I pressed a Holdsworth button.
 

Should be here at the end of the month...

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nice!

I am not keen on any crankset with a non-interchangeable outer chainring, but I do like the frame and the derailleurs. It looks to be in great condition, and it should be a blast to ride.

Very nice!

Please post more pics when you get it.

Enjoy the ride, should be a good one!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Holdsworth have such nice graphics...very sharp!

Without further ado (and barely a wipe with a cloth)

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Looks like theres plenty oif original stuff on it still. SR Royale seatpost, Allez headset, and the rather nice mechs. Rear is the GT version, so up to 32 teeth I believe. Could be my eroica bike...

So far the bad bits are that the HS is really bad, and the paint has something odd going on, like the same colour was used to do a part restoration. Either was, it's the most expensive C&V I've bought and I like it

:)

Very cool. Is that a late 70's?

...when I bought mine from a guy off CL, I didn't figure out the paint had been touched up with a magic marker until I started polishing it. :D

Beautiful machine! Congratulations.

Gaiole, this fall?

Thank you. And Yes... :D

Good! Me too. Would be nice to meet you and the bike in person. :)

What a cool mix of parts SR, Campy, Suntour, Weinman, Suntour again, SR again. What are the levers?

Levers are Weinmann. Before I take it out, there are new cables to fit and HS bearings to fix. Really looking forward to it, trying not to just go out for a spin, when it without doubt needs some TLC!

beautiful bike, very classic looking. Congrats.

As mush as I love my own Holdsworth Special, yours has so much of the vintage-70's goodness that my '81 lacks completely.

Things like the smoother, two-tone paint, and that headbadge!

But I expect the overall ride is very similar, i.e. a good blend of responsiveness and supple ride.

If there is one thing that I prefer on mine, it's the almost round fork blades. I can't see any good view of yours, might be the same(?).

I just wanted to note, in my self-serving way, that I have a 60 cm Mistral frame (circa 1985) listed inn the "for sale" thread--a pending sale has fallen through. http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ca-1985-a.html

Anyone know how to identify the hubs? High flange Campag, but which model?

cool man- followed the serial number thread to this one. I just bought a holdsworth yesterday and am trying to learn what I can. took it for a maiden ride today (about 2 blocks)- now i have to go lube and adjust a bunch of stuff before i go any further. mine is a bit later than yours with a much more boring paintjob- but no complaints! its "classy"

similar high quality but sort of random mix of suntour, sr, campagnolo, and avocet.

pic:

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Those are nuovo tipo (New Type) Campag hubs. Bulletproof. I have a pair with ~40K miles on 'em.

ps Nice one! Have fun!

First ride this morning! Apart from the bent pedal axles and too small/flexy toe clips, it was blinkin lovely. I put some 700c wheel on instead of the original 27x1.25 But I don't figure that would have changed the handling much.
Plenty of tweaking to do, and a winter respray (decals ordered) but very happy.

Very cool bike...I missed it on the first round...

might i ask...why the respray? It looks pretty good!

Great acquisition - you can't beat a classic Holdsworth - I've got two and would like more!

@Oldpeddaller They are bloody lovely I have to say. Accidentally won a third one on ebay last week, and if @verktyg ever sells his Professional frame I want to be first in line. I suspect there may be fisticuffs at dawn for it, and I'm on the wrong continent, but I can dream...
@daf1009
Too many nasty looking rust spots and hand brushed touch ups to leave for too long...

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