Originally Posted by
oldbobcat
I'm going to say late '70s Holdsworth. I have a vague memory of these from the Palo Alto catalog.
One thing I didn't mention, is that there was a quite new sticker on the headtube that I removed because it was so ugly and obviously didn't belong there. It was a DBS sticker. DBS is a quite common brand here since it's Norwegian. Some old owner must have just put it on there for no apparent reason..
So when I googled Holdsworth, I found out that DBS used Holdsworth frames on their bikes in the 70s.
http://www.cykelhobby.com/dbsmystery.html
It looks just right, except the fork crown.
Then I saw the picture at the bottom of this page:
http://www.cykelhobby.com/dbs1.html
It has the same headtube sticker that I removed! I can't believe that sticker was original! And I removed it, totally against my principles! I guess you learn something new every day. For example, that you should believe what you see, even if it looks strange...