Holdsworthy 1975 Bike Riders Aids — Clothing, Accessories and Components, with the Les West Training Article, a Race Calendar and Inserted Features

“Bike Riders Aids 1975”, priced 20p, dated May 1975 on page 2. Pages 46 to 54 are an inserted section on blue-green paper: articles on training, fit and equipment, and a calendar of race events.

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BIKE
RIDERS
AIDS
1975
from
HOLDSWORTHY
U.K. Price 20p
[Front cover on yellow paper, with the letters A, I, D and S stacked down the right side as large decorated capitals, each filled with a drawing of a bicycle part: a hatched A, a checkered I holding a hub, a striped D holding a brake caliper marked “CAMPAGNOLO” and a stippled S holding a coiled brake cable.]

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BIKE RIDERS AIDS
Published by:
THE HOLDSWORTHY CO LTD
LULLINGTON ROAD
LONDON SE20 8DE
This unique pocket-sized guide covers lightweight accessories and specialised clothing for every keen cyclist – racing or touring.
THE TEXT DESCRIBES MORE THAN 500 ITEMS
OVER 180 ILLUSTRATIONS
All prices include VAT and were correct at time of publication
The Holdsworthy Company is managed by cyclists to give service to cyclists. Many have been with the company most of their work-
ing lives – and still cycle. They, and our younger ‘current racing staff’ use and recommend the articles listed in this guide.
Holdsworthy has more than 50 years experience in the lightweight cycle field and has been a leading importer of continental accessories for over 30 years. Throughout this period personal associations with experts such as i signori Tullio Campagnolo and Cino Cinelli give us the confidence to offer the lines in Aids as the best available.
All items can be obtained from
YOUR LOCAL DEALER
through whom all enquiries should be made.
May 1975
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INDEX
Accolade 60
Ankle Socks 2
Badges 2
Baggage Straps 24
Bags 17-21
Bag Carriers & Supports 22, 23
Bells 24
Bends 52, 53
Berets 2
Bottles & Cages 25
Bracket Fittings 26, 27
Brakes & Sundries 28-34
Capes 4
Cape Roll 18
Caps 2, 3
Carrying Handle 23
Carriers – Bag 22
Carriers – Bottle 25
Carriers – Tubular 80
Chains 35
Chainwheel sets 36-40
Cogs 42-43, 59
Connections – Pump 66, 67
Cotter Pins 40
Cranks 37-40
Crash Hats 5
Cyclometers 60
Derailleurs 44-50
Drinking Tubes 25
Dynamo Sets 60
Embrocations, etc. 60
Extensions – Handlebar 54, 55
Extensions – Mudguard 61
Feeding Bottles 25
Flint Catchers 80
Freewheels 41-43
Gears 44-50
Gloves 6-12
Gloves – Racing 12
Handlebar Bends 52, 53
Handlebar Stems 54, 55
Handlebar Tape 55
Handlebar End Plugs 55
Head Fittings 56
Home Trainer 71
Hose 6
Hubs 58, 59
Hub Cogs 59
Hub Nuts 59
Hub Spindles/Cones 59
Jackets 4, 5
Jackets – Racing 4
Jerseys 10
Lamps & Lamp Brackets 60
Lubricators 60
Marshall Aprons 4
Mitts – Road 12
Mudguards & Fittings 61
Musettes 17, 20
Pannier Bags & Carriers 17-23
Pantalons 15
Pedals 62-64
Pumps & Clips etc. 66, 67
Racing Caps 3
Racing Guards 61
Road & Track Jerseys 10
Road & Track Shorts 11, 13
Roller Set 71
Rims – Sprint 68-70
Rims – Wires-on 69, 70
Rim Cement 80
Rim Tapes 80
Rivet Extractors 75
Saddles & Sundries 72, 73
Seat Pins 74
Shorts – Racing & Touring 11, 13
Shoes 7-9
Shoeplates etc. 9
Shoulder Bags 17, 20
Socks 2, 6
Spanners 75
Speedometers 74
Spokes 74
Sprint Wheel Carriers 74
Sprockets 42, 43, 59
Stems 54, 55
Stockings 6
Tape Double-sided Tacky 80
Tape – Handlebar 55
Tape – Rim 80
Toe Clips 75
Toe Straps 75
Tools 75
Touring Bags 17-21
Track Nuts 59
Track Shorts 11
Training Caps 3
Training Suits 14
Track Vests 10
Training Trousers 14, 16
Tubulars 76-79
Tubular Bag 17
Tubular Carriers 80
Tubular Sundries 80
Tyre Savers 80
Vests – Road & Track 10
Waterproof Suit 14
Wheel Covers 80
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ANKLE SOCKS
WHITE. Nylon stretch with smart castellated ribbing. Plain, soft underfoot ensures comfortable pedalling. Elasti-
cated tops prevents wrinkling. One size, 10-11½, only. 0.38
BADGES
The internationally-recognised seal of quality, the familiar Campagnolo signature woven across a globe carrying the rainbow colours. Light blue backing on white silk. Can be washed or dry cleaned. 0.13
BERETS
Especially recommended for winter wear or when there is a chill in the air. Made from 100 per cent pure wool to a close-fitting style. The generous leatherette sweat band provides added comfort. Available in black, medium size only. 0.62
RACING CAPS
CAMPAGNOLO. For sporting occasions. Tailored cotton elasticised. Yellow with black signature on sides. The under-peak carries the name superimposed across the world championship colours. One size only. 0.54
[Four pen drawings across the foot of the page: a ribbed ankle sock labeled “Ankle socks”, a head in a beret labeled “beret”, a head in a cap with “Campagnolo” script and “CAMPAGNOLO” lettering on the peak, labeled “Campagnolo Racing Cap”, and a head in a cap with “HOLDSWORTH” lettering, labeled “Holdsworth Team”.]
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BANDED. With various contrasting colours and elastic back. One size only, white, or colours as available. 0.54
HOLDSWORTH team colours. Well-tailored from a rayon-cotton mixture to give hard wear. Orange with blue contrasts. Elastic back. One size only. 0.54
HOLDSWORTH team. As above but printed under peak. As worn in major continental and British road races. 0.65
WHITE SPORTS. With elastic back. Popular with tourists and hardriders. 0.49
TRAINING CAPS
TARTAN. A “flat ‘at” for the individualist. Choice of four tartans woven from basic blue or green plaids, with large contrasting centre “bobble”. Lined, with sateen sweat band. Nylon stretch ribbing makes a comfortable fit for small and big heads alike. 2.25
BOBBLE HAT. Suitable for all outdoor sports. 100% Orlon in various colours, plain or banded. Can be rolled over ears when cold. 1.35
BELGE WARM-UP. Woollen, with fashionable full-width contrasting ribbed section to fit snugly over the ears. Various contrasting colours, including the familiar Holdsworth orange and blue. Six-panel top, with reinforced peak. One size only. 2.60
[Two pen drawings of heads wearing caps: a six-panel cap with a ribbed side band labeled “Warmup” and a plaid tam with a large pompom labeled “Tartan”.]
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CAPES
QUELSAFE. Less than 16oz. but generously cut, to cover handlebars and bag. Will pack flat or into a compact roll. Tough, satin-finished plastic with double-stiched seams and reinforced thumb loops. A high-fitting, six-inch zip adjusts from the inside. Day or night safety with its Dayglo orange or bright yellow. 45in., 42in. and 39in. (junior). 2.20
QUEL-PLAS racing jacket. Translucent plastic, with full-length Velcro fastening, eliminates fiddling with buttons. Generously cut under the arms, with elasticated wrists. One standard size fits 36in.-42in. chest. 3.75
QUEL-PLAS junior. Indentical but for 32in.-36in. chests. 2.70
MARSHAL’S APRON. Be seen and not hurt. Tough Dayglo orange plastic apron with adustable side fastenings. For marshalling, emergency road-side repairs, boating etc. With blue Campagnolo signature, or plain. One size. 1.25
PLAS-STICK REPAIR OUTFIT. A patch in time . . . this handy tube of solution and transparent patching will soon remedy small tears in most plastics. 0.08
CRASH HATS
DANSK ROAD. Danish style, hand-finished to low profile with absorbent leather lining. Sizes 54-61. In Black or Holdsworth team Orange/Blue. Also to order, your choice of colour (min. 6 one design). 4.60
[Pen drawings across the foot of the page: a cape labeled “Quelsafe”, a marshal’s apron with a “Campagnolo” signature labeled “Marshal’s Apron”, a zip-front jacket labeled “Quelplas” and a hooded suit worn by a seated figure labeled “Madrid Wet Suit”.]
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DANSK TRACK. As Dansk Road, but heavier design. 5.90
LETTERING: Extra to both weights, black or coloured, ‘Holdsworth’, or to your choice (minimum order 6 hats). 0.80
VIGORELLI. Superb Italian crash hat in regular use on road and track. Front and rear pads, padded across members and ear straps give extra protection. Medium weight, black. Sizes 54-61mm. (57mm is approx. 6 7/8in). 3.75
FAUSTO. A lighter Italian hat for comfort during long races. Padded bars give good protection. 54-61mm. 2.80
VARNISHED FAUSTO. Similar but finish polished patent black as favoured by pros. 54-61mm. 2.90
JACKETS
MONACO. Experience real warmth in this washable, drip-dry antique-gold, quilted proofed nylon. Four-stud flap fastening over a strong metal zip and storm cuffs built into the sleeve lining. Waterproof hood quickly accessible from an inner pouch below the collar. A full belt fastened by two D-rings, is included. Slanted side pockets and a Velcro-fastened top pocket. Sizes: 36, 38, 40in. 8.40
DAYTONA. Similar but with exposed steel zip front and two side pockets. The soft quilted drip-dry nylon, storm cuffs. Black only. Sizes 36, 38, 40in. 7.00
[Pen drawings of three crash hats labeled “Dansk” (with “HOLDSWORTH” lettering on the band), “Fausto” and “Vigorelli”, with the lower leg and shoe of the seated figure from the facing page reaching across the gutter.]
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LONG SOCKS
CRODONI Austrian-style. A heavy mixture of Acrilan/Nylon/Wool welcomed by riders who recognise quality. Base colours of Burgundy, Grey or Saxe Blue, snowflake pattern. Extra length allows for turn-over-top, or knee cover under trousers, when very cold. Sizes: 10, 10½, 11 and 11½. 1.50
HOSTELLER. Nylon/terylene lightweight, ideal for touring, can be washed and dried overnight. Black contrasts on Green, Beige, Grey or Blue base colour form smart vertical rib pattern. One size. 0.70
GLOVES
WORTHY cotton. Attractive black/grey fleck with contrasting wrist band, affording good warmth from inner fleecy lining. Washable. Small, medium or large. 0.95
WORTHY leather palm. Similar but with long-wearing tan hide palm and thumb reinforcement which helps absorb road shocks. Small, Medium or Large. 1.90
BLACK HIDE. Fleecy lined to the top of elasticated wrist band. Warm and practical leather gloves. Small, medium or large. 2.90
BAG MITT. As above, but four fingers in a single leather/fleece enclosure for additional warmth. Small, medium or large. 2.45
[Pen drawings of gloves, mitts and socks: a pair of gloves labeled “Black Hide”, a glove shown palm and back labeled “Leather Palm”, a pair of mitts labeled “Hide Mitt” and two long patterned socks labeled “Crodoni” and “Hosteller”.]
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SHOES
MEXICANA. Handmade shoe from the hour-record country which can truly be said “to fit like a glove”. Soft kid leather uppers with a luxurious feel rarely found even in the most expensive specialist shoes. Two pedal patches protect vulnerable toe joints, and the fine tongue is stitched in. The all-leather perforated sole is tapered and reinforced at the instep. This is a superb ultra-light shoe for the trackman or short-distance tester, yet with a stout sole. Black only. Sizes: 39mm-46mm. 8.65
CRODONI
CLASSICA. A sturdy but supple road racing shoe that combines the best of ideas for extra comfort when the breaks are on. The double-thickness leather sole, fitted with a reinforcing plate, and carefully shaped, helps to reduce foot fatigue. Large sole perforations help keep the feet cool, or drain out heavy rain. The leather uppers and tongue are also perforated in an attractive design for added foot-freshness. Black only. Sizes, 40mm to 46mm. 8.65
GIRO. A long-standing favourite that has been put to successful use by some of the top roadmen. Incorporating the sole and upper perforations for all-weather racing, the Giro is one of the lightest shoes available. It has a four-point steel support to help reduce foot-fatigue. Black only. Sizes 35mm to 48mm. 7.60
[Pen drawings of three perforated cycling shoes set diagonally, labeled “Mexicana”, “Classica” and “Giro”.]
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CAMPIONE. Another fine example of the Italian craftsmen. Full chrome uppers are triple row perforated, with close rolled-edges and tiny lace holes. The full-length leather soles for the narrow foot do not carry a stiffener and a shoe plate is recommended. Low heel, black,. Sizes: 38mm to 48mm. 5.95
BOOTEE. Beautifully-shaped, for club or town riding in the winter, water resistant, with a simulated fur lining. The chrome leather uppers are extended to cover the ankle but the throat is cut back and will not chafe the tendon. The hard-wearing Viklite sole carries a medium heel and is completely waterproof. Shoe plates are not advised for use with this type of shoe. Sizes: 5-12 (including half sizes). 8.50
WORTHY
RECORD. A tough but supple black leather upper makes this a first-class all-round shoe trimmed in a subdued wine colour. Heel and toe are reinforced and a triangular pedal patch. One-piece leather sole, light heel. Sizes: 2 to 12, including halves. 8.15
GRAND TOUR. A well-shaped full chrome black upper, with tan trimming. Laced low down to the deep-cut toe via brass eyelets. Large, curved pedal patch. Cork insole absorbs sweat resin sole with a horseshoe heel. Shoe plates are not required or recommended for use with the Grand Tour. Sizes: 5-12. 7.50
[Pen and halftone drawings of five cycling shoes in two columns, labeled “Bootee”, “New Chiltern”, “Racelite”, “Record” and “G.T.”.]
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NEW CHILTERN. Ultimate touring shoe comfort, and a comparative newcomer. All-leather upper and sole, with the new padded ankle line which fits snugly to the foot. The shoe is generously cut to a broad fitting and there is a cork inner sole. Heel and toe are reinforced tongue padded, and a pedal patch is fitted. Sizes: 5-12 (including halves). 8.75
RACE LITE. A quality, medium-weight, heel-less light-soled shoe for the roadman or tester with black, Italian style all-leather uppers, stylishly perforated. Soft padded inner sole. Black only, sizes: 5-12 (including halves). 8.65
ACCESSORIES
BIKIT. Square, ¾” nails in handy small plastic envelope, min content 26 nails. 0.07
Shoelaces. Touch, and with enough length, 30″, for cycling shoes. 0.05
SHOEPLATES.
Peters Archambaud: Alloy blocks steel riveted to steel plate drilled for pins, deep slots. 0.44
Archambaud Pro: Long curved steel plate for arch support 0.60
Peters Dural: Light alloy moulded plate, ready drilled. 0.37
T.A. Criterium: French, alloy blocks riveted to steel plate tapered for easy insertion. 0.60
T.A.Anquetil: Similar, with longer plate for arch support. 0.90
Anquetil Track: With deeper slot for better grip in sprints. 0.90
[Pen drawings of cleated shoe plates labeled “Archambaud Standard”, “Pro.” and “Long”, with a side view of the standard plate below it; the plates are stamped with small lettering ending “PETERS”.]
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JERSEYS
BELGE ROAD Plain. In well-tried non-shrink Leacril, soft and easy to wash. Fast colours, antique gold, purple or orange with black and white cuff and collar trim. Ample length. With two hip and one centre elasticated pockets. 4½”, non-rusting zip at crew neck. Sizes: 2, 3, 4. 6.80
BELGE ROAD Double banded or team colours. Similar but carrying double bands in various colours (subject to availability) Sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and Holdsworth orange and blue, sizes: 1 and 5 only. 7.18
TEAM Flocked. Identical to the Holdsworth/Campagnolo jersey supplied to the professional team with lettering. Sizes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 11.00
Long Sleeves: Can be supplied as extra on any above jerseys. 0.92
TRADE. A selection of famous continental trade team jerseys, supplies of which are understandably limited. A muh-coveted line and many clients build up a valuable collection as and when they are available. Sizes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 11.00
CRODONI Track Vest. Made to order to customer’s own requirements club colours or designs minimum order, 5 jerseys in rayon/nylon material. Quote
Colours. For rayon and nylon: Orange, kingfisher, light blue, dark blue, black, white, green, gold, orange, red, purple. Quote
Road Vest. To order (min. 5) similar to track except that two ample rear pockets are incorporated, colours as above.
[A pen and halftone drawing of a short-sleeved zip-neck jersey with a “HOLDSWORT” band and “Campagnolo” script across the chest, labeled “Belge Road” and “Team”.]
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RACING SHORTS
BELGE PRO. ROAD (Long leg). Black all-wool, these shorts have a longer, closefitting leg that grips the thigh firmly and will not ride up. Low cut front, triple-stitched deep chamois. Sizes: 2, 3, 4, 5. 9.75
BELGE PRO. ROAD TEAM (Long leg). As above with Holdsworth/Campagnolo lettering. Sizes: 2, 3, 4, 5. 10.35
WORTHY
WORTHY BRI-NYLON. For the rider who prefers a man-made fibre’s known “stretch” quality. The black shorts have a double-seat and multi-row stitched chamois which should not ruck or bind in competition. Extra deep elastic waist band eliminates “cut”. One open rear pocket. Sizes: youths, small, medium, large. 3.75
WORTHY Cotton. A medium-priced short with a short inside leg. Chamois seat. Sizes: youths and small, medium, large. 1.65
WORTHY Cotton track vest. A useful ‘ride-about’ vest or beginners’ racing jersey. Ideal undershirt for winter riding. Black, red and royal blue with bands of, respectively, white, black and gold. Medium only. 1.75
[Pen and halftone drawings of a short-sleeved vest with two dark bands, labeled “Training Vest”, and two pairs of black shorts, one with “HOLDSW” lettering on the leg labeled “Belge Pro Road Team” and one labeled “Brinylon Road”.]
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RACING MITTS
EL RAYADO. Quality workmanship in every stitch of these hand-finished mitts. Top grade chamois with a generous patch. Backs crocheted with contrasting double bands. The thumb panel is padded for extra comfort. Finger ends are stitch finished. 3.00
PROFESSIONAL. Strong chamois with deep butterfly thumb inset and palm reinforced with shaped patch. The half fingers are stepped for additional comfort. Backs are in plain crochet with an attractive stud fastening. Red, blue, black, green, yellow or natural. Small, medium large and extra large. 1.95
SPANISH PYRENNEAN. The generous and comfortable padded palm takes the bumps out of a rough road. Made from a lightweight tough leather with the back in a natural crochet. A slide-action stud fastening. Small, medium, large and extra large. 2.25
SPANISH CHAMOIS. Plain with a deep U-shaped patch over the palm. Back in heavyweight white crochet. Press stud fastening. Sizes: small, med., large and ex. large. 1.65
SPANISH NYLON NET. Lightweight and low priced. The palm patch is large and comfortable, nylon-net back. Sizes as above. 1.15
[Pen drawings of five half-finger mitts, each shown with its crocheted or net back and its padded palm, labeled “El Rayado”, “Professional”, “Spanish Pyrennean”, “Spanish Chamois” and “Nylon Net”.]
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TOURING SHORTS
FLANLON. With two patch buttoned-flap rear pockets, nylon side pockets, in a modern close-cut style, made from Courtaulds rayon-and-nylon Flanlon, tough enough to need no double seat. Zip front ensures no gaping, and there are side adjusters. Charcoal grey, 28″-40″. 4.76
LIRELLE. Light, washable, two button back pockets, two slide. Adjustable waistband, side “v”s in leg for easy movement. Nylon pockets and built in creases. 28″-40”, Slate Lt. grey, aubergine, charcoal. 5.95
TRAINING SUITS
BELGE Warm-up. Specially-made in Belgium from heavy-knit acrilic fibre, long-wearing and easy-washing. Pull-over top has a 7 in. zip high polo collar, smart enough for casual wear. The close-fitting legs have sewn creases, double seat, and a zip back pocket. The ankle zips, 7 in. long allow the legs to be slipped on and off without removing the shoes, elasticated waist, extra-deep body. These suits will last years; in various colours with decoration at neck and ankles. Continental sizes 46, 48, 50, and 52. 17.45
[A pen drawing of a pair of pleated shorts with a belted waistband and a flap pocket, labeled “Touring Shorts”.]
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TRAINING SUITS
BELGE Team suit. Belgian made. Dark blue legs, with
orange top carrying the Holdsworth-Campagnolo team
lettering. Sizes 46, 48, 50, 52. 18.75
BELGE Team top only. 10.35
CRODONI. A track suit in light Bri-Nylon crepe with an
open collar for easy movement, and full length zip. The
elasticated high waist provides a snug fit for the chamois-
seated legs which have ribbed ankle-bands held by a 5½ in.
zip In Royal Blue, Aubergine and Black, with white contrast
to collar and front of jacket. Small, med., large. ex. large. 8.75
Inset side pockets.
Crodoni top only 4.70
Crodoni legs only 4.05
MADRID Wet Weather. Marshalling warming up or just
standing around, there’s no way you’d get wet in this
feather-light proofed nylon suit. Bright, with white cross
makes for see-and-be-safe wear. Zipped, hooded, draw-
string-waistband top with one concealed pocket goes over
elastic waistband over-trousers. These are tapered, and
have 16″ ankle zip for clean fitting, easy removal. Top
makes superb racing cape. Red, Royal and Navy. 12.15
[Two line drawings of seated figures in training suits, a light zipped top and legs labeled “Crodoni” at left and a darker top and legs with white-striped cuffs and collar labeled “Belge” at right.]
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TROUSERS
TRAINING. Carefully cut, with 9 in. ankle zips and heavy
taper means no clips or straps are required. Belt loops
supplement an elasticated waist-band, zip fly held by a
French bearer at the top. Two side, and single inset back
pocket with button loop. These trousers are of hard-wearing
Terylene and wool tweed mixture, with reinforcements to
the pockets. 28″ or 30″ waist with 29″ or 31″ leg, 32″ waist
with 29″, 31″, or 33″ leg. 6.70
VELO PANTS, Tweed. For the all-weather rider who must
look smart, in Terylene and wool heavy tweed fleck. The low
waist has elastic side adjusters, and there are two slant front
pockets and two inset buttoned rear pockets, all of nylon.
Knee bands gusseted, with a Velcro fastener, the legs
close-cut. The windproof zip front is supported by a French
bearer. Sizes 28″-40″. 8.60
VELO PANTS, Lightweight. Similar in cut and styling, but
washable Terylene and Sarille mixture. Sewn-in crease for
smartness, and a clipped elasticated waistband with
gripping to prevent shirts riding up. Light grey hopsack
finish; 28″-40″. 8.80
[Two line drawings of trousers, light-colored Velo Pants at left labeled “Velo Pants” and darker tweed Training Trousers at right labeled “Training Trousers”.]
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Accolade
The Energiser
● is a balanced combination of
essential body salts usually lost in
perspiration. Plus glucose for
energy.
● ensures the highest peak of body
efficiency in all forms of exercise.
● gives immediate relief from thirst
and improved recovery rate from
its effects.
● can be used during activity…it is
quickly absorbed into the blood-
stream.
● can be used immediately after
strenuous activity and swiftly
quenches thirst.
● can be taken as often as required
or desired.
● is not medicinal or harmful in any
way…it is a natural replacement
therapy.
● can be taken in any quantity—
although the high concentration of
minerals gives swift recovery and
is thirst quenching.
● is not a drug and contains no
artificial stimulants.
[A boxed advertisement with a logo of three running figures in a dark circle beside the name, a drawing of a racing cyclist in a jersey reaching for a bottle on his bike and a photograph of a jar labeled “Accolade” and “INSTANT MIX DRINK The Energiser for Active People”, with small print on the label that is not readable.]
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MUSETTES
CAMPAGNOLO. Carries tools, maps, sandwiches without
a saddlebag. Wide webbing strap, rings for waist strings.
13″ x 10″, deep press studded flap, plastics-lined. Various
colours with Campagnolo symbol contrasting. 0.90
D’ALESSANDRO or HOLDSWORTH. Block pattern. Big
enough for a change of clothing. Heavy webbing strap,
symbols in contrast. 1.40
BAGS
HIGHLANDER. Wide but shallow, also suits the smaller
frame reinforced where it needs it. Leather patches protect
the back and underneath, and corners. Four lid straps
ensure support at the middle and corners, strongly sewn to
the heavy duck material. The top flap and side pockets are
“boxed” against the wet. Waterproof map pocket in top
flap, cape rings. 16″ x 7½”, 7″ deep. 6.35
HIGHLANDER panniers. Heavy duty black duck, with
long straps and deep inner flaps for extra height when
needed. Deep hooded pockets at rear for small kit. With
individual carrying handles and quick releases 12″ x 11″ x
5″. 10.60
[Line drawings of two musettes with shoulder straps, one dark with the lettering “Campagnolo” and one light with the lettering “D’Alessandro”, labeled “Musettes”, beside a saddlebag labeled “Highlander” and a pair of panniers, one open, labeled “Panniers”.]
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DEVONIA. A strongly-reinforced bag in tough Arlinghide
with deep box flaps on top and pockets to keep our wet.
Fully supported by long straps, cape rings, map pocket
under flap. 12½” x 7½” x 7″ slightly tapered. 4.15
DEVONIA panniers. In the same Arlinghide as the bag,
piped and with leather reinforcements. 11½” x 10½” x 4″
with rear pocket. Deep flaps, long straps and special
“Worthy” quick release. 6.50
TOURMASTER. A bag that will defy the heaviest rain, in
tough flexible reinforced plastic-faced fabric, black. Like
the Highlander, but at a lower price. 4.85
CAPE ROLL. Stop your tubs or cape from chafing and
carry tools safely. Two straps, black plastics-reinforced
fabric, can be mounted vertically or on saddle bag cape
rings. 1.05
JUNIOR. Bright coloured plastics bag, black, white, red,
tan or blue, cheap and attractive for youngsters. 0.76
‘Worthy’ Cape Rolls
are also ideal for
carrying spare tubulars
[Line drawings of a large dark saddlebag labeled “Devonia”, a pannier hung from a rack labeled “Panniers”, a saddle with a rolled cape strapped beneath it labeled “Cape Roll” and a small dark bag with a buckled flap labeled “Junior”.]
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karrimor
Quality that won’t let you down . . .
. . . whatever the load
Cycle Touring bags designed by the directors of a family
business with a lifetimes cycling experience behind them.
The same materials, design knowledge and quality goes
into the Cycle Touring bags as goes into the Karrimor
Mountain equipment – used on the 1971 International,
1971 German and 1972 British attempt on the Everest
South West Face
Holdsworthy are sole U.K Trade Distributors
[A photograph of a touring bicycle standing on pale ground, loaded with a handlebar bag, a front pannier and large rear panniers.]
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KARRIMOR NYLON BAGS
MADE from 7oz coated nylon fabric, in olive with a red trim,
these are the supreme tourists’ carriers.
BARDALE Handlebar bag. Transparent flap pocket for
map reading on the go, and 5-litre capacity for only 8oz
weight. Two back zip pockets, shoulder strap, and a front
zip pocket supplement the bag. 7.50
Rear panniers. Wedge shaped to clear heels, with 50
litres/pair capacity, can be handled separately. Hooked and
sprung to attach firmly to carriers. 1lb 4oz, 18″ x 6″ x 11″
tapering to 6″. 13.75
Front panniers. 10.3 litre/pair capacity, weight 1lb the pair,
with an elastic insert for carrying gloves etc while riding. In
pairs joined by fabric. 11″ x 8″ x 4″. 7.50
REAR SADDLE BAGS. In three styles, all olive nylon, with
built-in draw strings, heavy quick adjust webbing straps,
13″ x 6″.
Overnighter. No. 3. 11oz 7″ deep, 12 litres, no side pockets,
top flap pocket for maps. 7.35
Weekender. No 2. 13oz 17 litres, 7″ deep, two zip side
pockets, large flap pocket for camera. 9.00
Full tour. No. 1. 9″ deep, 15oz 17 litres extending with extra
large flap to 23. 9.65
[Line drawings of a handlebar bag with a map in its transparent flap labeled “Bardale”, a large rear pannier with a zip labeled “Rear Pannier” and a front pannier hung from a front fork labeled “Front Pannier”, with hands lifting the bags.]
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PANNIER STUFF SAC. This simple cylinder of nylon,
zipped full length, comes with straps to hold it to a carrier,
weighs only 5oz, but has a 10 litre capacity in its 14½” x
8½”. The ultimate for the hard-riding tourist which leaves
the legs free, and does not sway. 2.95
KARRIMOR BLACK DUCK. A range for the tradition-
alist who prefers the rigidity and feel of stiff black duck.
Four models made from 15oz material, with full chrome
leather straps, with rust-resistant cadmium plated buckles.
Dalesman. Chrome leather patch 13″ x 6″ on a bag 15″
wide 8½” deep 7″. Weighs 32oz for a 20 litre capacity, two
side pockets 7½” x 5″ x 2½”. Straps have full 7″ extension,
cape rings, with a supporting half inch dowel. 8.00
Rossendale. 14″ wide, 15 litres, 24oz, a plainer version but
with two good side pockets. 6.75
Smalldale. 13″, 9 litres, 14oz, a plain bag of the same hard
wearing duck, for everyday use. 4.20
Rear panniers. These sturdy bags, 48 litres/pair capacity,
weight 40oz. A pair of bags for the hardest conditions,
joined by three chrome leather straps. Each bag has a deep
flapped and strapped pocket at the rear. 11.00
[Line drawings of saddlebags labeled “N°1”, “N°2” and “N°3” and a cylindrical bag strapped on a carrier behind a saddle labeled “Stuff Sac”.]
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BAG SUPPORTS
CLAUD BUTLER. Keeps bag clear of centre-pull brakes.
In 1¼” rod, for use with bolt-type seat clusters (not Allen
key). Attachment plates bolt to seat pin, with extra long bolt
supplied, strengthening bar holds bag clear of brake. 1.15
KARRIMOR UPLIFTS
Standard. Coated with silver grey plastics to prevent
corrosion lifts large touring bags clear of the guard.
Quick-release fitting to any saddle eyes. 0.95
Tourist. As above but with extra height and support to
underside of bag. 1.40
BROOKS. Clips onto seat stays, bright zinc plated. 0.70
CLAUD BUTLER Pannier and Luggage Carriers.
Standard. Triangulated support of ¼” steel rod bolting to
mudguard eyes and brake bolt. Rings for quick release
fittings or straps, bright zinc. 1.70
Deluxe. With centre-pull brake protector, rear lamp
bracket and an extra cross-brace for strength, chromed. 2.15
Deluxe Raleigh. Longer arms to fit some Raleigh models. 2.15
Deluxe with uplift. Higher back which can support a saddle
bag from above saddle height. 2.40
Front de luxe. Similar to rear but smaller, with brake guard
strut to brake bolt, integral lamp bracket, chromed. Takes
all bags and quick releases, but not recommended for use
with q/r front hubs. 2.15
[Line drawings of bag supports and carriers: a triangular wire frame labeled “Claud Butler”, a tapering rack labeled “Claud Butler Standard”, a bent-rod uplift beneath a saddle labeled “Karrimor Uplifts” and a tubular rack labeled “Deluxe”.]
