Frame Dating - Holdsworth Bicycles

There is a shop Supplied sticker that says, or Renovated by ARTHUR CAYGILL CYCLES of RICHMOND in NORTH YORKSHIRE. This is from the 2. generation 753R). March 2018, I got this as a bare frame from an eBay seller in the UK. Someone who lives near me has a Super Mistral Coupe, which is the same as the Pro, with the exception of the fastback seat stays, which make it a bit stiffer and lighter. Of course, the Shimano decals were added from a previous owner, and they are the first things to. The fork has a greater rake than most of the professionals I've seen, but I've seen some with that amount of rake. I summarized everything I learned in the dissertation, subject to the following Flickr-photo: you should be able to fine-tune your under the age estimates. Because of the fancy lugs, it seems really old, and the bottom bracket housing 7229 (probably the frame number) is written, and also the head in terms of the number 110. I think that the 531 sticker on the down tube was not originally on the bike (perhaps also those who said to fork), but when my father bought it for him, 531. That cheap hose is a head scratcher! In 1973 the professional - still a bare frame SN 35024 1984 753 SN 841117 AC (Bit of a mystery frame. It has a built-in seat-post bolt, the building is characteristic for a shop, as well as coarser, seat stay all around. Think she's using you, after all of the at least one model. (Photo weights courtesy of UK easy, bike owned by John Gray, thank you). I changed a few things since this picture was taken, and it now has a different saddle and fenders. I think that is a good part of the reason Norman Kilgariff gave the online-advice-dating-frames by the number. I don't think that they are also available (except, perhaps, Huret or Simplex certain models) if this frame was built, but everything is possible. I found this afternoon that the label head's badge to two rivet-holes, where a metal head badge resided.

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The smaller WF Holdsworth Putney shop from 1965 to 1975 used a numbering system that began to interpret with two digits, year. The sticker is the standard diagonal 531, with ornaments to correspond to the 1977-mid 80s, but the mistral changed 531ST in 1983 and added eyes to two bottle holder. I'm not familiar with all the models, but this page should stare at for hours: the Most of the early models did not use Nervex Pro slider or BB shells, this is something I Holdsworth: fancy lugs, yes, Prugnat slider assign easy, Yes. Wonder what (such as the BB cable guide on the drive side only???) was added, if the brazer. In General, paint pens so bad in chrome that the chemical Stripping is pretty easy and quickly on a fully chromed frame. I was in England last month and we have these photos without cleaning the wheel first, but this proves that it is still used regularly, in spite of the English weather. The usual holdsworth shield (like on my '88-model) is not there, and the wheel was not sprayed on it. Most of the ones that I remember, uses a simple tab as Nervex, and with the curved brake bridge, I guess 60s.

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During the years 76 to 85 Clauds and Holdsworths were all thrown into a pot from the factory in Oakfield Road in the same numbering system. What I see from my list, is that Holdsworth began with 4-digit numbers dating went back in the 1940s and early 1950s to a 5-digit number a 6-digit number in the 1970s to the 1980s. What I have learned, again, Holdsworths and the Claud Butler was compiled from Websites that I'm sure most of you know, as Norman Kilgariff the Website of Classic lightweights and Classic Rendezvous. Then again, in the Holdsworth era, it seems the individual stores have their own numbering systems, and I've even heard stories of builders of stamping on all the old numbers. According to what is there: there is a high degree of British frame of 531, or at least in part 531, and probably from sometime between the late '50s and early '70s, But I'm not convinced (yet) that it is a Holdsworth. is most likely See my explanation on Another note could be that the code on the back of the Suntour Cylone GT derailleur (assuming original), that the data of month and year of production. As I say, I chatted on line with a man who worked in the factory until the business is sold, the says they made 200 frames per week from the mid-eighties. However, since it's bumped anyway, what would you say the serial number 1492 on the BB and the steerer of a Holdsworth-made Claud Butler. Other than that, the seat cluster definitely points to Holdsworth, and judging by the lack of brazed on shifter bosses and cable guides, I would guess, 70 to very early ' 80s.but I'm no expert. Pete. I had a Holdsworth for 20 years from new, but the bike in question here is a much older Holdsworth is belonging to my father.