Fatal Error: Holdsworth Build: Unridable
04-16-10, 07:03 PM
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Fatal Error: Holdsworth Build: Unridable
Nonetheless here it is.
And it will remain on the wall for an undetermined amount of time.
You see in the 50s english companies loved making ridiculous cranks, like 8.125 in.
Alone some 200mm cranks wouldnt stop me but the sprint wheels are too... Untrusting to ride on the street.
So they're velodrome only wheels, thats fine.
Oh you ride at alpenrose? That is an issue. the banks are too steep for my cranks.
My bike is done and I cant ride it. Also my trainer's axle mount wont reach the narrow rear hub.
To add insult to injury it seems the headbadge got lost in the atlantic after being shipping two months ago.
So if anyone has some Williams 5 pin crankarms anywhere between 165-175mm, you hold the key to seeing a 1956 holdswoth zephyr coming out of the 3-4 bank and sprinting to the line.
And it will remain on the wall for an undetermined amount of time.
You see in the 50s english companies loved making ridiculous cranks, like 8.125 in.
Alone some 200mm cranks wouldnt stop me but the sprint wheels are too... Untrusting to ride on the street.
So they're velodrome only wheels, thats fine.
Oh you ride at alpenrose? That is an issue. the banks are too steep for my cranks.
My bike is done and I cant ride it. Also my trainer's axle mount wont reach the narrow rear hub.
To add insult to injury it seems the headbadge got lost in the atlantic after being shipping two months ago.
So if anyone has some Williams 5 pin crankarms anywhere between 165-175mm, you hold the key to seeing a 1956 holdswoth zephyr coming out of the 3-4 bank and sprinting to the line.
04-16-10, 11:48 PM
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I like that bike!!!! I am not into English bikes...yet! More so, I am sorry I cannot help you...but man that is a very nice track bike! That bike has an all business look to it...but yet not rigid. SMOOTH!!
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Why cant you put different cranks on it? Might not be period correct, but it'd be rideable.
04-18-10, 04:57 PM
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I may get some williams C34 cranks for the time being, which were accurate to the bike, but swaged.
I also need the ma40 (listed below) for my commuting wheelset. One set of wheels to get to the track and another for when I arrive.
I also need the ma40 (listed below) for my commuting wheelset. One set of wheels to get to the track and another for when I arrive.