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KARRIMOR Pannier and Luggage Carriers. 3/16″ steel
rod, grey nylon-coated. Front. Weighs 20oz., lamp bracket
and brake protector, attaches to wheel spindle and brake
bolt. 2.95
Rear. 20oz, lamp bracket. attaches mudguard eyes and by
two clips to seat stays. 3.15
LIGHTWEIGHT REAR. Made from lighter guage rod in
bright mild steel with larger carrying platform 10½” x 6″.
Ideal general carrier, with curved brake protector.
Attaches mudguard eyes and brake bolt. Chromed. 1.90
PLETSCHER—Model C. Swiss, light alloy, with large
sprung clamp for holding goods. To mudguard eyes and by
clip to seat stays, integral rear lamp bracket, 26″ or 27″
wheels. 2.30
Model CS, with extra clamp to protect centre pull brakes,
for 26″ or 27″ wheels, model CS20 fits 20″. 2.50
Lamp bracket. Bolts onto Pletscher bracket for those who
use battery lamps. 0.22
PANNIER QUICK RELEASES. Can be used to convert
existing bags to quick release fitting. Standard fitment to
Highlander and Devonian Panniers. 1.45
WEINMANN carrying handle. A simple hanlde with two
clips fitted on point of balance for carrying a cycle, designed
for use in cyclo-cross. 0.36
BELL. AFA 1271 Emblem, a neat chromed bell with a clear
ring. Plastic gears means no rust. 0.57
[Line drawings of three carriers: a rack with a curved loop at the rear labeled “Karrimor”, a flat-topped rack with crossed stays labeled “Lightweight Rear” and a cast alloy rack with a clamp labeled “Pletscher”.]
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ELASTIC baggage cords. Rapid securing of luggage to
carriers. Small braided covering in three lengths with strong 0.13
hooks, or with extra loose hook for three point fixing. 0.14
18″ 21″ 27″ 0.18
..AEROSPACE KNOW-HOW IN CYCLING
[A boxed advertisement made up of photographs: curved metal hooks, a jet aircraft with its wheel down, a jet engine and part of a wheel rim, above a small photograph of a tube labeled “BIRMALUX” and a logo of a Union Jack beside the lettering “BIRMETALS”, “BIRMALUX” and “ENGLAND”.]
[Folio 24.]
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BOTTLES
CAMPAGNOLO/CLEMENT. White translucent poly-
thene takes hot or cold drinks, unburstable, odourless.
Double cap cannot fall off in use, allows a jet of liquid, or
mouthfuls of liquid food. Main cap serrated for grip in the
rain. With Campagnolo or Clement trade marks in blue or
red. 0.36
BOTTLE TUBE. Stiff medical quality polythene, clear and
easily sterilised. 0.05
BOTTLE CAGES
COLORAL. Light chromed wire accepts any bottle. Sloped
for easy bottle removal.
Double for handlebar fitting, widely spaced clips. 1.05
Spare clips, with bolts.
PETERS UNIQUE. No joints to break in this clever design,
which uses only one piece of heavy chromed wire, and is
self-springing, downtube. 0.50
Handlebar single 0.53
T.A.: Handlebar or downtube fitting. Downtube with
shaped nylon guide, may be clipped or bolted to brazed on
bracket. The cage the pros use. 1.20
Clips
[Line drawings of a Campagnolo bottle with its cap open and a script label labeled “Campagnolo Bottle”, a small wire cage on a clamp labeled “Peters Unique” and a double wire cage on a handlebar clamp labeled “Coloral Double”.]
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BOTTOM BRACKET FITTINGS
CAMPAGNOLO
COTTERLESS RECORD. Fore Campagnolo cotterless
light alloy chain sets, hard-chromed, and with an accurately
ground and centred square taper. This matches cranks, and
must be fitted clean and dry. Cups finished satin chrome;
Complete with cups, fixing bolts, locking ring and bearings
in cages. State type and number on axle if possible when
ordering complete sets.
68P 120—single ring on Pista crack. 5 speed.
68P 110—single chain ring fixed wheel. Pista crank.
68SS 120—2 rings on Strada crank. 10 speed. 10.15
Melnic sizes available for most continental frame.
68SS 120 x 3—3 rings on Strada crank.
68SL 120—1 ring and cyclo cross flanges. 10.80
NEW RECORD sleeved sets. Available only for two rings on
Strada cranks. For the hard-rider or roadman who expects
the best in protection, with dustproof sleeve fitting special
cups which have dust-water-repellent grooves in axle bore.
Axle marked 68 SS 120 Brev. Inter. 12.65
SPORT Double set. To fit the elegant Sport three-pin
cranks, double only, complete. 8.30
1046/A
[A photograph of a round box of ball bearings in cages, with Campagnolo lettering and the words “PER MOVIMENTO CENTRALE”, “2 SERIE GABBIETTE” and “DI ALTA PRECISIONE”, beside a photograph of a bottom bracket with its axle, two threaded cups and a locking ring.]
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CAMPAGNOLO BRACKET SPARES
Record axles less bolts, state type. 5.00
Record axles less bolts, triple or cyclo-cross. 5.65
Record fixed cup. 2.75
Record adjusting cup. 2.10
New Record axle for sleeved set. 5.50
New Record fixed cup for sleeved set. 3.50
New Record adj. cup for sleeved set. 2.85
New Record sleeve 2110 and cone 2110/1. 0.80
Locking ring for all cups. 1.08
STRONGLIGHT. To fit the French chainsets, for standard
¼” bearings.
No. 65 cotterless—track, five speed, double or triple. 5.89
No. 34 cottered—single or double only. 2.85
TA COTTERLESS. Professional square taper axle with
fixing bolts: 314 single, 344 double, 374 triple. 4.40
Fixing bolts and washers. 0.73
Lockring and cups—W709 Prof. 1.60
TDC. A complete range of British axles and cups for all
standard cottered cranks.
TDC Standard axles—C16/2 single, C16/9 5 speed, C16/4, 0.36
10 speed. Use with standard cups and lockring. 0.41
Continental lightweight: Polished chrome, hardened and
ground axles drilled each end for lightness, S19/2 single, 0.65
S19/9 5 speed, S19/4 10 speed. Use with Continental
l’weight cups and lockring. 0.76
[A photograph of a Campagnolo bottom bracket axle with a cup and locking ring at each end, with the handwritten label “Cotterless Record”.]
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CAMPAGNOLO
As always with this famous name, setting the standard in workman-
ship, efficiency and finish. Virtually every major road race, from
Paris-Roubaix to the Tour of Lombardy, from the World Champion-
ship to the Tour de France, was won this year, as in previous years, on
these brakes.
Made from space-quality light alloy, these side-pulls have the
rigidness that makes them even more efficient “stoppers” than
centre-pulls. Blocks of a secret Campag formula work equally well in
wet or dry, and without snatch. Special wheel guides ensure no
jamming when replacing wheels. Flats on pivot bolts ensure precise
centering via Campag 2025 spanner. Finger light cable adjusters are
cammed to prevent unwinding in use and rubber-ringed to prevent
damage to paintwork.
Riding on the hoods, or down on the bends, there are no more
comfortable levers. The rubbers do not bind, and the cable pivot is
knurled on the outside to ease cable fitment. The levers operate on a
locked nylon-bushed pivot, the cables are pre-greased. The cam action
quick release opens the brakes but does not impede the braking, which
is always powerful and progressive.
Available with stepped centre bolts for mudguard-clearance frames,
or as straight for close clearance.
Record brakes complete. 49.45
Hooded lever 11.20
Front brake less controls. 16.75
Rear brake less controls. 16.20
[Line drawings of a Campagnolo side-pull brake with its blocks, labeled “Campag Record”, and two brake levers with rubber hoods, one with drilled lever blades, labeled “Campagnolo Levers”.]
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G.B. COUREUR ’77’. British centre-pull with a symmetric
action, nlyon bearings, independent-acting arms. Fitted
with Superhood lever. 5.50
Lever hoods, translucent, for Superhood. 0.41
Lever hoods, white or black. 0.35
Brake blocks, black.
Blocks in shoes, black. 0.20
Brake blocks, red.
Blocks in shoes, red. 0.22
EVIAN-RACER. A new French centre-pull with the latest
alloy-forgings in satin-black only. Light—one brake weighs
just over 6oz—these mechanisms have no screws to get
loose, blocks twist, angle, and can be raised or lowered.
Cast-alloy cable junction holds main cable clamp firmly,
brake block cannot slide out of shoe. Levers have black
rubber hoods, milled adjusters. With cables and all clips. 5.50
EVIAN-CLB Sidepull B2 Comp. Sturdy rigid light alloy
forgings. With Professional hooded lever as Racer. 4.45
Citerium. A braze-on centre-pull brake for the specialist
incorporating the self-lock brake blocks of the Racer. With
Pro levers and hoods. 4.85
Tandem. Similar to Criterium, but sturdier, with bigger
braking area. Polished alloy, with Pro levers and hoods. 4.97
Evian blocks in shoes. Set of four. 0.99
[A line drawing of a black center-pull brake with the name “EVIAN” on its arch and a hooded brake lever beside it, labeled “Evian-Racer”.]
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UNIVERSAL BRAKES
UNIVERSAL, the brakes which have for years set the standard for
others to follow. Descending a pass in the wet, or riding through narrow
village streets in the Giro, they have proved their worth.
CENTRE PULL mod 61. Still the roadman’s favourite, with
its enormous leverage and large block area providing
spot-on wet-weather braking. Thick anchor plate clamped
independent of braking action allows accurate alignment.
Arms pivot freely in cross-over pattern operated by a
straddle wire. Follow even an untrue rim without loss of
braking provided by the deeply studded blocks. Cable
hangers incorporate quick-release units. Complete with
silver-outer cables and hooded alloy levers with trans-
lucent rubbers.
Shallow stirrup No. 105. Deep No. 106. 12.40
SIDE PULL Quick release mod 51. The “Italian” caliper
with enough depth for the man who uses the bike for touring
and racing. It has a unique quick release linked from a lower
stop, to the upper cable pivot, by a cranked arm. Normally
this is out of sight, and gives the cable pivot extra support.
Short studded soft blocks, rubber hooded lever. Shallow
front stirrup deep rear No. 100/101, deep deep No. 101/101. 10.40
[Line drawings of two brake calipers: a center-pull brake with the lettering “UNIVERSAL Mod 61” on its arm, labeled “Universal 61”, and a side-pull brake with a quick-release lever and arrows showing its action, labeled “51”.]
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UNIVERSAL Sport 68. Time trialist’s favourite. Extended
cable clamp arms improve leverage on soft wet weather
blocks. Patent quick release fits either side of arm for free
operation, and incorporates cable adjuster. Hooded lever
with spotless white rubbers.
Shallow or deep stirrups to choice. 11.20
HOODED LEVERS. These can be clamped really tight on
the bars for good pulling: soft translucent rubber hoods
have never been equalled. Cable adjuster rubber covered to
avoid slightest chafing. 2.15
Lever hoods, white or translucent. 0.87 pr.
Aduster hoods, black rubber cone sleeve. 0.10 pr.
Brake blocks, soft rubber for alloy rims with deep studs. 0.20 pr.
Blocks in shoes, whith clamping bolts. 0.55 pr.
DON’T GET SOAKED!
A MADRID WET-SUIT
FOR SAFE, ALL-ROUND
WEATHER PROTECTION
PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 14
[Line drawings of a side-pull brake labeled “Sport 68” and a hooded brake lever labeled “Universal Hooded Lever”, above a boxed notice.]
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CHERRY. A Japanese brake in natural anodised light alloy.
Centre-pull action, with the arms moving on removable
bushes and nylon bearings for silky smoothness. Extra
width provides exceptional leverage. Chromed cable
hangers incorporate adjusters and quick release. Hooded
milled alloy levers with nylon bearings which eliminate
snatch. Complete with cables, cable clips and holders. 5.40
WEINMANN
VAINQUEUR 999. Top brake of this Swiss range,
centre-pull mechanism bolts firmly to frame, leaving arms
free in cantilever-style. Arms nylon-bushed to prevent
unnecessary wear. Soft red rubber brake blocks for use with
alloy rims. Supplied with shallow 610 front and deep 750
rear stirrups, and a choice of four levers:
With 144 lever (standard non quick release) 6.80
With 161 lever (fitted with patent self-neutralising quick
release). 7.20
With 161/1 lever, (quick release, drilled lever). 7.25
With 162 lever and hood (quick release, adjuster, trans-
lucent rubber hood). 7.65
USA Dual 144/170/1690. For the hard riding tourist.
Patented lever attachment allows braking while holding the
centre of the bars by an easily-removed, nylon bushed extra
lever which does not interfere with “normal” braking. (See
Randanneum handlebars). 8.95
[A line drawing of two center-pull brake calipers and a brake lever, labeled in handwriting “Cherry”, “Weinmann Vainqueur 999” and “161/1 lever”.]
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STANDARD side pull. Classic side-pull pattern brakes, the
500 being probably the lightest and shallowest brake of all
for the close-cut racing frame. Wide curves mean no
interference with mudguards. Levers of all sizes mean
suitability for even junior hands.
Stirrup guide:
Brake code Min. depth Max. depth
500 1¾” 2¼”
730 2⅛” 2¾”
810 2 3/8″ 3⅛”
890 2¾” 3 3/8″
610 (centre pull) 1 7/8″ 2 3/8″
750 (centre pull rear) 2¼” 3″
With 161 lever 5.20
With 161/1 lever 5.50
With 162 lever 5.70
With 136 lever 4.55
With 133 lever 4.10
[A line drawing of a handlebar brake lever with an extra lever, labeled in handwriting “USA Dual 144/170/1690”, beside a drawing of a side-pull brake caliper labeled “Weinmann Standard Side pull”.]
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LEVERS only
162 With patent quick release which can be operated
without taking hands off the bars, and is self-
cancelling, non-slip adjusters, and translucent rubber
hoods. 3.22
161/1 With quick release only, but with lever milled and
drilled in the modern testing style. 2.75
161 Similar but with plain milled lever and quick release. 2.70
144 Plain hooded, no adjuster or quick release. 2.18
136 Touring lever for use with all-rounder and similar
straight bars. Racing type fitting. 1.80
133 Touring lever simple fitting. 1.32
Lever hoods, White rubber 1.00 pr.
Translucent. 1.10 pr.
Blocks, long or short red, or grey for steel rims.
Blocks and shoes, long or short. 0.36 pr.
Extra deep blocks red only, 4 large studs.
Extra deep blocks in shoes. 0.38 pr.
BRAKE ACCESSORIES Campagnolo 649 cable clips (set
3) 0.65
GB chrome cable clips (set 3). 0.35
Terry cable clips.
We endeavour to stock
spares for most items
listed, which can be
obtained through
your local dealer.
[Text only, with the notice set in a box in bold italic type.]
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CHAINS
1/2″ x 3/32″
REGINA ORO: The competition chain, partner to the
Golden freewheel. Specially hardened to resist hard
roadwork and flexible to give easy gear-changing. 116 links. 4.00
REGINA SUPER COURSE: A “close” narrow chain
flexible enough to be used with six-speed freewheels. 116
links. 2.00
Renolds: A first-class British chain. 112 links. 1.68
D.I.D.: The Japanese nickel-plated chain, high quality with
superb appearance. 114 links. 1.75
1/2″ x 1/8″
REGINA: The classic track chain. 108 links. 1.45
The Vital Link
Supercorsa and Supercorsa ‘Oro’ chains
[A photograph of two lengths of roller chain, with the logo “REGINA EXTRA” in a rounded box.]
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CAMPAGNOLO RECORD
METICULOUSLY machined from the solid and subjected to the most
minute inspection to run perfectly true and free. Rings machined
from solid blanks clamped on square shoulders by Allen-keyed steel
bushes and sleeves. Crank locates on machined tapered square, which
fits axle perfectly. Chemically-polished, the cranks are then anodised
to eliminate corrosion. Rings from 42t upwards fit either side of crank,
supplied complete with axle, cups and prelubricated cages of ¼” balls.
