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This frame is NOT 531 plain gauge – if it was it would take a 26.4 or 26.6mm seatpost not 27.2mm. **
Path is simply another word for track, and does not have a different** meaning. The Americans have in more recent times misunderstood the word and attached meaning to it that make no sense. This is a road-track frame designed for use on the road and track, that is why it has mudguard eyes. Most track frames built in the 1950s were built as dual-use road-track frames, many riders would also time-trial on their track frames and they would often also be used for training during the winter, money to have several different frames for each part of the sport was mostly not available.
The details are all correct for this being a Holdsworth built Freddie Grubb. Frames prior to Holdsworth buying the name and some of the stock after the bankruptcy in 1951 were known as F H Grubb. Holdsworth always used the name Freddie Grubb on the ones they built. The Nervex Pro lugs are of the type post 1955 so my best guess is that this frame was built in the late 50s. The seatstay eyes, curved seatstay bridge and fork crown are all in the Holdsworth style for this period. It is wrong to think that all the Freddie Grubb badged frames were cheap ones – there are ssmall numbers of higher end frames built from 531 double-butted tubing. The cheap ones also did not use a complete Nervex Pro lug and BB shell set - these were expensive components in the time. The cheaper frames tended to use Nervex Serie Legere or cheaper lugs...
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