Current Projects chat and miscellany

The Youngs frame is lovely although the fairly recent paintjob is mint it is going up to Mario Vaz (He did the last re-spray!) next week for some needless expense. "I don't want this bike to look like yours!" is the rule so my dark purple Olmo sits too close in both our eyes. Ubiquitous ral 6019 is the route I'm taking then kind of period town bike for the bits. Box section rims, gumwall tyres, brooks etc... Oddly for such a compact frame 52/53 the clearances are huge and mudguard eyelets point to a more relaxed previous life ergo a simple and comfortable build is planned.

Even odder Mario reckons the frame probably is a Holdsworth as they built a lot of 531's for Youngs down the years and as he was in their paintshop during this time there's a chance this will be the 3rd time he's coloured it. A tiny tiny chance.

And oh, it was more than £119 but less than £121 if that makes things any better.

Nice to see how you bring your Holdsworth to life.......

Haha that is pretty crucial, everyone's bike needs to be their own!
This frame has a great story behind it, with a great price too :)
Love the look of nice gumwalled tyres, do you have the parts already of does the search continue?

Post pics as it develops!