Double set—includes two 3/32 rings. Sizes 42-52T at 49.35
standard price (larger rings extra). Also available with
sleeved bottom bracket fittings. 51.85
Triple set—includes third inner ring on extra long sleeved
bush. 59.25
Cyclo-cross—has large flanges fitted either side of a single
ring mounted on outer shoulder. 55.25
Pista—accepts any Pista single ring on outside shoulder of
crank. (Rings above 52T at extra cost). 49.35
[A line drawing of a chainset with a double chainwheel and one crank arm, labeled in handwriting “Super Record” and “Record Strada”.]
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CAMPAGNOLO CRANKS
CRANK SETS. Strada or Pista stocked in 6½” (165mm),
6¾” (170mm), or 7″ (177.5mm) with five chainwheel bolts
and standard Record bracket fittings. 32.85
Strada: double only, available with Record sleeved b/b
fittings. 35.30
Strada: triple or ‘cross, standard Record fittings only. 34.45
Pista: single only with standard Record fittings. 32.85
Tools: available separately (see Tools page). 4.05
CHAIN RINGS. Prices of chainrings above size 52T Extra
increase per tooth. Single 3/32″ and Pista 1/8″ rings will 0.27
not fit Strada cranks.
Strada “S” 3/32″ single flange, available 42-57T. 8.25
Single 3/32″ single flange, available 44-60T. 8.25
Pista 1/8″ single rings, heavier gauge, flanged both sides
available 46-60T. 16.50
Cyclo-cross flanges: inner or outer available separately. 6.25
Fixing sleeves: sets of five, double Nos 754/755, single 2.45
761/762. Triple or cyclo-cross 831/832/830. 3.40
Spacers: for using single 3/32 ring on Strada cranks 754/A.
All spares stocked subject to availability. 0.55
[A line drawing of a chainset with a single chainwheel and one crank arm, labeled in handwriting “Pista”.]
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CAMPAGNOLO SPORT CHAINWHEEL
SETS
At a lower price, but with Campagnolo’s own special brand
of quality, steel three-pin cranks with double light alloy
rings. “Pre-war” quality chromium plating. One crank size
only, 170mm, fixing to black-finish Campognolo square
taper axle with standard fixing bolts. Complete with satin
chrome cup and pre lubricated ball races. Ring sizes 42/50,
42/51, 42/52, or 42/53 as desired. 34.15
Sport cotterless cranks only, with three fixing bolts. 15.15
Sport double rings, sizes as above. 10.70
NB. For single ring use, Sport cranks will accept TA
threepin fitting light alloy rings. Sport and Record bottom
bracket parts are dimensionally interchangeable.
[A line drawing of a chainset with a double chainwheel and one crank arm, labeled in handwriting “Sport”.]
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T.A. COTTERLESS
Professional: 5-pin cotterless cranks on a square-splined
axle, 165, 170, 175mm complete with b/b fittings, and axle
for single or double. 19.00
Light alloy adaptor: 5-pin adaptor, will fit any 5-pin steel or
alloy cottered or cotterless cranks, accepts TA 6-pin rings,
state if for single, double or triple. 2.86
Chainrings: to fit adaptors, six-pin fitting, light alloy.
104 outer rings 47T to 60T. 2.62
106 inner rings 44 to 52T. 2.62
Criterium rings: fit any steel or alloy 5-pin cranks sizes as
above.
CR 205 outer. 3.02
CR204 inner rings. 2.62
Cyclotouriste: for wider-range gearing, double and triple
rings.
CY205 outer, 5-pin 36-60T. 3.02
CY208 intermediate rings (36-50T). 2.62
CY207 inner rings (25-35T) for double or triple. 1.94
Single rings: 3-pin for any steel 3-arm Continental cranks.
Recommended for use with Campagnolo Sport cranks. 3.02
5-pin for any 5-pin alloy or steel cranks up to 60T. 3.02
N.B. All T.A. chainrings subject to extra cost over 50T.
[A line drawing of a cotterless chainset with a large chainwheel and one crank arm, labeled in handwriting “T.A. Pofessionel”.]
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TA fixing bolts.
No. 25—ring or adaptor to crank, set 5. 0.35
No. 62—double ring to adaptor, set 6. 0.87
No. P75—single ring to adaptor, set 6. 0.87
No. 84—triple ring to adaptor, set 6. 1.03
No. 64—double Criterium or Cyclotourists, set 6. 0.87
No. 85—triple Criterium, bolts, set 6. 1.30
No. 87—triple Cyclotouriste, set 6. 1.23
N.B. Single 3 or 5-in rings can be supplied in 1/8″ or
3/32″.
STRONGLIGHT ALLOY COTTERLESS CRANKS
Type 49D: The original old faithfuls, 5-pin fitting accepts
TA rings, adaptors, cranksets complete with tools, b/b
fittings, square-splined axle, less rings, 165, 170mm,
175mm. 19.00
NICKLIN steel cranks. Three pin N34 fluted steel cranks to
the same pattern as the old Williams C34, 6½” only, with
chainwheel fixing sleeves. 3.35
Fixing SLEEVES—set of 3 for Nicklin or Williams rings,
specify single or double. 0.75
Joggled single chainwheel sets, 48 x 3/32, fluted 6½” only
N200. 2.70
Joggled double sets, 40/50T x 3/32, fluted 6½” only N901
(Joggled sets have un-detachable chainwheels.) 4.30
Williams C34 steel rings, 3/32 only 32, 36, 40-48, 49, 50, 52, From
54. Three sleeve fixing. Sizes above 48T extra. 3.00
Available as complete chainwheelset single or double— From
range of sizes as above. 6.40
COMPONENTS
Crank shorteners: single bolt-on fitting shortens effective
crank length by 1¼” for youngsters. 1.20
Cotters: Continental metric, standard and unmilled (with
no flats) available.
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FREEWHEELS
REGINA Multiple freewheels. Classic blocks for the tourist, hard
rider, roadman or time trialist. For use with all gears. All sprockets
replaceable, the block for Campag hubs. Wide-apart ⅛” ball races
minimised float, run freely.
World renowned for over
50 years
The most
advanced Technologies
are used to make
Regina blocks and chains
worthy of the name ‘Extra’
[A boxed advertisement with a line drawing of a freewheel sprocket cluster with a short length of chain, under a fan of striped and checkered panels, beside the logo “REGINA EXTRA” in a rounded box.]
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ORO GOLDEN Regina. Made from specially-hardened
steels to resist the rigours of road racing in the wet.
Highly-polished races. Again in 1974 winner of the major
Tours and road classics of the Continent and Britain. Easily
recognised by its gold finish.
Six-speed complete—Ratio limits as sprocket list below. 10.60
Five-speed “Scalare” the time trialist’s block 13-17. 8.20
Five-speed Specialist, 14-18; 14, 17, 20, 23, 26; 13-15-18-
21-24, 13-16-20-23-26, 13-16-20-24-28. 7.15
Five-speed Standard 14-16-18-20-22, 13-15-17-19-21. 6.50
NB Scalare body not interchangeable.
ORO Body only, state if normal or Scalare required. 3.67
ORO Sprockets available as follows:-
Type 9, Scalare second five speed 14t. 2.16
Type 8, Second six-speed 14, 15, 16t. 1.50
Type 7, Top 6-speed 13, 14, 15t.
Type 7, Top 5 speed 13t only.
Type 6, Second 5 speed for 13t top, 14-15, 16t.
Type 5, Top 5 speed, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18t.
Type 3 low (bottom two) 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 1.08
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31t. 1.40
Type 2, Middle 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22t.
Type 1, Top 4 speed or Scalare (15t middle) 14, 15, 16t. 1.08
[A line drawing of a freewheel block with several sprockets, labeled in handwriting “Oro Golden Regina”.]
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STANDARD Regina Extra. A cheaper range in blued steel,
of balanced quality.
Six-speed complete, ratio limits as sprocket list below. 5.30
Five-speed complete “Scalare”: 13-17. 4.10
Five-speed specialist complete: 14-18; 14, 16, 18, 20, 23; 14,
16, 18, 21, 24; 14, 17, 20, 24, 28; 15, 17, 19, 21, 23. 3.55
13-15-18-21-24, 13-16-20-24-28;
Five-speed standard complete:
14-16-18-20-22; 13-15-17-19-21. 3.25
N.B. Scalare body not interchangeable.
Standard Body only. State if normal or Scalare required. 1.84
Standard Sprockets: 1.08
Type 9 Scalare second 5 speed 14t. 0.75
Type 8 Second 6 speed 14, 15, 16, 17t.
Type 7 Top 6 speed 13, 14, 15, 16t.
Type 7 Top 5 speed 13t only.
Type 6 2nd 5 speed for 13t top, 14, 15, 16.
Type 5 top 5 speed 14, 15, 16, 17, 18t.
Type 4 2nd, 5th or 3rd 6 speed 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20t. 0.55
Type 3 low (bottom two) 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 0.70
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31t.
Type 2 Middle 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22t. 0.55
Type 1 Top 4 speed or Scalare (15t middle) 14, 15, 16t.
Any ratio, Standard or Oro, may be assembled within
sprocket limits above. Type 3 low gear cogs over 24t, extra
cost.
[Three line drawings of freewheel cross-sections with numbered sprockets and a marked dimension “S”, captioned “5 speed « scalare » (close ratio)”, “5 speed” and “6 speed”.]
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CAMPAGNOLO GEARS
WITHOUT peer in cycle gearing since the first Italian Tour de France
with of post-war years, when in 1948 Bartali brought the name
CAMPAGNOLO to the fore. First to use parallelogram changing in
1951 with the Gransport steel gear, CAMPAGNOLO was the first to
make extensive use of light alloys with the Nuovo Record in 1968,
gearing systems and materials which have been imitated but not
bettered since. All mechanisms available for any frame, with covered
cables, with bare wires for brazed-on stops, and short lengths of
stainless cable, or bare wire with CAMPAGNOLO tunnel clips. Down
tube levers (right or twin) on handlebar control with extra long cables.
NUOVO RECORD. Rocket alloy makes this a 7¼oz
mechanism which can go touring, it will take a 13-28T
Block, used with 10T difference on double ring or up to 36T
with single chainset. The extra-long tension spring, fully
sleeved, supports toothed nylon sprockets giving great
precision in changing, even on six-speed close-ratio blocks.
Increased chain wrap without excessive tension makes this a
must for every racing man. Normally supplied as system 18.00
only with hanger (less controls). Downtube control, bare
wire; with short stainless outer and clip/tunnel. 21.85
Handlebar control, bare with long stainless outer and full
set of clips. 25.40
[Two line drawings of Campagnolo derailleurs, a rear mechanism labeled in handwriting “Nuovo Record” and a front changer labeled “Record Front Changer”.]
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RECORD Front Changer. Partner to the Nuovo Record, a
chromium-plated cage is carried by a light alloy bell crank.
This provides a diagonal movement which makes it
particularly efficient with wide-ratio chainrings. Single
spring holds in place and returns cage. Hinged alloy clip
fixes gear to seat tube. Cable or bare wire fitting.
NB Record changer hinged clip fits seat tube exactly. Do not
fit over tape or clip may fracture when tightened.
System only (state whether for bare wire or covered). 8.25
Twin downtube, bare wire, stainless outer and clip.
Handlebar, bare wire, stop clips and long stainless outer.
Nuovo Record/Record ensemble. Front and rear systems
with twin Downtube control, tunnels, clips and stainless
outer. 32.75
Handlebare bare wire, tunnel clips and 3 stainless outer. 39.05
RALLY. Bringing CAMPAGNOLO precision to pass-
storming, and with the widest range of all—13-36T block
with 36-54 chainrings, or gears from 27″ to 112″! The
forward-facing parallelogram is mounted on a light-alloy
casting which is spring-loaded to clear the wheel on
removal, yet provides fantastic wrap-round on every
sprocket. The 3″ tension arm, of alloy, carries toothed nylon
jockeys making for minimum chain wear. Twin screw
adjustment for standard or Campagnolo ends. Only 10oz.
Systems only with hanger (less controls). 18.30
Rally gears can be used with any Campagnolo control. For
extreme ratios with multiple chainrings the ‘Record’ front
hanger system is essential.
[A line drawing of a Campagnolo rear derailleur labeled in handwriting “Rally”, beside a drawing of a pair of gear levers with Campagnolo lettering on the lever arms.]
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Campagnolo gears
NUOVO GRANSPORT. Replacing the steel Record gear,
this mechanism is much lighter and neater, weighs only 8oz.
Light alloy hanger and parallelogram carry a simple pressed
steel spring sleeve and jockey cage. Nylon toothed jockeys.
Plainer in appearance, ideal for the racing man on a budget.
Range as Nuovo Record, four, five, or six speeds.
System only with hanger (less controls). 10.95
Nuovo Gran Sport gear may be used with any combination
of controls and front changer. (Record front is
recommended).
VELOX. Clubman’s gear giving Campagnolo precision
with an immensely-rigid steel parallelogram. Only 10oz,
this provides goods wrap-round with nylon jockeys that will
stand bad weather. Cage extended to ease change on
wide-ratio freewheel. Bright chrome finish. Twin screw
adjustment. Lever has serrated tension adjuster. Up to six
speeds and double chainwheel.
System only with hanger (less control). 5.08
System only for Campagnolo ends (less control). 5.08
Complete with Velox lever and control wire. 6.90
N.B. Specify if required for use with Campagnolo frame
ends.
[A line drawing of a Campagnolo rear derailleur labeled in handwriting “Nuovo Gransport”.]
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VALENTINO front changer. Similar to the original
Gansport front changer. Angled cage shaft is fully-enclosed
in an alloy casting, providing a smooth diagonal movement.
Single-screw adjustment, lever action. Twin screw adjust-
ment, lever action. Twin screw clip mounting to saddle tube.
System only (less controls). 2.70
With Twin Valentino lever and control wire.
VALENTINO EXTRA. Simpler than the Velox, a 9½oz
steel mechanism produced to provide Campagnolo sim-
plicity for beginners’ pockets. Five speed 3/32 throw will
take 13-31T freewheel and medium double chainset.
Parallelogram movement, twin screw adjusters. Nylon
jockeys, butterfly nuts tensions lever.
System only with hanger (less controls). 3.25
Complete with Valentino D/Tube lever and control wire. 4.75
VALENTINO/VALENTINO ensemble. Up to 10 speeds
for the junior cyclist with reliability and quick changing.
Complete with Valentino twin D/tube lever and control
wires. 8.20
GEAR CONTROL LEVERS.
Record Right Downtube fitting lever. 2.10
Record twin Downtube fitting levers. 4.15
Record Handlebar lever control. 3.70
Velox Right Downtube fitting lever. 1.65
Velox twin Downtube fitting levers. 3.10
Valentino lever. 1.30
Valentino twin levers. 2.05
[A line drawing of a front changer and a rear derailleur with two small gear levers, labeled in handwriting “Valentino Extra”.]
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HURET
CHALLENGER 2400. A new gear from this famous French company made from light alloy, satin-chromed steel and plastics. Six speed 3/32″ parallelogram action, twin screw adjustment. Patented height adjustment by one screw allows rapid conversion for wide-ratio to close-ratio block while preserving close wrap-round. Double tension spring can increase chain tension for rough road riding. Spring-loaded cable adjustment allows for stretch. Steel d/t lever has finger holds, wide-tension butterfly adjustment. 7.60
CHALLENGER CHANGER 950. Beautifully finished in satin chrome, fashionably drilled, this uses a bell crank parallel action with an enclosed spring. Twin clip mounting, pivoting cable clamp for easy action. 4.55
CHALLENGER ENSEMBLE. Twin gears finished in satin chromium plate and providing smooth action over a wide range of ratios.
Downtube control bare wires. 12.15
[A line drawing of a Huret Challenger 2400 rear derailleur taken apart, with the jockey wheel cage and a wrench drawn clear of the body, labeled “Challenger 2400”.]
