Holdsworth Professional sl

[raleighnut]

Biggest drag factor in the 70's was hair!

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Apologies to Derek Cottington who was really very fast

Shaun

Some of us still suffer with that drag factor and the weight penalty it brings.....................................................................Luckily.

 

[GuyBoden]

Biggest drag factor in the 70's was hair!

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Apologies to Derek Cottington who was really very fast

Shaun

That's why I was so glad when I went bald.

 

[raleighnut]

That's why I was so glad when I went bald.

Any excuse eh

 

[scarygerbil]

its not baldness its aerodynamics

 

[biggs682]

its not baldness its aerodynamics

very good

 

[biggs682]

After not being used for a month i dragged this one out this morning for a few gentle miles and soon found my self trundling along st an easy feeling 17 mph !!!

Still feels very nice to ride , thought i might feel different after using the Legnano and Shorter so much recently

And it's also on commuting duties today as well.

 

[Tony Raynor]

@biggs682 how can it never be a great ride

 

[biggs682]

@biggs682 how can never be a great ride

its a great ride for sure , what started off this morning being a gentle one soon ended up being quite quick in places

 

[Cycleops]

That Mavic mech intrigued me so I checked it on the Disraeligears site and appears it might be the 801 or 851 model and the first they produced in around 1979 made for them by Simplex. So a bit of history and may be quite rare.

 

[biggs682]

That Mavic mech intrigued me so I checked it on the Disraeligears site and appears it might be the 801 or 851 model and the first they produced in around 1979 made for them by Simplex. So a bit of history and may be quite rare.

it's quite strange as I picked up a box of spares that included another one that has been partially dismantled

 

[dnh44]

I would welcome your thoughts on this one. Frame No C15761. Any Idea of the year?

 

[midlife]

Holdsworth Classic

Here is the 1981 Aids catalogue

1982 price list

Cover of the Aids catalogue 1981

And it had disappeared by 1983.

The VCC brochure section has a leaflet with it in.

 

[midlife]

This is the giveaway..

 

[biggs682]

And please can i add they ride superbly

 

[Cycleops]

That Classic was an expensive bike. At today’s prices it would have been equivalent to £2745!