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@jono84
Thought this might be of interest to some plus i've always wanted to do a project build thread…
So as i've got a new daily and this has been sitting in various boxes for the last few months i thought it was about time to rebuild my 84 Holdsworth Elan.
I've owned it for about 6 years now and it's been my commuting bike for most of that. It's by no means a rare or sought after bike but none the less i've never had a bike that received so much attention and as i may sell it, i want to build it to a standard that someone else will take proper care of her.
The bad stuff first.
The frame has it fair signs of use. Scrapes, chips and one dent on the seat down tube.
Unfortunately the original wheel set sat in storage has been "misplaced". This has scuppered my plan to rebuild it to factory spec as it simply isn't worth the effort to source the original parts.
The fork and rear brake hanger have been drilled out to accept a recess nut. The original brakes can still be fitted with the tapered mounting blocks but sticklers of originality may not approve.
The good stuff.
It's painted in metallic ice blue. As i said this bike gets allot of compliments, the colour even with all the scrapes is stunning. 90% of the marks were there when i purchased it and they've showed no signs of worsening in terms of bubbling, peeling or rust.
I have a full Shimano 105 group-set (bar more modern Tiagra brakes and original SR crankset) plus Mavic Open SUP CD rims.
The brake hangers being drilled out mean the use of proper brakes!
I have original bars, stem, seat post, pedals and saddle plus i fitted a new Prolite alloy sealed bearing headset less than a year ago.
I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking