Was: [CR]Any early 1950's La Quelda owners out there? Now: Posting Pics to the List

Here's a good illustration of how to best post photos to the list. Your ISP will almost invariably give you some webspace to use. Simply upload the photos to your webspace, then post the URL to the list. The resulting URLs will look something like: http://yourISP.com/your_username/name_of_photo.jpg. This will free us (particularly us on dial-up) from the obnoxious ads, bloat and clutter of a photo hosting service like Yahoo, with the added benefit that the URLs won't be three email lines long with wrap problems. Thanks.
  Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
  On 6/27/05, Michael Davies <msdavi59@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm looking for help identifying a lightweight English
> bike. I posted pictues of this several months ago and
> the consensus seemed to be that it might be a
> Holdsworth La Quelda. Unfortunately, I can't really
> match it up with any of the online catalogs, mainly
> due to the low resolution of the pictures at those
> sites...there's just not enough detail. Also, it would
> help me if someone has knowledge of Holdsworth's
> serial numbers from the early 1950....mine is
> 27951...does this sound like a LaQuelda number?
>
> I recently built this bike up with some run of the
> mill components I had lying around and am quite
> stunned by how light it is..just shy of 20lbs, and
> that with crappy components on it. It's a very nice
> ride, and I'd like to have it restored, but can't
> really proceed until I know what it is.
>
> Below are some links to pictures..
>
> Thanks -Michael Davies
> St Louis
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Frame1.jpg
> This is a left side view of the disassembled frame and
> fork.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Frame2.jpg
> This is a rear view of the disassembled frame and
> fork.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Frame3.jpg
> This is a right side view of the disassembled frame
> and fork.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Rear_dropout.jpg
> This is a view of the Chater Lea rear dropouts.
> Dropout spacing is 115mm
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Bottom_bracket1.jpg
> This is a left side view of the bottom bracket shell.
> Visible is the incorrect spindle; the BB shell width
> is 63.5mm and the spindle is from a 68mm BB. Not
> visible is the interior of the BB shell….it's fully
> enclosed, with no openings to the intersecting tubes.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Bottom_bracket2.jpg
> An underside view of the bottom bracket. The serial
> number is clearly visible.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Fork_rear.jpg
> A view of the backside of the front fork. Again, the
> serial number can be seen.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Fork_tip.jpg
> A view of the front fork dropouts. Dropout spacing is
> 90mm
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Seatpost.jpg
> A view of the underside of the intersection of the top
> tube, seat tube and seatstays.
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Frame_forward.jpg
> A close-up view of the front part of the frame
>
> http://home.att.net/~michael.s.davies/Frame_rear.jpg
> A close-up view of the rear of the frame.
>
>
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