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Holdsworth

Everything Ebykr holds on Holdsworth: two articles, a Timeline of 18 dated events from 1914 to 1987 and 66 documents in the archive.

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Holdsworth: British Reliability, Personified

Holdsworth from Margaret Holdsworth's cycling clothes and Sandy's Ashlone Cycle Works to the first frames, the Campagnolo team years and the 1987 sale.

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Holdsworth in the Articles library

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In the archive66 Holdsworth documents, read whole and page by page: 34 catalogs and 32 advertisementsOpen the archive

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Where Holdsworth is named outside its own pages: three articles and two archive documents from one other maker.

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The articles that name Holdsworth most often first.

  1. Tullio Campagnolo: The Legend, the Patents and the Record

    …a top model. Raleigh's American catalogs sell "fully Campagnolo-equipped" bicycles. Holdsworth grades its whole 1976 range by Campagnolo level, from the Valentino Extra to a "Super Record 12 speed." Schwinn's 1978…

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  2. Bayliss-Wiley: Once Persistent Presence

    …UK website: Bayliss Wiley are excellent quality and far easier to obtain . My 1962 Holdsworth Aids has a note to the effect that BW had just ceased trading... Until 1953 BW only produce a axle plus a range for…

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  3. Campagnolo History: A Timeline of Key Patent, Product and Racing Events

    …Campagnolo became the specification that defined a top model in other makers' catalogs:Holdsworth graded its whole 1976 range by Campagnolo level, Schwinn's 1978 catalog lists its touring Paramount with "Campagnolo…

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