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    Eclipse Canyon Ltd 1984/5 -Finished-

    ahh.. yes. When Claude Butler went broke Holdsworth bought cleared stock. Greg bought 150ish bikes. Some were fine as they were and were sold as the Majestic but some came with rubbish groupsets. If I remember Greg had a few resprayed as Routiers. You probably won't find the serial numbers in...
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    Eclipse Canyon Ltd 1984/5 -Finished-

    That is absolutely a Canyon. The paint has held up well!
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    (1984-2014) 30 years of UK mountain biking.

    I know this is an old thread but I have some info you might find useful. In 1983 I was a new bike mechanic at BikeUK in Charring Cross. Mick was running the workshop and Greg, Dick and Anita were in charge. Over the couple of years I worked there before leaving the UK. I saw many cool bikes...
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    Eclipse Canyon Ltd 1984/5 -Finished-

    The Routier was made by Orbit the same as the Countryman The Routier had much nicer gear on it than the Countryman but was the same frame BikeUK did at one point have many complete bikes from Holdsworth but I never turned one into an Eclipse As an aside both the countryman and routier came...
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    Eclipse Canyon Ltd 1984/5 -Finished-

    I was a mechanic at Charring Cross during this time so can probably fill in a few details from memory The Canyon was an expensive bike and was not really sold that much I probably only built about 5 in the whole time I was there. (2 years) BikeUK became agents for Cannondale bikes and this...
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