My Holdsworth Professional was a 1969 team bike, used as a back-up in the 1 970 season and, according to the team mechanic who sold it to me, fitted wi th original equipment other than chainwheel (later Campy SR) and brake leve rs (later Campy NR), so the equipment should be generally representative of what would be fitted to a 1970 team spec bike.
Basically everything is Campagnolo Nuovo Record that can be. The only "s pecifics" being that the seat post is 27.2mm diameter and the hubs are larg e flange, drilled 28 holes front and rear. Heavier riders may have used more spokes - perhaps other owners can comment. Other riders may have ha d a preference for small flange hubs - you could maybe determine that from old magazine photos. The rims are 28 hole Super Champion Competition. On my bike they have clearly been relaced, so I wouldn't know if the 15 ga uge stainless steel spokes are to original spec. The pedals are standard steel Strada and the Christophe Special toeclips may or may not be origina l.
The stem is indeed Fiamme, so are the bars on my bike, but I was told by sa id mechanic that team riders could use whatever bars they liked because the y would likely not be identifiable in photos. The saddle is one of those awful Cinelli Unicanitor things -- plastic covered with a bit of foam and a bit of black leather - they all look really tatty and are not comfortable for me (but I'm sure somebody likes them).
Great riding weather here in the UK. I presume Barrie is still under 2 m etres of snow.
Hugh Thornton
Cheshire, England
From: Peter & Monique <pjrogers@rogers.com> Subject: [CR] Fiamme Stem For Holdsworth Pro. To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 11:54 PM
Dear All, Does anyone have a good Fiamme bolted type stem (not the allen key later type) for the 60's 70's that they would like to sell?. Or, perhaps knows where I could secure such a rare item. I have started to put together the pieces for the 1970 Holdsworth Pro and, according to contemporary brochures, they were originally fitted with these stems.
Also, looking for a good pair of Maillard 700 large flange hubs for a PX10.
If anyone knows much about the equipment fitted to Holdsworth Pro bikes circa 1970, I would like to know more.
Great discussions recently...not good weather here for bike riding today.
All the best,
Peter Rogers
Barrie, Ontario