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HURET GEARS
ALLVIT 1900.
The parallelogram gear with a unique action. The parallelogram is reversed, so that the cage moves downwards to engage larger sprockets, keeping constant wrap-round even on top gear. Double roller cage allows 17T on block, plus 17 on chainwheels. Strong pressed plates are mounted in chrome-plated arm of stiff “u” section.
With downtube control. 5.15
FRONT CHANGER. Standard 900, with left control on 3.76
twin clips, also with complete twin lever. 4.60
ALLVIT ENSEMBLE 1990. Rear 1900 and 900 changer with twin down tube controls. 8.25
SVELTO 2000. Cheapest derailleur listed and one of the most robust, though only 9½oz. Up to six speeds and 32T range, with either ⅛ or 3/32 chains. Steel parallelogram body pivots between two dead stops on the hanger, traverse power-fully sprung, controlled by twin screws. Adjustable tensioning to cope with wide or close ratio freewheels.
Complete with downtube control. 4.25
SVELTO 2090 Ensemble. The 2000 rear derailleur combined with the 900 type front changer. With twin levers. 7.35
[Line drawings of a Huret front changer with a long drilled lever, labeled “Front changer Challenger 950”, and two rear derailleurs with chain, labeled “Allvit 1900” and “Svelto 2000”.]
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L. JUY SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX PRESTIGE 637. Latest of the L. Juy gears in undistortable plastics which requires no lubrication. One model giving silent smooth operation through nylon rollers over 32T. Double tension springing ensures a clean change over touring or racing ratios. With white plastics lever and chromium plated clip.
637P with hanger plate for standard rear ends. 3.65
637N for use with Campagnolo forged rear hanger. 3.80
FRONT CHANGER AV 223. Simple mechanism in white plastics housing operates rod-mounted cage by cable from plastics downtube lever. 3.25
PRESTIGE ENSEMBLE. Front and rear Prestige/Av 223 6.65
combination and twin levers. 6.80
Handlebar control, with white outer casing. 3.25
SUPER LJ ENSEMBLE. A superb light alloy combination weighing only 18oz complete with cables clips and levers. Identical to the Prestige 637 in principle. Nylon toothed jockeys need no lubrication. Alloy cage and parallelogram ensures rigid clean changes. Front changer has hinged mounting incorporating cable guide to pivoted bolt, drilled-out cage for lightness. Already a winner in Tour de France stages, French championship and major stage-races. Can be supplied with downtube or handlebar controls 28.90
and bare wires. 29.40
AV 223 changers available with left lever, with twin lever. 3.25
3.85
[Line drawings of a Simplex Prestige 637 rear derailleur with two gear levers, labeled “Simplex Prestige 637”, and a Simplex Super LJ rear derailleur with a front changer and a length of chain, labeled “Super LJ”.]
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from Satellites
to Cycles
Campagnolo have many years experience in specialised fields where weight-saving and reliability are essential. Various plants produce parts for transport ranging from tanks to Lamborghinis, racing motorcycles to Formula One Ferraris, and cropsprayers to strike aircraft, using Technologies gained in rocket research.
Campagnolo produce
its new Titanium Lightened
‘Super’ Record Group
All this has now been brought together in a new ultralite range of Campagnolo equipment, to compliment what is already acknowledged as being the best cycle equipment in the world. There is no manufacturer more qualified than Campagnolo to make such an advance in Cycling Technology.
[A boxed advertisement with a photograph of a satellite in the upper right corner and the script Campagnolo logo in the middle.]
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HANDLEBARS
GIRO DI SICILIA. Extra width makes this bar popular with roadmen who appreciate the power and control and easier breathing it affords. Formed from 15/16″ alloy this has a long raised centre which encloses a reinforcement to give it centre-strength. This is engraved with the II Primo badge and a map of Sicily. Square on the Maes pattern. 16″ x 4½” x 6″ deep. 2.05
FIAMME. A really practical and smart road bar from Italy’s leading duralumin specialists. Square, in the ever-popular Maes shape, it is extremely strong, suitable for the roughstuff or cyclo-cross rider. Of 15/16″ alloy, with engraved external ferrule, decorated with “Fiamme” and a knight’s head. 14 7/8″ x 4″ x 5¼” deep. 3.50
ALLEZ MAES. A popular all-round club bar in the familiar comfortable pattern. Brake levers do not “splay” when fitted high. Heavy gauge alloy 15/16″. 1.78
BIRMALUX.
Maes: A simple-pattern bar in the classic style, from a British light alloy specialist. Raised centre section. 16⅛” x 4″ x 5¾” deep. 1.85
Allrounder: An angled tourists’ bar in flat style 18″ x 2″ forward. 1.50
[Line drawings of three handlebars, labeled “Giro di Sicilia”, “Allez Maes” and “Fiamme”.]
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CINELLI. World’s most popular bends, the steel track bars are favourites at every Olympics and world championships.
No. 18 Pista—15″ x 7″ x 5½” deep, 15/16″ with 1″ centre.
No. 14 Madison—14½” x 4½” x 6¾” deep. 4.55
CINELLI ALLOY. The bars that have really caught on, including the 40cm (15.6″) No. 66 Merckx bar, deep and square. No. 65 is a favourite with pursuiters and time trialists, wide and not so deep, or as the Giro d’Italia in a narrower pattern favoured by Poulidor. Other, squarer shapes, nos. 63, 64. 4.35
G.B. All reinforced bends, of shaped light alloy, immensely popular with British clubmen, and Continental pros.
Ventoux: engraved reinforced centre, 16″ x 4″ x 6⅛” deep, square. 2.40
Maes: engraved ferrule, 15″ x 3½” x 5⅛” deep, square. 1.85
Randonneur: the bar for the hard practised tourist, with the raised “tops” for comfort. Suitable for dual brake levers. 1.90
Allrounder: a plain bar in the ever-popular “flat” style, 23″ x 3″ x 1¼” deep. 1.40
Mini Maes: just the job for the beginning youngster, not too deep. 1.80
Menton: a completely-new addition to the range, 15¼” x 4⅛” x 6⅛” deep, satin anodized finish. Centre section beautifully engraved. Continental quality at a British price. 2.80
[Line drawings of three handlebars wrapped with tape, labeled “Cinelli Track Steel 18”, “65” and “Cinelli Alloy 66”.]
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HANDLEBAR STEMS
Light Alloy
II PRIMO DI LUSSO. Scarcely altered in design for years, yet with one important improvement for 1974, Allen key tightening, the bolt being well-recessed. The stem is machined from a solid forging, with a wide semi-underslung clip which holds a recessed-headed bolt. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12cm. 3.75
FIAMME. Similar to the II Primo, a solid stem made by Italy’s light alloy forging specialists. Accurately-machined, this makes an extremely-rigid mounting for the widest bars.
8 to 12cm. 3.05
CINELLI. Italian design skill makes this the most elegant of stems, with a polished anodised finish that will not deteriorate in bad weather. Allen key expander bolt complemented by an Allen key clip bolt for neatness. 5.95
GB Neta. An elegant stem with care in its design. The draw-bolt has a recessed Allen key fitting, the pinch bolt hexagon head locks onto a flat on the clip and will not turn under pressure. Flush back lap, and the sides are embossed 3.00
with the GB symbol. Now also in black anodised matt or 3.15
polished finish. 3.55
7, 9 or 11cm. 2.45
GB Norma. A simpler and plainer version of the Neta, same 2.60
sizes. 3.00
[Line drawings of three handlebar stems, labeled “Il Primo di Lusso”, “Fiamme” and “Cinelli”.]
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GB NOVA. A strong, but competitively-priced stem in the 2.15
girder section for which this firm is famous. 2.15
5, 7 and 9cm. 2.30
STEEL HANDLEBAR STEMS
CINELLI PLAIN. Superb, heavily chromed stems with an extra wide clip to hold track bars under sprint stresses. Smoothly brazed joints, hexagonal headed draw bolt, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13cm. 5.95
CINELLI SACCHI. A steeply sloped, heavily chromed stem for the out and out trackman-sprinter 9, 10, 11, 12, 13cm.
Stem spares, for all stems are available. 6.50
HANDLEBAR PLUGS
II Primo rubber end plugs, coloured, ribbed to stay put. 0.10
Allez plugs, with neat recessed compression bolt. 0.20
HANDLEBAR TAPE
II Primo plastic. Embossed for non-slip use, a non-adhesive tape with no stickiness to attract dirt. Wrap round the first turn, and tuck under handlebar plug to hold in position. 4yd. x ¾” approx., black, white, red, yellow, green royal and light blue. 0.15
Allez twill. Still the favourite with club and racing men after years in use. Definitely non-slip and with a non-tacky adhesive that will not peel or run. Heringbone pattern 4yd. x ¾” approx., black white, red and royal blue. 0.30
[Line drawings of three handlebar stems and two handlebar end plugs, labeled “GB Neta”, “Cinelli Steel Plain”, “Il Primo”, “Allez” and “Sachi”, with angle marks of 72° and 58° beside two of the stems.]
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HEAD SETS
CAMPAGNOLO. Two models, each with highly-polished precision ground races individually-tested for hardness and specially chromed. Road model has 3/16″ balls in special Campagnolo cage, top and bottom. Path model uses 5/32″ balls, 26 top and bottom. Screwed race and locking nut fit octagonal spanner.
NB. Over-tightening in assembly may pit the races. DO NOT recommend common practice of overtightening screwed race (which causes pitting) and then turning back!!! screwed race must be held in correct adustment and head nut screwed down to lock. Extra column length required for Road set: Path should be fitted when replacing another make.
Road No. 1039 3/16″ balls. 9.45
Path No. 1040 5/32″ balls. 9.45
TDC Italia. Cup and cone clean “round” polished style. Recessed D-pattern locking ring, slotted screwed race, 5/32″ balls. 1.30
Continental J. Similar, but with knurled screwed race locking against D ring and octagonal nut, 5/32″ balls. 0.98
Super Set K. For the bike with centre-pulls, a decagon screwed race locks against the hanger, held in place by octagonal lock nut, The upper frame race is cup pattern, matching the screwed race. 5/32″ balls. 0.95
NYLFOR. Specially-hardened white nylon, 5/32″ bearings. Ultra light weight. 0.55
STRONGLIGHT. Competition V4: “V” type lower races, serrated alloy lock ring. 5.15
P3—Hardened steel, cup and cone bearings. 3.05
SRG. Double cup bearings top and bottom, brightly chromed, with decagon screwed race, octagon locking nut, Standard 1″ x 24 threads per inch or Raleigh pattern, 1″ x 26 t.p.i. 0.70
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Now you have a choice when
buying the world’s best headset
RECORD or ‘SUPER’ RECORD
Both with the same superior qualities of precision and reliability that goes with all Campagnolo products, the difference being ‘Super’ Record is in Titanium this Space-Age material is given steel bearing surfaces to combine the extremely light weight and strength of Titanium with the superior wearing properties of steel. The brushed-satin finish is another Campagnolo innovation, which sets ‘Super’ Record apart from any other headset available, as being the ultimate.
[A boxed advertisement with line drawings of two sets of headset parts, locknuts, cups and a ring of ball bearings, labeled “Record” and “‘Super’ Record”.]
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CAMPAGNOLO QUICK RELEASE HUBS
RECORD STRADA large flange. Simply the best hubs in the world. Shells and flanges machined from solid, slotted to save weight with absolute rigidity. Campagnolo’s original quick release provides firm locking with easy wheel removal. Sprung adjuster with bronze friction pads gives permanent “set” even when wheels are removed, and carried as spares. Bearings made to last for years. 40, 36, 32, 28 and 24 drillings single-sided gear only. Front 10.10
Rear 11.35
STRADA small flange. Roadman’s hub, indentical with large flange in construction, but builds into more flexible wheel for road racing—the Continentals’ standard. Front 9.20
Rear 10.50
PISTA large flange. Heavier build to withstand steep bankings. Holds just about every known track record. Solid shell, front hub uses 7/32″ balls, thicker spindle, special nuts supplied with hubs. 40, 36, 32, 28, 24. With Campagnolo lock ring, single-fixed only. Front 8.60
Rear 10.50
NUOVO TIPO large flange. One piece alloy shells of similar pattern to Record, but simplified to keep price lower. Single gear 36/36 only. Front 6.60
Rear 7.50
[Line drawings of Campagnolo hubs taken apart, labeled “Record Strada” and “Pista”, with the axle and quick release lever of the second one running on across the gutter.]
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NUOVO TIPO small flange. An ideal small flange road hub for touring or racing, one-piece shell with Campagnolo quick release using nylon insert in the adjuster. Single gear 36/36 only. Front 5.80
Rear 6.60
SANSHIN. Japanese hub with one piece alloy shell, simply but neatly finished and drilled. Free-running. Standard quick release single gear only, 36/36 23oz. 6.80
SUZUE. Forged and drilled from the solid, single gear only for the tourist who prefers a solid spindle and track nuts. Free-spinning and elegant. 36/36 only 18oz. Pair. 3.40
HUB SPARES
Offset fixed sprockets 3/32 or 1/8 — 12-22T 0.39
Offset sprockets 1″ x 3/16 — 6-10T 0.52
Standard lockrings. 0.09
Lockrings for 12T cogs. 0.15
Spacers for sprockets and freewheels.
Campagnolo track nuts (special size). 1.05
Standard track nuts, chromed, 3/8″ and 5/16″. 0.15
Cone lock nuts, serrated and hardened, 3/8″ and 5/16″. 0.12
Race Rear derailleur spindles, complete. 0.30
Race Front spindles, complete. 0.20
Race Rear adjustable cones. 0.09
Race Front adjustable cones. 0.07
[A line drawing of a hub taken apart, with an axle entering from the left edge, labeled “Nuovo”, and a quick release lever at the right end.]
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LAMPS
DYNAMOS
Bluemels Soubitez: Subtle use of chromed plastics makes this 6-pole French-made lighting unit weigh no more than battery lamps—11oz—yet give a full 3W output even at walking pace. Choice of three headlamp styles for mudguard 4.65
or fourth blade mounting. No. 2 small square. No. 3 4.80
round. No. 4 large square. 4.80
LAMP BRACKETS.
Peters—chromed heavy gauge wire clamp to handlebar by wing nut and bolt, cannot shake loose. 0.39
Terry—Solid hinged and clamped fitting to handlebar. 0.37
Basket pattern, clips to bar, easily removed for safety. 0.22
Fork boss type, plated, complete with bolt. 0.24
Pletscher—fits to rear of alloy carrier. 0.22
LOCKS.
Boy—cable lock with simple locking attachment, two keys. 0.81
Bikit—chain with integral combination lock, welded chain. 1.40
Trelock—armoured cable with extra-effective combination
lock. 1.85
LUBRICATION
Campagnolo special white grease 100gm tins. 0.85
Tecalemit nipples. 0.05
MAP HOLDER.
Pletsher—holds maps etc. firmly, attaches to expander bolt,
alloy. 1.08
[Line drawings of two lamps, a bottle-shaped dynamo with a bracket and a dynamo clamped to a fork blade beside a wheel flange with spokes.]
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MISCELLANEOUS
Cyclometers: Matex Tourmeter, Ultra-lightweight for 27,
26, 24 or 20″ wheels. 0.81
Embrocation: Bikit white, 114ml flask. 0.35
Bikit clear, 114ml flask. 0.37
First aid kit: Bikit in pocket-sized plastic pouch. 0.78
Accolade: The instant mix drink which helps replace body salts lost during perspiration. 200g. jar. 0.75
MUDGUARDS
Weinmann—stainless steel, non-rattle Continental fittings,
strong enough to support medium bag. 3.76
Fittings only available separately. 0.85
MUDGUARD FITTINGS
Bikit, fittings for stays to metal guards. 0.07
Stainless brackets for mounting guards on eyeless fork ends. 0.28
Mudguard stays, chromed, fit Bluemel and similar guards. 0.52
SHORT MUDGUARDS
Weimann—stainless steel, protect brakes and steering. 1.40
Racelite—stainless steel. 0.65
Racelite—light alloy. 0.45
[Line drawings of a wire lamp bracket labeled “Peters”, a pair of short mudguards labeled “Short guards” and a hinged clamp labeled “Terry’s”.]
