I am so sad. Last week my Holdsworth Professional was stolen from me. I had that bike for 26 years and I recently resurrected it in the form of a cyclocross bike.





This was a bike that had a lot of sentimental value to me. It was an old warhorse that had gone into the battlefield with me countless times. I have some faster bikes but this was my trusty steed that never let me down over a lot of years. In its new form as a cyclocross bike I was looking forward to using it as a commuter bike and using it to ride ,with my new dog, on the gravelled backroads near where I live.

I am accepting the fact that I will, most likely, never see my bike again so I am starting to make plans to replace it. This was a road racing frame built in the early 80s for 27" wheels. However, with 700c wheels and long reach brake calipers you had the clearance for putting cyclocross tires on the bicycle.

I am open to replacing the frame with an equivalent (not neccessarily a Holdsworth Professional) quality frame from the same time period. Reynolds 531 or comparable Columbus, Tange, or Ishiwata would be my choice of tubing. High quality
dropouts equivalent to Campy is preferable.

If you know of any frame, that fits that bill, your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Also, do homeowners insurance policies cover this kind of loss? It was stolen from me at work. If anyone has any experience making a claim, of this kind, your input would be apprecciated.

I am so bummed. I had to put my 15 year old lab down earlier this year. This is almost as bad. My dog had a great a great long life and it was his time. My bike had a great long life but I was really looking forward to many more years with it in its resurrected form. Now it is in the hands of some rat bastard thief. This person has no idea about the sentimental value that it has to me. This person also no clue about all the time and money that I spent to put it in its current form.