Legitimate holdsworth?

[midlife]

Very likely, the red pigment captures the short wavelength blue to ultra-violet light which is high energy and destroys the pigment molecules.

Ask anybody who had a red car in the 80's.lol.my Toyota was painted in "Super Red II", roughly translated into super pink after a couple of years!

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

The bike was probably parked leaning against a wall in a sun-facing conservatory or in a shed or garage against a wall with a window opposite. The only way to even it out now is to do the opposite and park the faded side facing a wall and let the sun get to the good side!

 

[Fab Foodie]

The bike was probably parked leaning against a wall in a sun-facing conservatory or in a shed or garage against a wall with a window opposite. The only way to even it out now is to do the opposite and park the faded side facing a wall and let the sun get to the good side!

Spray-tan, that’s your answer....

 

[carpenter]

We had a VW Vento in red that did that - I used to "T Cut" and colour wax the doors quite regularly, until I realised that they would be pink again in a couple of months

 

[Paulus]

We had a VW Vento in red that did that - I used to "T Cut" and colour wax the doors quite regularly, until I realised that they would be pink again in a couple of months

Same here, I had Hillman Avenger that was only a nice red colour every couple of months when I polished it with colour restorer polish. It fell to bits in the end.
I have also noticed that clothing that is predominantly red also has the same problem with fading quickly.

 

[Drago]

The colour stabilisers were very expensive, so many mainstream manufacturers never bothered putting them into the paint due to the cost. The Vauxhalls, Nissans and VW's, all the everyday brands, etc, would fade, but the Jags, BMW's and Bentley's generally did not. Modern acryillic-urethane car paint compounds don't suffer in the same way,

I would imagine the price made it completely prohibitive for bicycle paint back in the day. As the team above have rightly pointed out, it probably then spent a period stored in a shed or building where the sun caught it daily, and nature took its course. On the plus side of the ledger, thats a good excuse to get it powder coated.

 

[Big John]

Planet X have a load of Holdsworth clothing. If you haven't already got some it would only be right and proper to look the part when you go out on that steed. A beauty and just my size too 👍

 

[rogerzilla]

IME red Nissans went brown whereas Vauxhalls and Toyotas went pink. Plenty of wax prevented it.