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My wife had a '70s Holdsworth (and a custom Erickson) when I met her. The Holdsworth started out as her racing bike but got set up as a touring bike after the Erickson became her racer. '70s racers like that Holdsworth often make pretty decent touring bikes.

The Holdsworth was pretty, but the decals were not strong and not clear-coated, so they were kinda quick-release. She found that a thumbnail could take them off easily, so she made hers say "OLD WORT" on both sides of the downtube, and that became the name of that bike. Later, after touring braze-ons and a repaint without decals, we still called it Old Wort, an inside joke at that point.
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