not sure what can be done without getting the complete tube replaced so had a go first. Cut out the damage and brazed in a replacement...

A couple from 1958, Monsoon and Shop built Factory Special Zephyr. I have had the Monsoon for several years now and it has been in various forms, but now runs 3sp Benelux gears. As I am collecting more single speeds the 3sp fits well. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/...-speed.381566/ The...

Does anyone know about these frames? I have been trying to ID a frame which came to me badged as a Holdsworth which I doubt. Having looked at a number of other options Tecnotrat has some similarities, does this also look like one? Frame looks like it built as a track/Sprint, but could be...

Trying to ID a frame badged as a Holdsworth when I got it, but the frame number is all wrong. It appears to be a PG Track/Sprint, but has road forks so could have been modified from a road bike. The BB is fairly high at 10.75" with 39.5" WB and 16.5" rear stay, angles are 74 Seat and 73 head. It...

I have been trying to ID a frame which seems to have a very low number located on the DT socket of the BB. I have seen a F W Evan's with a number here and think I have seen this on one Roy Thame in the past. Are there any other makes that regularly numbered their frames here? Looking at the...

I have been trying to ID a frame that I got hold of recently. I was advertised as a Holdsworth and came with the later foil decals. As I can't palace it as a Holdsworth; I have pursued the Roy Thame option, but not 100% convinced. I am coming to the conclusion that it is an 80's or even 90's...

For those who use the N Kilgariff Holdsworth History site, there is currently a problem with the home page. Adobe have now blocked Flash Player from running so none of the navigation buttons work. I am intending to update this to a new platform starting with the home page. For the time being I...

Having just responded to a similar thread I thought I'd post this. I have just bought this track framed bike off the bay which was reported to be a Holdsworth. Although a nice looking bike I had my doubts about the seat stay attachments and no number being available. As the price was good it...

Saw this frame on the bay, second time its been on there and its number, 0319, is the lowest I have seen to date. (If anyone has a lower number I would be interested) As it would have been a shame to see it get broken up I went for it and got the forks too. Looking at the 1934 catalog its...

Bought this from a farmer on a farm, complete with bailer twine. Judging by the state of it its been in a field rather than the barn. Still should clean up ok I hope. Looks like a 1950 Holdsworth La Quelda to me.

Any idear who H would have been at CB in late 40's, got hold of this frame off the Bay. I assume the dots and >< on the forks do not mean anything and the H is a builder initial.

Been busy over lock down getting this on the road. Looking to build a light bike to keep up on club rides. 1980 Holdsworth Pro SL with some modern lightweight components. Can't get anything bigger then 23C's in the rear due to brake bridge. Weighs in a 7.36kg and feels taught and light...

Thanks to a friend having a clear out I am now the owner of a CB Coureur as well as Holdsworths. As you can see there is a bit of an issue going on with the forks to be dealt with, but the immediate plan is to put it on the Turbo trainer and do up the current frame on there. I wanted to clean it...

I have added the Freddie Grubb numbers to the Holdsworth Frame number database taking information from the facebook group below. This can be accessed via the Holdswoth History site in the usual way. http://www.nkilgariff.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/157065691683015/

How can you identify a 1980's Super Record headset? They all look the same to me. I am assuming weight has a lot to do with it and material as the Super used Titanium I believe. The attached is a std record I assume, with steel cup and fork race, but what would a super look like?

With the help of PeachyPM and CBguy I have added their info on CB frame numbers. As always any further numbers most welcome. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fold ... TNKZkN4TmM

First ride out on latest bike, which I believe to be an Italia Sprint with 1969 shop built frame number (whether this was actually built in 69 or early 70's depends on your view of the high number of frames with numbers starting with 69, this one is 69441 far higher than the typical shop output...

I wanted to recreate a bike I rode in the 70's for nostalgic reason and to have something to experiment with. The bike, late 50's Holdsworth Monsoon, came with 5sp Cyclo gears and at the time I rebuilt it as 10sp very much in a 70's style. For this bike I also wanted more than the std. 5 speeds...

Update of the numbering with additional numbers and a number of frames coming up with sale dates bringing some more clarity. Charts will be updated again as and when further good dates come to light. Graphs and Excel database available on this link https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fold ...