Originally Posted by allend

sced,

PS: Interesting, come to think of it, I also spent 3 months of the 1973 University summer break cycle touring England, Wales and Europe. During the winter, I had corresponded with the owner of Robert's Rebuilds in London's Crouch End - who put together a touring bike built to my specs from a 2nd hand Holdsworth frame. It was nicely repainted and had state of the art touring kit for the time, but wasn't until several years later that I learned it was the Holdsworh factory's most "economical" frame - a 1965 "Typhoon". It likewise has gone through numerous itterations and has crossed the Atlantic 5 times. I love that bike.

Doug