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Finished the build last night (as much as I ever really finish anything..)

Here are some pictures.

yep. I'll be using the fixed.

rear solite hub

Some photos of the wheels on arrival

Sp, it seems like my original wheel set has gone missing with the shop closing down, despite many texts/emails/calls to Tom the mechanics phone and email.
So I 've finally bitten the bullet and bough a set from Hilary Stone- Solite small flange gearsided/fixed on dunlop alloy rims, 26 1 1/4.

They arrived at work on friday and I got them home today.
Will clean them up later and add some photo's, so a nice night of putting together and tinkering beckons...

Everything fitted so far. Just waiting for my wheel set which is lost waiting to be built up at my local bike shop, which has apparently closed down whilst I was away..
Hopefully will be able to get inbuilt or get the hubs/rims etc back soon. If anyone knows Tom from Caballo Bikes on Chatsworth Road, Homerton, or how to get in touch with him, please let me know ASAP, as I'm rather worried about my wheels to say the lease-can't really afford to loose them at all!

Brooks B10 saddle where I 'fixed' a loose chunk by riveting it -just needs filing down to stop it catching or cutting me

Also fitted the saddle and wrapped the bars in cloth tape, and added and old period pump which I cleaned up

Ok, so I'm back with a working Camera, so here are some updated photos. I decided to go for the single monitor brake with a b.s.a lever after some trying out of options:

hey Anidel, not sure if your still having brake problems, but I"ve noticed the two on ebay at the moment. Could be good for you maybe?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-1920-30s-FRENCH-BICYCLE-CALIPER-BRAKE-SET-VELO-ANCIEN-FREINS-BICI-FRENI-/161614810257?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a0fe4c91

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Monitor-Sheerline-brakes-with-levers-/261790058018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf3e74622

FRench ones maybe a little early but I"m pretty sure the monitor are good.

I'm afraid not, no. Which is a shame as I'm away for work all next week in the U.S.
So all pictures, and me will have to wait until 2nd week of March to see what's going on, assuming I can get the camera fixed then.
Still on the plus side the wheelset should be built by then, so we'll just have to fit it all together and try things out.

Thought about lauterwassers but went for bailey in the end. Bit deeper and still got a nice look and feel to them. Have wrapped them in black cotton bar tape.
Would add a photo but camera is dead

I have to agree that frame doesn't want to be painted, even by the original maker. Just look at it-couldn't be any better

Was thinking that it might be only a front in the end, yes. I kind of like the idea of it looking something like this:

I'm not totally sure it's rear no. Photo isn't great as you can see. to be honest I did think it may be front due to the short looking cable, but not having experience with these brakes and their special cables I wasn't sure. Guess I'll just have to wait until I try it when it arrives-havn't actually received it yet.

I'm leaning towards Resilion right now, as lucky skull suggested, but as I've only won a rear I may fit another until a front comes up on ebay- they seems to be rather rare so this could take a while.

Anidel, if you want to take whichever is left over after I choose for your holdsworth you can if it fits and you want at the price I payed for it.

Resilion.

Monitor Sheerline.

OK, so an update. It would appear that my somewhat over zealous searching for brakes on ebay has left me with options, as I've won 3 auctions for brakes in a week (so far!)

Anyone any thoughts as to preferences.?

I did think of Resilion yes, but what is putting me off is the difficulty of finding all the parts, cables etc for the. And the difficulty of setting them up as well, to be honest.

Anidel. What are the 27" wheels you have for the Holdsworth?

Oh no, hadn't seen tha catalogue. That's good, gives me a few more options to look out for.

I leave those brakes for now I think anidel, as need all the funds I can get at the moment,but may take them off your hands if you still have them in a few months, when I hope to start work on the Raleigh Record Ace I just picked up.

Thanks though.

Was going to fit front and back brakes, yes. Have just received some nice period bsa levers, but unsure about what brakes. Brakes seem to be about the hardest things to find, it seems, so maybe I will look into thosa Parabke brakes, yes

Also planning to add a handlebar mounted bottle cage to hold this rather battered aluminium water bottle I have, and waiting on a conloy domed seat post, and need to source some period brakes-callipers and levers, which is proving by far the hardest part....

The wheels on it in the photo are 26 1 1/4 inch Dunlop Special Lightweights on Atom hubs, I had off an old Raleigh Lenton. Was planning to cut the hubs out and have them built up on an old small flange British Hub Co. Airlite front hub, and something on the back, possibly a nice Baylis Wiley double fixed all steel hub I have, although I think this may be a bit to late for this bike. I would dearly love a fixed Sturmey TF wheelset that I saw on Ebay recently but it was just too much for my shallow pockets, alas...

Springs on the B!). This saddle is in pretty rough nick, and I have had to rivet a split together on one side. But as I'm planning on trying to keep and appropriate patina and look to the bike rather than over re-storing it I think it will be fine.