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Hi,

Did this sell in the end? I'd be interested if it's still available.

I don't have any frame building experience but I think it would be a ballache to do it yourself. You would need to borrow a jig as well as the brazing gear to make sure everything is aligned correctly.

It seems a shame to rebuild half of a 50 year old frame to fit new parts if it isn't damaged. It might be cheaper overall to invest in a more modern frame. Depends how attached to the frame you are!

Dan

Porn! Such function!
Are these rare/money, or are they fairly common, I know someone who would love one of those.

My grandad has a free/fixed hub, not 2 speeds on the free though. Allegedly it is buried deep in his garage ssomewhere. Its not a BSA one though.

Always wanted to give it a try if it turned up.

Edit: I recall him saying it worked by a series of pins locking the sprocket in place... And that they had a habit of shearing off when riding fixed.

All the transfers for the various Holdsworth models are available from http://www.hlloydcycles.com ...I got the correct transfers for a 1954 Holdsworth from nick over there.

Really hoping someone makes a good project of this. Sadly it can't be me due to lack of space.

Thanks for the pic - Dibs :-)

Interested but currently struggling to load the pics...

...apologies for cocking up the first photo!

Spider bike, spider bike...

Stunner but way out my price range. Best of luck!

I had a similar problem recently and the culprit were some tight bends in the housing and old dirty cables.

Quicke release not done up properly... if your bike has horizontal dropouts, I would recommend an internal cam one, Shimano or Campagnolo type

This! I found the open cam type would slip in horizontal drops no matter how tight I got them. Had some embarassing falls in clips as a result.

I'm heading to Islay and Jura over Easter, taking in the views and the whisky. Hopefully I can stash the bike somewhere and walk the paps of Jura while I'm there.

Do you have a plan for lewis and harris? I was puzzling over this last month - They're quite linear so look difficult to do without backtracking. I always wondered what the route between ports was like on the mainland to make it a loop.

That frame is amazing. best of luck.

I came to this thread to read about touring and have left jealous of some of the plans I'm seeing.

Suddenly my planned trip up to the scottish isles seems so smalltime!

That Raleigh is a beauty...

Tandems are fast downhill and that floor isnt level...

I had two photos so there was a 50\50 chance I'd upload the wrong one.

All done!

Is the seat post stuck or anything?

Sorry, steerer on the time forks is too long.

The search goes on!

Interested in the time forks pending measurement of my old ALU forks when I Gert back home Saturday.

Would you post?

Dan

Very similar to my Carlton that! I think it might be a Raleigh Carlton :-)

I'd be interested if the sale falls through.

Dan

Longridge, near Preston is 8th March. Great little jumble in the hall!

See you there :-)

Hi,

are the Royce wheels still available?would you be happy to post them?

Dan

Starting to look purdy...

This thread brings back terrible memories of Yodel.

Last time I used them there was no parcel or card. Customer services said it had been left with some name I'd never heard of! Not even a neighbour. A few days later someone down the road dropped it off.

Very unhelpful. They could give me the name but had no idea where they had delivered it to.

I want to try to mimic the lefol mudguards that I've seen on classic tandems. They were fitted to Jack Taylor bikes that i've seen: http://www.blackbirdsf.org/taylor/images/6063/6063_rear.jpg

I've ordered some velo orange guards since the lefol guards are difficult to find at all, let alone in the right size!

Cables ordered and headset refurbished now! Getting closer.

Just spotted your thread and read it right through! Really fascinating stuff for those of us that would like a go at frame building in the future. Thanks for taking the time to explain each step.

Can't wait to see the finished product. Those joints look really tidy.

Merry Christmas!

I ran a tap through the bottom bracket shells to clear the threads of loads of grime. Made fitting the cartridge BBs to the old frame much, much easier. The headset was already fitted to the frame but has a bit of play and feels a bit gritty - planning to strip this down and re-fit it.

I got hold of some of the velo orange leather bar tape and did some boxing day sewing with a few beers. That's the rear bars done. Came out pretty good!

I've stripped down the headset that came on the frame and have done a bit of research and found this catalogue: http://postimg.org/image/2revl5yw4/

It looks like the top is a Stronglight V4 and the bottom a Stronglight P3. The seller seems to have just dipped into his parts box to find a headset prior to selling the frame. The V4 has a reputation for being robust and the P3 is pretty standard - Does anyone have any thoughts on mixing and matching headsets?