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All right, time for the full story now... There is a happy ending don't worry!
So, last year, I cycle to work, the Holdsworth frame breaks. Wrapped in toe straps and scarf, the brave steel soldier from the 50s still takes me to the office, from Cmberwell to Putney (and back in the evening)
Couple of month later, thanks to Mario Vaz, the frame is repaired, with a free temporary layer of black lacquer over the repair...
Then I did not rebuild the bike, not enough space at home...
But there is no way I would keep it like this, the Holdsworth has to go back to the road somehow... I decide to take it to France at my parents as a holiday bike, fixie skidder thingy is so cool over there I hear!
I take the train to Portsmouth:
Then the boat...
Here he is!!! Enjoying a well desserved semi retirement in France!!
I had the stickers cut by Porter on here, but I scaled them quite big: Coppithat, who saw the bike before its big departure thought it was a happy mistake and that is looked good, I now agree with him... As I did not do a new paint job, the gold head tube is just a sticker from the same material as the letters wrapped around... The rest of the bike is bits and bobs I had, and I only need to put bigger tyres to fill the bluemells mudgards better next time I go!
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