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CAMPAGNOLO PEDALS
STRADA—No. 1037. No doubt, the best pedal ever, self-sealing against dust and water by Campagnolo patent, the one piece forged alloy body holds hard chrome races of exceptional size. Spindle ground and polished nickel-chrome steel with accurate threads, bearing in hard chrome. “Rapid” oil groove and polished dust cap seal out water. Frame of steel extra-heavily chromed. Clip and slot hold toe-straps, prevent them binding or slipping forward in races. Pick-up projection makes for quick slip-in foot action Polished hexagon Campagnolo studs screw into front plate to hold toe-clip, quill pattern. 15oz pair. 17.80
PISTA No. 1038. Slightly lighter at 14oz, with 3″ plates, no quill or strap projections. 17.80
STRADA Extra Light 1037/A. Campag’s “Black” pedals with light alloy frame for the rider who wants to save ounces without losing quality. Identical in design to Strada, but only 11oz pair. 22.60
PISTA Extra Light 1038/A. “Black track”, one of the lightest and certainly the finest pedal on the market, the Hour Record pedal. 9½oz. 22.60
CAMPAGNOLO pedal spares: all internals available.
Single pedals left or right. Spindle and cone only.
Frame only. 679 special dust cap
[Line drawings of three pedals, labeled “Strada”, “Pista” and “Strada Ex Light”.]
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WA CORSA. A steel pedal similar to Campagnolo in design, but with steel three piece body, satin chromed finish. Full width quill body with strap holders toe-clip bolts holes. A good pedal at a moderate price. Caps, spindles and cones available as spares. 6.00
CHATER LEA. Sprint pedals with aircraft quality bearings stainless frame, long thread—limited availability. 10.25
LYOTARD. Most complete range of pedals for racing and touring, from France, and still the cheapest available. Spares freely available for all the range which will suit the widest-shoed tourist as well as the weight-saving record-breaker.
No 23 MARCEL BERTHET. Though only 13oz a pair, will fit any size shoe thanks to unique platform pattern. Stainless plate on steel barrel, with strap slots, shoe “pickup” and ridge for shoe plates. ½” slots accommodate toe clip bolts. Replaceable bearings and spindles make this a very long-lived pedal. 3.40
No. 23L. With long pedal thread for alloy cranks. 3.65
No. 23T/F. Normal thread but with toeclip screws and threads provided. 4.00
No. 23T/FL. With toeclip screws and long thread for alloy cranks. 4.25
[Line drawings of a spindle labeled “Campag spindle”, a cage pedal labeled “WA Corsa” and a platform pedal beneath the labels “Lyotard” and “Marcel Berthet”.]
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No. 45A. A steel quill pedal on the same barrel and bearings as the Berthet, 3½” wide, 13oz. 3.15
No. 45A AL. With long thread for alloy cranks. 3.40
No. 45CA. The same sturdy design, but with one piece alloy frame saving 2oz. 3.30
No. 45CA AL. Long-threaded. 3.55
No. 45TER. Lightest of the Lyotard pedals and the cheapest all-alloy racing quill, solid one piece alloy barrel and bars hold serrated alloy quill frame. Only 10oz. 4.35
No. 45 TER AL. Long-threaded. 4.60
No. 460D. A full width double side all alloy pedal 4″, with strong centre support. 2.00
No. 460D AL. Long-threaded. 2.25
No. 460A. Simple practical steel double sided pedals. 1.70
No. 460A AL. Long threaded. 1.95
No. 462. Very good value, clean single sided lines, only 12½oz steel chromed pedal on tubular steel barrel. May be used with or without toe clips. 1.75
LYOTARD pedal spares available.
[Line drawings of three pedals with serrated cage edges.]
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IF YOU HAVE BEEN INTERESTED
ENOUGH TO READ THIS FAR,
THEN YOU SHOULD BE IN A
CYCLING CLUB
Of course if you are already a member of a club you will know the benefits afforded by a well organised club. The new friends you meet will further your interest in this most excellent pastime by a common enjoyment of all cycling aspects, which are varied indeed!
WHY NOT JOIN A CYCLING CLUB
NOW?
THE REAL KEY
TO CYCLING ENJOYMENT
Joining a club will lead you into other organizations, specialising in your own particular cycling interest whether it be racing, touring or just healthy exercise. Side benefits include being able to insure yourself against accidents or the theft of your cycle can be included as part of the package.
Make enquiries locally, through, for example your local lightweight cycle store, or one of the National Cycling bodies, who will help you find the club most suited to your needs.
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PUMPS
KINSMAN No. 2. Takes the effort out of pumping tubulars up to racing pressures. A remarkable pump with a huge capacity which will pump tubulars up to 160lb. sq. in., and will handle your car tyres too. Unique action maintains valve open by storing pressurised air in reserve chamber. This prolongs valve life and eases pumping. 19″ long with 24″ quick release Schrader connector, this can be worked with one hand if necessary, and is a must for team wagons, “following cars”, trackmen. These pumps now have a Schrader valve outlet from the reserve chamber enabling tyre pressure to be checked without removing connector. 6.50
HP adaptor, presses into Kinsman lead, screws on Presta valve. 0.55
HP adaptor, push fit on Presta valve. 0.75
Kinsman 24″ hose and connector. 1.60
Kinsman 36″ hose and connector. 1.70
BLUEMELS/AFA: A first-class light alloy pump for the racing and clubman at a realistic price. Will accept the
Campagnolo 1030 push-on connector. Polished, 18″. With 1.05
decorative rings in various colours that make good 0.83
hand-holds. Polished, 18″. Ringed version also in 17″ for 1.02
smaller frames.
921: A full-size 21mm dia. racing pump with a 12″ stroke and built-in push-on chromed connector. Milled-ribbed plastics handhold will not slip in the wet, can be mounted top down or seat tube with neat hemispherical clip provided. 3.50
721: As above, but with patented AFA clip-on push connector for when pumping tyres up really hard. 4.20
[A line drawing of two hand pumps, the upper one with a ribbed black grip and the lower one lettered “Bluemel” with its connector parts shown separated, beside a pump clip with an oval plate.]
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CONNECTORS. Campagnolo—once again this name sets the standard, connectors that will stand any tyre pressure. 1.25
1030: for English pumps and Bluemels AFA alloy.
1030/1: for Italian pumps with large male thread.
1030/2: for pumps with square boss fitting, Silca etc.
1030/3: for standard French thread, not Bluemels AFA, fits Zefal.
AFA—featherlight, ¼oz, light alloy French push-on connector, drilled to fit pump pegs. 0.20
Bluemel screw on—No. 9A: for Woods or H.P. valve. 0.19
No. P9: reinforced for very high pressures. 0.21
No. 9B: for Schrader valves. 0.19
No. 9C: Schrader (check type) connection for easier pumping. 0.25
Adaptor: Schrader to Woods. 0.06
PUMP CLIPS. PYB Minima—clip-on pegs that will not twist, heavily chromed 1″ for t/tube, 1⅛” for d/tube. Pair. 0.39
Cyclo: Nosed pegs brazed into 1⅛” chromed clips. 0.33
Terry: Strong spring push on clips, 1″ x ⅞” chromed. 0.53
CAMPAGNOLO
No. 632: Porta Pompa cup type holder 1⅛” clip. 1.25
No. 647: Fits 1⅛” clips to 1″ top tube. 0.22
No. 648: Pump peg only 1⅛” clip. 0.70
PRESSURE GAUGES. Dunlop G/17 for checking Presta valved tyres 50-150lb. 0.55
Dunlop 4102 for Schrader type valves 10-120lb. with clip. 0.85
[Pen drawings of a Kinsman pump with its hose and a gauge head marked “KINSMAN”, a Campagnolo connector ring, a wing-handled connector and a pair of Minima pump clips, with handwritten labels “Campagnolo Connector”, “Kinsman” and “Minima”.]
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SUPER CHAMPION RIMS
FOR seven years since their first appearance on the British professional scene, these French rims have gone from strength to strength on road, track and time trial bikes. Appearance alone has justified many sales, with smooth moulding, high polish and carefully positioned spoke ferrules building into smart clean wheels. Serrated sides on the Competition Road rims make for clean braking: and the tyre well, deep and round, is pre-roughened to make a key for cement. Three weights mean that any rider from a sprinter to a cyclo-cross rider can be sure of maximum response, maximum strength in his wheels.
COMPETITION ROAD 12¼oz. Supreme in its class. Light and strong enough for steep six-day racing, rigid and responsive for road racing and distance time trials. 36, 32, 28 and 24 holes. 7.25
ARC EN CIEL 11¾oz. Champions’ rim, a superb light extrusion in a variety of drillings, with sufficient strength for the light long distance wheel, 36, 32, 28 and 24 holes. 8.35
MEDAILLE D’OR 9¼oz. As its name suggests, the Olympic track rim, pursuit and sprint special, narrower, thinner metal, smooth sides, one of the lightest on the market, not recommended for rough roads or steep tracks, 36, 32, 28 and 24 holes. 10.00
[Three line drawings of rim sections, side by side and curved, each with an oval label reading “SUPER COMPETITION CHAMPION” and a circled “C” beside the spoke hole.]
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FIAMME
ITALIAN rims tried and tested over the years in the toughest of road and track events. Not the lightest but some of the best-made rims in the world which will stay true for years if correctly built.
SPRINT. ‘Longhi’ patent spoke seating, spreading stress over both rim faces means that wheels built with these rims are immensely rigid. Spoke nipples bed down without washers at the correct angle. The Road pattern is a rim which will take the worst, and is very popular with the fast-moving tourist and cyclo-crossman as well as road riders. The Track rim is narrower and lighter and an ideal time trialists’ rim as well as building superb track wheels.
Road 14oz. 40, 36, 32, 28 holes.
Track 12oz. 36, 32, 28 holes. 7.00
HIGH PRESSURE. Carefully rolled, and with sides scoured for grip, this is a square sided, deep-welled rim of only 18oz yet ample strength for the all-round rider. Spoke holes carefully angled for lasting truth in the wheel. 40, 36, 32 holes, 27″ only. 5.50
[Pen drawings of four curved rim sections, two hollow rims with a spoke hole labeled by hand “Fiamme” and two plain-profile rims labeled by hand “HP”.]
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Rims BIRMALUX
SPRINT 10½oz. A new British tubular rim, lighter than most, with the manufacturer’s aero-space experience in metals and design providing the strength. 36 holes only, with Longhi type ferrules linking both sections of the rim, carefully angled. 6.35
HIGH PRESSURE 17oz. A superlight full-inch-width rim for wired on tyres designed with strength where it matters most. Spoke holes carefully offset and hollowed to provide real rigidity. 36 holes, 27″ only. 4.50
WEINMANN
ALESA H.P. 19oz. Classic Swiss rim, a favourite for years with clubmen, and strong enough for everyday riding without buckling. Dimpled spoked holes seat nipples correctly. Patterned sides ease braking. 27″ or 40, 36, 32 holes. 4.80
ALESA 26″. One of the few light alloy rims in this English size. Plain rim, no dimples, 40, 36, 32 holes.
VAN SCHOTHORST
DUTCH high pressure specials from one of the largest rim factories in Europe. Economically priced, but beautifully chromed and true. With serrated sides for tighter braking. 26″, 27″, 40, 36, 32 holes. 2.92
ENDRICK pattern. Wider rims 27″ x 1¼”, 26″ x 1¼, and 26″ x 13/8 drilled 40, 36 and 32. 3.08
[A photograph of two curved rim sections cut across to show their profiles, one an open channel and the other a hollow section with a spoke seat.]
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PROFESSIONAL
HOME TRAINER
Allez Rollers
Our professional riders find great benefit derives from regular use of this home trainer. Rollers are recognised as useful for training when conditions are not favourable for normal roadwork. Regular use however develops an extra suppleness which is bolstered by strength gained during tough road riding sessions, to achieve higher speeds and particularly build up the all important finishing burst.
The sturdy construction using square tubing for the side members allows for instant wheelbase adjustment. The clever design also gives a simple breakdown to a size small enough for easy storage or transport.
Ball race mounted plastic large diameter rollers give a smooth and comparatively silent ride.
– FITNESS COMES ONLY WITH REGULAR RIDING
No serious racing man should be without
AN ALLEZ! HOME TRAINER – 28.80
[At the top left the slanted outlined logo “ALLEZ!”, and below the text a pen drawing of a three-roller home trainer frame seen from the side, labeled by hand “Allez Rollers”.]
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SADDLES
BROOKS leather. B17 Professional: Classic all leather racing saddle. Chrome frame carefully shaped, holds specially-selected butt leather top by large copper rivets. Superfluous leather trimmed away, no bag loops, short neat appearance. 10″ x 6″ x 3″. 25oz. With or without saddle 8.00
clip. 7.30
B17 Champion narrow: All-time great saddle. Heavy leather, non-chafe saddle loops, chrome frame and clip. 11″ x 6″ x 3⅛”. 26oz. 7.00
WRIGHTS leather. W3 Swallow: For the fast-pedaller, cut away at sides to give leg freedom. 11″ x 6″ x 3⅛”. 25oz. 3.78
YFC Seamless. Lightweight—11oz—nylon saddle covered with a seamless calf leather for comfort and sweat absorption. Tension adjuster. 11″ x 6″ x 2¼”. Chromed frame moulded in. Less clip and without bag loops. 5.00
MATEX. Comfort for the tourist or potterer on the saddle. Its nylon base is covered with ¾” of dense foam topped by stretch plastic. Saddle loops, non-adjustable chromed wire frame with clip. 10½” x 6″ x 3″. 21oz. 2.80
GALLET Junior. One piece moulded plastics saddle for the younger rider, soft and flexible with bag loops moulded in. 9¼” x 5″ x 2¼” only 9oz. Complete with clips. 1.10
MERTON Coureur. Soft plastics-topped saddle on mattress-type longitudinal springs and heavy frame 10½” x 5¾” x 2½”. 24oz. 1.60
[Two drawings of saddles, a black leather saddle with large rivets labeled by hand “Brooks B17” and a perforated black saddle seen from above labeled by hand “Unica”.]
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UNICA-NITOR
Nitor Standard Type 55 Italian nylon saddle, perhaps the lightest made. One moulding impervious to weather or temperature on rivetless plated frame. Now with more perforations for ventilation. Size 6¼” x 11″ Weight 10ozs. Black only without clip. 3.90
Type 65/4 “Campione del Mondo” the original leather-covered nylon saddle no “breaking in” required as with a traditional all-leather top saddle, it also retains its shape regardless of weather conditions no perforations are used or needed due to the “breathing” quality of the supple leather. Size 6″ x 10¾” Weight 11½ozs. 5.85
Type 65/2 “Campione del Mondo” Chamois covered similar to the leather-covered version, although this leather has a matt finish which gives less “slide” when riding. Size 6″ x 10¾” Weight 11¾ozs. 5.85
Type 65/3 “Campione del Mondo” Buffalo covered, which is slightly harder wearing, and more comfortable, which improves even more as the saddle is used and the matt finish settles into a smooth satin finish. Size 6″ x 10″ Weight 12ozs. 6.35
Type 75/4 “Tour de France” padded Leather, the comfort of the “Campione del Mondo” saddles is improved even more with the addition of sponge rubber padding on all T.D.F. saddles. Size 6″ x 11″ Weight 13ozs. 8.85
Type 75/2 “Tour de France” padded Chamois, in the same style but covered with Chamois leather. Size 6″ x 11″ Weight 13ozs. 8.85
Type 75/3 “Tour de France” padded Buffalo the ultimate in saddle comfort incorporating all the best features of a nylon saddle with the sheer luxury of Buffalo leather and sponge rubber padding. Size 6″ x 11″ Weight 13½ozs. 9.30
SADDLE ACCESSORIES. B17 saddle clip, Brooks 0.76
Proofide dressing, Campagnolo quick release and Allen key seat bolts, Knurled seat pin bolts, 1⅛”, 1¼”, 1⅜”, 1½”, 1¾”; Seat pin clamping collars.
