Allez was Holdsworth's house brand like Lytaloy was Hobbs' component brand
name. The Allez branding was used on pedals, aluminium cottered cranks and
hubs. Lytaloy branding was used on a headset, aluminium cottered cranks,
brakes, mudguards and pedals. Lytaloy headsets are comm,only found on late
40s and early 50s bikes of many different makes. They have an aluminium top
locking nut and with the top race secured with a serrated washer. Both Allez
and Lytaloy were just post-war - the Allez branding was used for quite a few
years for all sorts of little bits later.
I have a pair of Allez pedals on Ebay at present for sale at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/
Regards Hilary Stone
> Wdgadd@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> I remember seeing a seemingly well made quill type pedal on a Louison
>> Bobet years ago that were labeled(marked) as Allez, I think with an
>> exclamation point. I always assumed they were French; were they Holdsworth's
>> house brand?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wes Gadd
>
And Chuck Schmidt added:
> Yes, their house brand. They appear in my 1949 Holdsworth catalog, but
> not my 1936 Holdsworth catalog, so maybe they are a post war thing. I'm
> sure Hilary will be able to tell us much more!