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Always nice to see a happy ending....did you keep and frame the old down tube?

Always nice to see a happy ending....did you keep and frame the old down tube?

No actually... I did not even ask...

Loic

Ruddy impressive restoration jobby that be.

hojojutsu

The king is dead, long live the king.

Looks an awesome job and well done for your 'mend amd make do' attitude.

Yah! I'm glad you saved it. You'll have to stop giving me a hard time about my lugs now that you've decided to leave yours!

The king is dead, long live the king.

What?? No no no, not dead, fully recovered!

Szia

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Nice to see this frame coming back to life.
: )

hey loic, do you mind asking how much you paid for that? looks like a neat job.

hey loic, do you mind asking how much you paid for that? looks like a neat job.

Hi,

The standard replacement of the downtube was quotted £40, back in october or november...

Loic

Still, I quite liked the leather belt solution.

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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beautiful.

Happy retirement.

Awesome... Great job, Loic... :)

That's given me a semi.

Awesome... Great job, Loic... :)

Clearly your Holdsworth was an inspiration!

Very nice job Loic, those Brooks grips must have cost more than the repair no?!

Happy days Loic, looks like fun!