[A large drawing of a black saddle seen from the side, with an oval decal on its flank reading “UNICANITOR”.]
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SEAT PINS
CAMPAGNOLO. Micro-adjusting saddle angles with absolute rigidity and adequate forward movement. machined light alloy pin with satin-chromed clips and cradle, in five standard sizes and two frame widths.
Extra-light model for racing, as above. 12.50
BIRMALUX. British made alloy seat pins sizes 3, 4, 5 and 8″ long. 0.49
STANDARD. Steel seat pin size 3 only. 12″ long. 0.60
SPEEDOMETERS. Huret French-made units (Chopper are extra price) to fit Moulton, RSW 16, 20, 23, 24, 26 and 27 4.65
in wheels and Choppers (price extra). 4.85
SPOKES
Berg-Union: With the trend to lighter wheels with fewer spokes has come the need for a slightly heavier spoke particularly in 24 and 28-spoked wheels. 14-16 gauge double butted spokes have become the norm, with the heavier 14 gauge plain being used for time trialists’ radial-spoked wheels, and for track wheels where extra rigidity is required. Some 15/17 spokes are still available while stocks last, as well as nipples in both sizes and for wood-insert rims.
Spoke discs. Campagnolo No. 55, brightly chromed, useful where chain jumps off bottom sprocket. 0.92
SPRINT CARRIER. Cliff Peters. Light alloy carriers with open slots for easy removal when carrying sprint wheels. May be used with quick release hubs. 0.54 pr.
Cyclo Rosa. Chromed steel carriers, very rigid. 0.76 pr.
[A drawing of a long seat pin with a machined clamp head, with a small circular script mark on the shaft.]
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TOE CLIPS. Christophe. Top-quality chromed spring steel clip the classic French standard. Short, med. long. 1.14
G.B. Professional. Stainless steel sprung clip one length only. 0.76
Brooks No. 1. Chromed spring steel, short med. long. 0.92
TOE STRAPS. Christophe: Chrome leather, chromed clip with milled brass roller, white only. 0.96
Allez Corsa: Chrome leather with plated clip and roller, natural, red, blue or black. Quick release Continental style clip, soft non-stretch leather, self-stopping foldover. 0.80
Binda: Chrome leather with plated clip and milled brass roller on quick release which will not jam in wet weather. 1.04
Binda Extra: Adding extra strength to Binda quality with a unique patented nylon insert that provides super strength and non-stretch. Natural finish. 2.50
Marcel: Extra thick at a keen price. 0.37
TOOLS
CAMPAGNOLO. A complete range of bicycle tools, spanners, Alen keys, freewheel removers, extractors, for wheels, brakes, chainsets and saddles.
BROOKS. Nipple key, peg/cone spanner, head/bracket spanner, and four and six-way flat spanners.
CYCLO. Nipple key, freewheel remover, sprocket remover, pedal spanner and tap, spoke threader.
VARIOUS. T. A. Allen key and bracket tools: Weinmann brake spanners and clamp: Huret socket spanner kit: Inox bronze eight way spanner: Cinelli headstem Allen key: Stronglight b/b set.
REGINA REMOVERS. Solid block, heavy dogs fit freewheel notches. Flats fit vice or spanner, centre hole clears hub nuts. Case hardened. 0.52
LINK REMOVERS. Fifon. Hard steel punch revolving in bronze body: also replaces links. Replacement pin and screw available. 1.70
Cyclo Rivoli. Hard revolving peg. Pin and screw or pin only may be replaced. 0.63
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TUBULARS
CANETTI
A SUPERB range of French-made tubulars in fine, 100 threads per inch cotton, suitable for all types of racing. All with heavy cotton base tapes, rubberised.
Tour de France. 7½oz. Silk all-round road tyre, fast and resilient enough to stand poor surfaces, the pick of the bunch. Puncture-proof band under thread. 9.80
Piste 158. 6½oz. Light smooth moulded band tyre for track or short-distance time trials, rubberised base tape. 8.30
Paris-Nice. 8½oz. As its name implies, suitable for road races, a tough tyre, narrow, with a prominent file tread, in a good “round” shape. 7.85
Paris-Tours. 8¾oz. Hand-laid matt black tread and good pocket make this ideal for longer time trials. 7.15
Paris-Roubaix. 9oz. Heavier base tape makes this a tyre to withstand shocks, for the bigger rider. Fast ribbed black tread strip with puncture-proof band, open sides. 8.50
Canetti “100”. 12oz. Ideal tyre for knockabout riding or training. 4.15
Cross 160. 13oz. Extra-heavy construction with super knobbly tread, ideal for cyclo-cross riding. 5.60
[A drawing of four curved tubular tires standing at an angle, each with a narrow printed label, the first reading “TOUR DE FRANCE” and the third “PARIS-TOUR”, the second and fourth only partly legible.]
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D’ALESSANDRO
STILL the name by which all the others are judged, a superb range of road tyres.
Silk Imperforabile. 7¾oz. File or ribbed tread hand moulded to an amber band which is reinforced by a canvas breaker strip in a highly puncture-resistant combination. Paper-thin tube in a super-resilient silk pocket provides amazing quality. 10.00
Cotton Imperforabile. 9¾oz. Sea Island cotton pocket carries a hard rubber file black tread on the same amberbase and breaker strip. Just the job for wet roads. 8.75
Criterium. 7oz. One of the “new generation” tyres with pocket made from super-light super tough Tergal with carefully moulded and laid mixed file and rib tread. Its rounded shape means smooth free running and cornering in all conditions, ideal for criteriums or time trials where speed counts. 8.50
Cyclone. 10½oz. A cheaper tyre for the beginner or for the hard-riding roadman with a light tread on a tough heavier pocket in a narrow section. A very reliable tyre at a cheaper price. 5.00
Worthy. 15½oz. Why keep h.p. wheels when you can use these all-rounders? Super heavy all rubber pattern ignores water. Bold rib and diamond 1½” tread on oversize section mounted on heavy linen and cotton base tape. Strong enough for the roughest tour, for riding to work, or early training. 4.45
[A row of five drawn tubular tires standing at an angle, labeled by hand “D’Alessandro Silk Imperforabile Cotton”, “Criterium”, “Cyclone” and “Worthy”.]
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KOWALIT
EAST GERMAN tyres built specially for the tough fast riding in the Peace Race, offering special value when price/weight ratios are being calculated. Even the heaviest has a flexible 60 threads/inch pocket, double sewn chaping tapes, latex covered walls. All weights plainly marked in German-style.
Kriterium. 8.6oz. Now lighter than ever thanks to 100 threads/in. fabric, a fast tyre with a fine ribbed black tread and a full ¾” base tape for safe cornering at speed. 5.00
Komett. 11.6oz. Narrow section rubber tread similar to Kriterium, but with a heavier pocket and tube for tough conditions. Sides latexed to resist wet. 4.20
Kurier. 9.6oz. Mixed tread on a light pocket, rib and diagonal a real roadman’s special at the price. 4.50
Kadett. 13.4oz. Perhaps the best value of all in “riding-about” tubulars, a sturdy rib and diagonal tread with a prominent centre, and a heavy tube. A schoolboy’s tyre at an unbeatable price. 3.75
NUOVO ALBERTO 13oz
SPECIALLY designed and made for the Holdsworthy Company for British conditions, by Pneumatici Clement. Narrow enough for close-clearance frames. Heavy cotton with linen covered stitching which prevents concussion fractures. Canvas breaker strip obviates punctures. 3.95
[Four drawings of tubular tires, each shown as a cutaway end beside a flat strip of tread pattern, with handwritten labels “Kowalit Kriterium”, “Komett”, “Kurier” and “Kadett”.]
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CLEMENT
FROM CLEMENT’S enormous variety we have picked the tubulars which have been proved the most popular in Britain, winning countless championships on road and track.
No. 1 Seta Extra. 5oz. Sprinter’s silk tyre, featherlight construction, tough enough for a fast “10”. 15.50
No. 1 Bis Seta Extra. 7oz. Supreme road tyre for a champion’s ride on silks. Linen pattern tread. 15.50
No. 3 Seta 6¾oz. Supreme on track and road up to 25 miles, silk. 13.30
No. 6 Criterium Seta 7¾oz. Slightly heavier, latexed silk, matt tread. 13.30
No. 9 7oz. Cotton track and time trials, smooth tread. 10.65
No. 10 8oz. Slightly heavier, wider matt band tread. 10.65
No. 12 Bis Strada 66. 8¼oz. Cotton road tyre, file pattern tread. 10.65
No. 12 Bis Criterium. 9¼oz. Heavier herringbone tread on same pocket. 10.65
No. 13 Camp. del Mondo Seta 10¼oz. Medium-weight silk road tyre with a “fatter” pocket. 13.30
No. 18 Campestre 12oz. Italy’s top cyclo-cross tyre, a beauty. 5.75
No. 19 Clement 50 10¼oz. Solid cotton ribbed tyre, real all-rounder. 5.45
No. 20 Clement 48 Diamante 13oz. Really solid training/touring tyre with a prominent diamond pattern tread. 4.70
No. 24 Elvezia 13oz. Similar weight pocket but with narrow ribbing. 4.00
[Four drawings of tubular tires standing upright, with handwritten labels “Nuovo Alberto” and “Clements 1” above and “48” below; the tire bands read “NUOVA ALBERTO”, “CLÉMENT SETA”, “CLÉMENT CRITERIUM SETA” and “Clément” beside a circled “48”.]
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TUBULAR SUNDRIES
D’ALESSANDRO. Double-sided tacky tapes, needles and thread, rim cement, pockets, treads, tubes as available.
BIKIT. Thread, stopping, fabric, patches, light patches, solution, track and road cement, proofing solution, chalk, cleaning solvent, and repair outfits.
CLEMENT. Mastice cement in tubes or tins, rubberised base tape, repair outfit, valves.
JANTEX. Double-sided rim tape.
DUNLOP. Rim cement and pressure gauges.
TUBULAR CARRIERS. Fulmine quick release, bolts to
saddle elastic cords hold tub. 1.35
TYRE SAVERS. Allez. Stainless wire on “lazy” plastic 0.11
mounts. Protect tyres from flints and cuts. Mountings for 0.16
racing frame or touring mudguards. 0.20
WHEEL COVERS. Holdsworth/Campagnolo team 2.16
colours, plain or printed. 2.40
Proof cloth, reinforced tread.
Clement vulcanised casing. 4.25
Protect your tyres with
tyresavers by . . .
Stainless Steel blade
set to skim tyre closely
will remove most sharp
objects before outer casing
can be penetrated.
[A boxed advertisement with a large outlined drawing of a stainless steel tire saver, a teardrop-shaped wire loop with small plastic mounts, bearing the slanted outlined logo “ALLEZ!”.]
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LES WEST
BRITAIN’S MOST POPULAR ROAD MAN
Placed 2nd. & 4th. in World Road Championships.
Current Record Holder
[A full-page blue-green photograph of a cyclist in a dark helmet and a jersey with striped cuffs, leaning into a turn on a racing bicycle with drop handlebars on a banked track; the jersey lettering is only partly legible and begins “HOLDSW”.]

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Do you want to be champ?
by LES WEST
World’s silver medallist 1966
I SUPPOSE every keen schoolboy who gets on a bike wants to ride in—and win—a world championship or an Olympic title, probably on the road.
Now’s the time to start, when you’re young enough. Unlike my younger days, schoolboys can now race every week, on road or track, and I recommend that you try both. You can also attend special training courses, but you must have faith in your coach.
But let’s look at training in general, starting from about now.
Start with short rides: don’t look for a hard and fast schedule, this is in your legs. The main thing is not to go too far, because in cold conditions you can easily “blow up”— and if you are miles from home you may never want to see a bike again. And that’s not the aim of training, is it?
So, 10 miles may be more than enough for one, hardly enough to get warm for another, only you know. This is how I start, riding so that I’ve something left in my legs when I get home, nice and easy, and well-wrapped up against the cold. Flip through the pages and you’ll see the sort of clothing you’ll need.
Wear “long johns” under your plus twos, and brown paper—or newspaper under the top jersey, to keep the wind out.
If you go out every day, after a fortnight you should have the rough off, and you can gradually build up your mileage, but still only on a suitable gear. Assuming you’re on fixed, this must be one you can ride, not struggle, up your steepest hill, just letting your legs spin down, probably about 65″.
As you get fitter, you’ll be able to turn it faster, so don’t worry about gearing up, but start going out with a group, perhaps about 10 riders.
Ride a little harder, and change positions at the front about every mile, so as to keep up the speed.
Assuming you started in early February, by mid-March you should be ready for “speed work”, also done in a group . . . You go to the front,
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and as soon as you feel the speed dropping a little, change; give it all you have up every gradient, and your lungs will benefit greatly.
But be careful, even Mid-march can be very cold, when you should not breathe too hard.
Here would be the time to start interval training, too, alternately riding flat out and then taking it easy.
Build it up gradually. Try riding one mile flat out, then the next mile just roll along, then another mile flat out, for as long as you can. But remember, don’t sell out a long way from home. If you have friends with you, sprint for the road signs, which will accustom you to sprinting.
By this time you’ll be ready, and I hope wanting, to race, when a lot of young riders fall flat on their face, because they seem to enter races that are too long.
It is essential that you only enter a race that you know you can finish without the worry of “blowing up”. This is the only way you can give your best in any race, and of course get the all-important results. What’s more it is the only natural way to progress to longer, senior, races.
Let’s look at some classic mistakes:
1. Not looking at the finish before you start, and then finding you could have won if only you had known.
2. Working harder than the others in a break, so that you carry them—and they win.
3. Starting each climb at the back and watching the bunch go away from you, instead of at the front and slowly going through to the back if you’re a poor climber.
4. Timing your prime attempts badly if you’re a good climber, and then sitting up and watching the inevitable attack which follows every prime, instead of going with it.
I could go on for ever, but keep your eyes open, get plenty of sleep and plenty of good basic food.
Equipment? Well after years of racing, all I can say is ride the best you can afford, there’s plenty for all pockets in the pages of this book, without me telling you.
In a word, dedication: if you have that, perhaps Great Britain will have what we badly need, another world road champion—who knows, you could be it!
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Make the best of your bike
BICYCLES—man’s most perfect technological creation, offering three or four times walking speed—for similar muscular effort.
Does yours? It will if you are sitting correctly, can pedal freely with no friction losses.
Start where you sit, from your saddle you should be able to reach the pedals without stretching, but if you can touch the ground with both toes at once you are probably too low.
Your frame size will be roughly nine inches less than your inside leg length from crutch to ground.
Now, with your cranks horizontal, and your feet in the clips (see page on shoes) your knee joint should be vertically above the pedal axle. If it isn’t, move the saddle forward or back until it is; the saddle should be dead level, by the way, not tilted. If you can only ride with your saddle tilted back then you are sitting too low.
Now go down onto the drops. Putting it simply, your knees should just clear your elbows, by too much and you’re probably stretching, if they don’t clear at all you won’t be able to breathe properly.
You push by muscular force exerted through your knee joints to your feet through the pedals, and if these are twisted, you’ll feel it in your knees.
To check if the pedal is twisted, unscrew it slowly, keeping your eye on the centre of the dust-cap, either on the oil-hole or on a spot you have marked. If it describes a circle, however small, your axle is bent, replace it or the pedal.
Slip the chain off, and spin the cranks gently, if they don’t spin freely, or stop in the same position every time, look for pitting or dryness; with free-running cranks you should be able to blow hard enough to make them move!
With no play in the wheel bearings, the weight of the valve should be sufficient to rotate a wheel, when they should need no more than a drop of oil. If not, check, and perhaps replace the balls and cones.
