1950 Holdsworth cyclone renovation (completed pics 11/3)

Thought I'd upload some pictures of my similar frame now that it's finished.

nice!! fingers crossed by end of week mine should be finished, just waiting for toe-clips and to build up the wheels.

where did you get the decals dale?
picked up a nice old holdsworth racing frame over the weekend.
the paint is original, but pretty shabby. might restore it a some point in the future.

Dogs what a beautiful restoration can't wait to see it finished.!

mister k where did you get the decals dale?
picked up a nice old holdsworth racing frame over the weekend.
the paint is original, but pretty shabby. might restore it a some point in the future.

nick lloyd is the man
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NICK_AT_LLOYDS/

the-smiling-buddha Dogs what a beautiful restoration can't wait to see it finished.!

built wheels on weekend (look a bizzillion dollars), just need to wire and solder the spokes tonight. also just got the toe-clips today, which were the last item. pretty much done :D. pics tomorrow hopefully.

Finished at last!! Going to get some proper pics taken shortly, but i thought i'd post the final product. if weather is OK might bring on monopoly ride.

Details

• 1949-50 Holdsworth Cyclone in reynolds 531
  
• 50's Chrome track stem and bars (English)
  
• cloth bar tape
  
• 50's black rubber bar end
  
• 50's Webb quill track pedals (English)
  
• black toe straps (English)
  
• Sturmey archer chrome toe-clips (English)
  
• 50's Brompton Headset (English)
  
• 50's Williams 48T chrome crankset (English
  
• 50's Bayliss-Wiley cottered bottom bracket (English)
  
• 50's Tubular rims - Milremo??
  
• Berg Union chrome spokes
  
• 50's Resillon 32/40 chrome hubs, flip-flop rear (English)
  
• 17T track sprocket (English)
  
• 50's Chrome wingnut (English)
  
• Vittoria tubs (need to find vintage tubs :( )
  
• Steel headset and BB grease nipple
  
• alloy 27.2 seat post
  
• chrome seat rail binder (English)
  
• Wrights saddle - resculpted (English)
  
• Reynolds 1/8th chain (English)
  

Lovely result! 100% vintage except tyres / grease.. so you can actually use it!
Now, can we please discuss your saddle angle?

She's a beaut!

That's one nice bike.

Classic Lightweights would love it!

Good work that man.

That's really, really nice. Good job.

well done, your patience has meant you have an amazing bike, now to treavel back in time to take pics of it in the 50s

provenrad Now, can we please discuss your saddle angle?

haven't taken her for a ride yet. so still to sort niggles.

Angle looks about right for a leather saddle (nice butchering job btw - did you cut tabs to tuck underneath or just cut it straight along?).

Whole thing's looking beautiful.

Beautiful! :)

Nice work Dale, the resilons are rather dashing, to use the period terminology.

Did you block out the saddle? I've been doing one of mine, not totally happy with the result, can't decide whether to try again, longer soaking, more packing etc.

Is that Williams chainring steel? Looks sturdier than the one I mashed on me Claud.

You must be the proudest daddy in these parts...

Message to anyone doing up something similar:
I have a varnish-fix fifties Butted 531 transfer same on Dales Holdsworth, I got the wrong one so I don't need it... Also a classic GB spearpoint cast stem, about 100mm, in good nick. Or they're going on ebay soon.

bracestower Angle looks about right for a leather saddle (nice butchering job btw - did you cut tabs to tuck underneath or just cut it straight along?).

Whole thing's looking beautiful.

cut flat with rear and painted black. rounded the rear metal bridge a bit, wanted more but leather shape not right :(

Holy shittt that is lovely.

is that a 'noss' tt protector :-P

That really is a beautiful restoration - well done.

slamm is that a 'noss' tt protector :-P

No they used a hanky back in the fifties

the wheels ain't soldered :p

Very nice. Wonderful to see such a classic British bike. Hard to believe it all started as that tatty black frame. Well done sir!
I hope you've been studying the 'Vintage' version monopoly board if you're riding this on the night.

Good luck with the tubs. I've just swapped mine out for some vintage Mavic clinchers. I gashed my NOS Clement's beyond repair! :-(
So nice to ride though. You need some 'Sepia' photographs of you with the bike now. Timeless.

31t®um the wheels ain't soldered :p

tried last night for an hour or two, but gave up as i need a torch or something as soldering iron can't get the spokes as well as wire hot enough :(

todd, i've been keeping an eye out for clements. hopefully some tub sealant that provenrad has for me will work, not that it will see the road that much. i'm about to build up some 27" clinchers, but still not sure, will probably sell those.

You need a torch for soldering spokes, but a fairly small one that runs off canisters should do it.