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It was a nice surprise to see this bike still doing the rounds!

I am Graham Trunk's nephew, and I originally sold this when he had to give up cycling (he didn't have a son - I was the one he never had!). It was bought by Pat ("Stedlocks") through Retrobike in September 2010. The original link is here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/two-lovely-orrells.116634/#post-859830.

Graham died at the end of last year, but he was keen that the bikes from his collection went to people who would ride them and enjoy them. It's pleasing to see that it has passed through a number of appreciative owners, and will hopefully get another one soon.

Selling elsewhere, as no interest at reduced price level.

Now sold.

Hi PeuJoe

Yes, it does. If you click on this link there are some more photos of the blue holdsworth, which more clearly show the 531 stickers on the seat tube and front forks.

i remember drooling over these outside and inside Condors original shop at 90 Grays Inn Road.....would have cost about £120 new......Baracchi's were nice frames..and still are.....lovely stuff....good luck with the sale....hope it goes to a good home.

Hi, Marxist_fixie - You are exactly right: Grant said that it would have been sold from the 90 Grays Inn Road shop.

Prices reduced. (If I don't get these away today then they are going on eBay tonight).

Nice. I have a Hetchins which they did and they made a fantastic job.

If the pro had been smaller, I would have kept it and done the same. Who will you use to do the respray?

Fixed up the incorrect links - sorry about that.

Yes - it was Grant who gave me the info.

No interest so selling elsewhere.

SOLD SOLD SOLD

This is one of several items in my uncle's collection which I am selling for him.

Dimensions: Seat tube (CT) 23", Top tube (CC) 22".

I have checked the details with Condor, who confirmed that it was built in 1971 by Vic Edwards. He was their top framebuilder at the time, and the current owner of Condor considers him to have been one of the finest framebuilders of his generation.

This was designed as a time trial frame, with gear cable brazings for single chainring. In the quest for lightness (it was already using the lightest tubeset available at the time), the frame is fillet brazed, rather than lugged, and the craftsmanship is of a very high standard. Other notable points, which later became more popular in frame design, are the fastback seatstays and the vertical dropouts.

My uncle bought it second hand and had it reprayed in its current colours by Neil Orrell/C&G Finishes in the early 80's. There are a few nicks and scratches in the paintwork, but it could very easily be ridden as is, without the need for a respray.

There are more details, photographs and commentary on the close-ups and condition here

Price: £235 ONO collected from Hemel Hempstead. (I can box up and courier at cost).

[This is the first time I have sold on this forum, but I have sold a Neil Orrell tourer to a forum member who, I am sure, will vouch for me]

Good question. It looks like it was made for the old style of front changer. It has a cable stop, into which you probably put a piece of outer cable and then run it to the front changer. I used to have an old campag changer which worked like this, and I have an old Sun Tour AR front changer which is similar. Have a look at your front changer and see if there is a little boss which takes the outer cable, and which then allows the inner cable from there up to the pinch bolt. If there is, then this would work.

If not, then you need to get something that looks more like the one you have in your picture. Alternatively, you can run the cables under the bottom bracket, using a plastic tunnel like this: http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=NP09501 They are a couple of quid, but you need to drill a little hole in the bottom bracket, and then use a little self-tapping screw to hold it in place.

If nobody has one, you can get one of these for a fiver: http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/suntour-band-on-double-down-tube-cable-tunnel-and-cable-stop-prod1312/

Tribute bands - why?

Bit of a hijack....a friend is selling a full orrell road bike in a 60cm over on retrobikes... It's like brand new and a bargain... I would have had it, but I bought his orrell tourer of him instead!!

Thanks for the plugm stedlocks :-) I had naively assumed that road bikes would not be of much interest on this site. If it doesn't sell before I am a fully ordained lfgss member, then I will remove from Retro and post here. I am selling my uncle's collection for him, so have a number of frames (including 1971 Condor Baracchi, 1980 Holdsworth Professional) and bits and pieces that I am cleaning up and preparing for sale. Details are being updated regularly on http://tinyurl.com/3amnept for anybody that is interested.