Scrub your rims and tyres clean with detergent, you can check a
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clean tyre for cuts, and a clean polished rim will brake you better.
You can check chain wear quickly and easily with no more than a ruler. From the centre of one rivet to the next is just half an inch, so 24 links should make exactly one foot; if you are more than a rivet’s width out, replace the chain.
While you are about it, a chain should have the closed end of the spring link clip facing the direction of travel: a derailleur gear should be rivetted.
Look at the freewheel block, compare the most and least-used sprockets, they should look much the same; if there are any traces of ‘hooking’ replace the worn one.
Chains and gears should be cleaned with petrol or light oil, not paraffin, as this contains water. A modern gear will work when quite worn but it is amazing how much friction can be caused by bad alignment or worn rollers. Put it in middle gear, spin your cranks backwards, if they don’t complete at least a full turn, something is binding, and holding you back! Is your gear rusty, twisted, clogged, or is the tension just too tight?
You’re going: now try to stop, your rear brake on that nice clean rim should be able to “lock” your wheel.
If your brake blocks are reasonable, parallel with the rim both vertically and horizontally, and you can’t lock up, friction is wasting your strength.
Most likely your inner cable needs greasing, so whip it out, replace it for a couple of bob, grease the new one and put it back after oiling the moving parts, adjusting the brake to give minimum clearance between shoes and rim. Then see how you stop!
Next look at your lights, worn batteries can corrode your lamp, bumps can knock it off: split a strap with a razor blade, and use it to hold the lamp on.
If you use a dynamo make sure it’s gripping, when ‘off’ it should be about half an inch from the tyre and radially in line with the hub.
Finally, loose connections mean blown bulbs, dirty connections mean less light, so if you want to see and be seen, keep it tight and clean. Good riding!
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You get what you pay for
A CYCLIST’S saddle and tyres are his best friends, three points of suspension which can make or break him.
Experts have been known to tell the weight of their tyres to the nearest half-ounce, but only to them, one feels, would it make any difference. But the puncture or blowout you could get from using the wrong “tube”, could make the difference.
Take a wheel, wet the tyre, stand it on a sheet of paper, and rest your weight on it; you will have a wet strip about five inches long, half an inch wide. For an average rider it’s about 40 pounds per square inch pressing on about five square inches of rubber. But what sort of rubber?
Try this: ride with a friend to a short steep hill when it has been raining, one on a smooth tyre, the other on a good patterned tread. Each try sprinting up the hill on each bike, that will convince you of the need for a good tread.
If you can get access to rollers and several wheels, try riding them with the various types of tyre on the back, h.p., heavy tub, light tub, hard or soft. You will then be convinced of the need for light hard tyres, for your racing at least.
Remember you get what you pay for, you will get no more racing out of a 12oz cheap tyre than from a 9oz top-quality tubular.
The ‘economy’ racing man will opt for a pair of good cotton road tyres with a file or ribbed thread, which will weigh 8-9oz and probably cost £6-£7 each, with maybe a third as his spare.
With no more than reasonable care, a time trialist should be able to ride a full season of up to 50 events on one pair. I did two good seasons on a pair of 10oz road tubs, then gave them away to a lad to use for his racing and then training—now four years later!
On tyres heavy enough to last through a Milk Race of 1,500 hard miles, riders have done 53 minutes for 25 miles, 21 minutes for 10 miles!
But let us say you can afford a second pair, perhaps to go track racing.
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Here you should look for a tubular with a plain cotton base tape—most road tyres have a rubberised cotton base tape. The plain dry cotton will accept shellac, (see page x ) you see, which will be necessary if you go to Calshot one weekend or if you want to race on a steep outdoor track like Leicester. On the track you can run a couple of ounces lighter, or, since you’ll be riding in the dry, you might go for top-quality silk tyres.
Wet is death to a silk tubular, though in the dry a good silk 6oz track tyre might be used for a fast ’10’ on a good road.
The roadman, of course, has no way out like this. Security in the bunches, his own and others, means a good tread on the tyre, of cotton, for use in the wet.
Usually he would choose a tubular with a puncture-resistant ‘imperf’ band, file-and-ribbed thread, and whether he chooses a fat or narrow tyre depends on his own bulk.
How hard do you pump them?
Your ‘wet-paper’ test can show you how much the area of rubber varies with pressure, and the rollers will tell you how much your effort varies with pressure.
Silk tyres—which presume dry smooth roads—will stand about 130 p.s.i., cotton will take about 110p.s.i., while for reasons of comfort in longer races, the roadman who ventured much above 100p.s.i. would be hardy indeed.
So have fun, but remember, you get what you pay for!
When buying tubulars always
consult your dealer first,
his advice
could save you money
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FELICE GIMONDI
1973 WORLD PROFESSIONAL ROAD RACE CHAMPION
Campagnolo equipped as was Eddy Merckx the 1974 Champion.
[A full-page photograph in blue-green tone of a racing cyclist in a white jersey with striped sleeves, riding a road bicycle with drop handlebars along a dirt road, with a second rider partly visible behind him; the lettering on his jersey, shorts and frame is partly visible as “BIANCH”.]

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Stick with it!
HOW your tubulars are fixed to your rims means nearly as much as the choice of the tyres.
For tubular tyres do not just ‘hold’ on a rim, they have to be stuck down, with either a rubber-based solution or with shellac.
If they don’t stick firmly when you sprint or brake they will creep backwards and forwards, perhaps tearing the inner tube at the valve, and when you corner they will roll, perhaps right off! Creeping is frequently the cause of complaints about a ‘bump’ in the tyre at the valve.
Start with a dry clean rim and a new tyre. Score the rim with a rasp or coarse emery paper, to provide a key. Inflate the tyre lightly—about 10 pump strokes—and fit it to the rim dry, if it goes on easily inflate it hard and leave it overnight to settle, oh, and use a push-on, not a screw-on connector.
If a tub needs stretching, don’t just heave at it. Place your foot on the base tape, and with both hands pull it firmly and evenly, repeating every six inches or so, till you’ve done all the tyre. This will ease the material considerably.
Put it on the rim and ease about nine inches of the tyre off the rim with your hands—never use levers. Carefully and evenly coat the rim with solution, and the base tape, and fit that section, repeating until all the tyre is stuck.
It is useful to leave the space between the two spokes opposite the valve clean, except with track tyres, as this makes it easier to remove the tyre when puncturing in a race.
Track tyres should be stuck with shellac, which you can buy from a chemist or hardware store, usually in flake form. These flakes are dissolved in methylated spirit, usually two of spirit to one of shellac, but you can vary this, the idea is to have a solution with the consistency of warm treacle, which may take a day or two.
Start with a clean dry roughened rim, never, ever, put shellac onto a rim which has any trace of rubber solution on it.
Paint the shellac onto the rim and leave it to dry for 24 hours three
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thin coats being better than one thick coat. Repeat this two or three times, and then put on the last coat, before it dries, a thin strip of gauze—a bandage will do excellently. This will form a ‘bed’ for the tyre which will not peel away, leave it to dry, and put another coat on.
While the shellac has been drying, you will have put a coat of shellac on the plain cotton base tape, dried it and put another on. Be certain that your base tape is thoroughly stuck on the tyre, if it isn’t, put corks in the spoke holes and shellace on without the tape.
Make sure, by the way, that the tub is stretched as shellac sometimes has the effect of ‘shrinking’ the base tape.
Finally, re-coat both the rim and the tyre, and when both are tacky, fit the tyre carefully.
Wipe off excess shellac with a rag soaked in meths, and leave to dry overnight after inflating hard to press the tyre firmly on the rim.
These shoes aren’t meant
for walking!
JUST as a farm-worker uses Wellington boots for muck shifting and slippers by the fireside, so shoes for the cyclist differ.
The sprinter forcing the last few ounces of strength from his legs would not be happy with anything but a skin-tight shoe. The tourist walking through a cathedral town after climbing a long hill fully-loaded would be thoroughly unhappy without a heel, and a shoe loose enough to take a thick-soled sock.
Two pairs for a start, not a bad idea, since leather, like human beings, likes a rest. Thus two pairs last more than twice as long as one pair, as each takes a rest while the other is used.
Rule no. one, let wet shoes dry naturally in a warm well-ventilated room, away from direct heat.
Never, ever, walk or stand around in racing shoes, the construction is
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such that they are made to stand pressure under the sole, not at the heel.
A good racing shoe will have a snug fitting heel, depth for the toes to spread when pedalling, perforations to allow a hard working foot to breathe, and most important of all a reinforcing plate under the arch.
A good touring shoe will have a heel, a thicker, wider, sole, and enough room for thicker socks and for walking, sole-reinforcements are not so important when lower gears are used, and walking may be part of the day’s enjoyment.
Shoes left unpolished are like skin left unwashed, and the wax layer helps to keep out grit, mud and spray off the road. So keep them thoroughly clean and dry, polish them every time they are worn, and try to keep one pair for racing only.
These should fit as snugly as possible, probably half a size smaller than the touring shoe, since they will be worn with thinner, or even no, socks.
Never use new shoes for the first time when the weather is wet. Leather is shaped after soaking, and use of the shoes before the leather has compressed slightly on the sole could destroy the shoe’s essential shape. Resoaking, you see, leaves the leather softened, and if you are riding at the same time, the pedal will distort the sole and the entire shape of the shoe will be altered.
If fitting shoes-plates, be careful that the foot assumes its natural position, and is not twisted, as this can damage your knee.
Stand in the shoe, and get a friend to mark carefully the centre of the ball of the foot on the side of the sole; this can easily be different on each foot.
Then place the plate so that when the pedal is in the slot, the mark you have made is exactly over the pedal axle.
Your shoe should then be just clear of the toe-clip, if it is not, use a spacer or a longer clip, as pressure on the toes can cause painful chafing over long rides.
You wouldn’t want that, would you?
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THE ‘HOME PROFESSIONALS’ CAN BE SEEN IN ACTION
AT THESE EVENTS
MAY Sun 4th Hille Grand Prix (Haverhill)
Sat 10th Rediffusion Lakeland R.R. (Morecambe)
Sun 11th Rediffusion Criterium – Morecambe
Tues 13th Rediffusion Morecambe to Hull R.R.
Wed 14th Rediffusion – Leeds City Criterium
Thur 15th Rediffusion – Sheffield R.R. (Norfolk Park)
Fri 16th Rediffusion – Southport Criterium (Kings Gdns)
Sat 17th Rediffusion – Blackpool Crit’ (Middle Walk)
Mon 19th Newcastle under Lyme (Staffs) Criterium
Sun 25th Slough Road Race
Mon 26th Woodstock Carnival R.R. (Oxford)
JUNE Sun 1st Haynes Professional R.R. (Belper-Derbys)
Wed 11th Bletchley (Bucks.) Criterium
Sat 14th Birmingham Road Race
Sun 15th Davies & Jago R.R. (Newport, Salop)
Sun 22nd ACCOLADE Pro. Road Race Championship (H/gate)
Tues 24th Chessington Cycles R.R. (Harrogate)
Wed 25th Pro/Am Hilly Time Trial (Harrogate)
Wed 25th Harrogate Criterium
Thur 26th Harrogate 25 mile Time Trial (Boroughbridge)
Sat 28th Harrogate Road Race (Beckwithshaw)
Sun 29th R.K. 50 mile Time Trial (Boroughbridge)
JULY Sun 6th McMullens Hertford Criterium
Thur 10th Leek Criterium (Staffs)
Sat 12th Man. Wheelers Track Meeting (Manchester)
Sun 13th Ansells Netherseal G.P. (Burton on Trent)
Tues 15th Brooklands Criterium
Sat 26th National Track Sprint Championships (Leicester)
Mon 28th Nat. Pursuit Championships (Two days Leicester)
AUG. Sun 3rd Coca Cola Grand Prix (Birmingham)
Sun 10th Medway Criterium (Chatham, Kent)
Sun 17th Circuit of Dunkirk (France)
Sun 24th Marsden International (Staffs.)
Fri 22nd World Championships (till Sun 31st, Belgium)
SEPT. Sun 7th Skol Classic (Birmingham)
Sun 14th Chequers Grand Prix (Bucks)
Tues 16th Gillette/Carrefour International (3 day S. Wales)
Fri 19th Skol Six Day. (till Wed. 24th, Wembley)
Sun 21st Southport Criterium (Merseyside)
Sun 28th Stevenage Kermesse (Herts)
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NIGEL DEAN
HOLDSWORTH – CAMPAGNOLO ‘SIX – DAY’ STAR.
[A full-page photograph, printed sideways in blue-green tone, of a track cyclist in shorts lettered “HOLDSWORTH” riding on a banked indoor track behind a pacing motorcycle ridden by a man in a checkered helmet; advertising boards behind them carry the partly visible words “QUALITY”, “SKOL LAGER” and “VREDESTEIN BANDEN”. The caption sits in a pale panel along the left edge, set sideways.]
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Circus star –
– or slave?
WHAT’S it like to be a British pro in the Continental six day circus? Take if from me, it’s not a very happy situation.
For one thing only three current riders apart from me have ridden and finished a Continental Six, out of the British professionals.
Our days are your nights. Have you ever worked on a night shift? If you have you’ll understand how, within a couple of nights you lose all sense of time. Instead of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, normal days and nights we have our own little world.
There’s the night of the handicap, the day of the extra hour’s Madison in the afternoon because a pop band has failed to appear and we must give the public value for their tickets.
You didn’t know that, did you, that failing everything else, the riders put in more hours, more leg-breaking work?
Six days seem glamorous—but to a participant they are like six days hard labour in a concentration camp, with no communication with the outside world.
British riders find these problems harder to overcome. We have no small permanent track, then the prevalent languages spoken are German and Dutch. This is because the majority of Sixes are held in Germany—AND THESE ARE MUCH HARDER THAN ANY OTHERS.
You’ve seen the hour long chase in the Skol Six? In some of the German races we have to ride three of four hour chases, and there is no comparable racing in Britain.
Fully-prepared, a rider has a team with him and his partner: a soigneur who looks after massage and your physical well-being; a runner, often the soigneur’s assistant, who fetches, carries, and helps you change after each event, to prevent you catching cold; a mechanic, who keeps your machines in tip-top condition.
Often your life and your livelihood depend on staying upright as much as anything else, and you need no imagination to realise how
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much luck and skill is needed to keep vertical after having a puncture on a steeply-banked indoor track!
All of these men are professionals: they get paid by us out of our own pockets, and at the going Continental rate, despite the devalued pound.
In Britain we ride on Wembley, about 165 metres, and occasionally on Calshot, which is the same.
Abroad the tracks vary from the 130 metres of Munster to the Zurich “autobahn” which is 250 metres—picture trying to gap a lap on that! But at Delhi, Canada in May last year the track was less than 120 metres and dangerously narrow, with no proper balustrade or guard rail.
There were 10 pro teams in that Canadian race, only five in the amateur event. Even so, when there was a points sprint in the amateur event one of the riders had to come off to lessen the danger. With only four riders there were countless crashes!
We have to have specially-built bikes to cope with the steep (sometimes 52 deg.) bankings: short cranks are used on a high bottom bracket, they have a very short wheelbase, and tubs have to be shellacked securely (see p. x) onto tied and soldered wheels. These incidentally, are 36-spoke large flange Campagnolo with heavy rims to stand up to the pounding.
Our position is also different, lower, and with the saddle farther back than on the road.
Derny following, just inches behind the back wheel of a pacing motorcycle, is also part of a Six now, and this calls for a skill all its own. Like all the other facets of six-day racing, it calls up reserves of riders’ concentration and skill.
But London’s Skol Six started a new style, with racing mainly at nights and some afternoons—before this, one of the riders in the team of two had to be on the track 24 hours a day for the whole Six.
For the connoisseurs, it is still the “chase”, the Madison, or whatever you wish to call it, that provides the highlight; and in the end it is your strength then that dictates whether or not you can finish well up the classification in six nights of hell.
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