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Nicklin or Williams spring to mind, can you see the logo? Typical 2 tooth difference in chainring size for 1972 :)

Nice :) Classic chamfered seat stays of the Special... Does Nick Kilgarrif website still work? there was a lot of Holdsworth info on there. the 7 in a diamond is the date of the cranks.

Panto'd levers are usually NR or GS, no pesky holes to get in the way........

That is right up my street as they say :).

Not sure that's an SBDU. Has a Special Products sticker which is a bit different.

Smart Restoration :) BITD there were several brands that were made for catalogues (Grattan, Empire Stores etc). In the absence of any leads may well be one of them.

Shimano SLR (Shimano Linear Response) non aero levers are meant to be up among the best as mentioned above.

Not a braze-on in sight, the seat stay arrangement and fork crown looks very Falcon like.....

Anything stamped on the seat tube under the seat bolt ? common place for 70's Raleigh / Carlton.

Nice :) I've still got my GHS 10 bike in the shed !

I had a look at the download here https://www.retrobike.co.uk/archive/1976-raleigh-catalogue.351/ Nothing matches exactly, however, there was a trend quite a few years back to grind off all brazings and convert to a "fixie" with a rattle can job. Could be one of those...........

1976 Carlton (3rd digit a 6 for 1976). Crespera lugs and wrapover seat stays in tru-Wel so used on a load of different models. Easiest to look in a 1976 catalogue for a bike with no chrome, no lamp boss and no brazed rear brake hanger (for centre pull) and that sort of colour.

Carlton has shot in seat stays which were on their higher end models. Giro was one of them but not sure exactly what that is? It also has a Sugino Mighty chain set which is a nice reminder of the 70's

It looks like its from the time when Harry Quinn sold his name to Falcon and they turned out some real tat in his name...... Harry later bought his name back and "proper" Harry Quinn frames reappeared.

Doesn't look very Falcon like, Used to sell them in the bike shop I worked in and it doesn't look familiar. Theres Mandobob on Cyclechat who I think is the VCC guy on Falcon but not sure if he comes on here?