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This is the the thread for my project: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... holdsworth

Here's the link to my project: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... holdsworth

I rebuilt a slightly newer frame from 1982/3 that I bought, used and let run down over the years. See pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004222@N ... 546392455/

Cheers, I'll try this when I get my replacements.

This looks very neat. Did you mask it as suggested?

I bought Humbrol Gloss Cote. BUT I managed to pull off the transfer on the other side of the tube with the masking tape, as I overlapped it slightly. I then gently rubbed it and it came off easily, so clearly they need to be varnished to prevent scratching. Fiddly job. I now have to buy three...

Nice job! Where did you get the tape from- I need some for the wife's Dawes?

Thanks for loading the pics and the kind comments. As I mentioned in my first post, I originally intended to upgrade all parts, but after stumbling on this and other sites got the retro bug. I ended up buying a Dawes and someon gave me a Viking. The changes from the first build, post respray...

Finished: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004222@N06/3494192354/ Working on my Viking now.[/img]

Thanks for this. The lugs are the same- the front, which you can't see in your photo are "fishtail". http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/co ... ervex.html Having looked at the various catalogues on the net, I reckon it's possibly a "Conquest". I've bought a fixed gear and ridden it a bit...

More info- I think it's a 1960/61 Conquest Thanks for responses. I checked the seat tube very carefully- no evidence of any 531 or other transfer there. No evidence of a name on the top tube. I don't think it has ever had any. Looking at the Viking site, the Conquest seems very similar...

My mate gave me a 21 1/2" Viking- as a West Midlander, it has some local interest as a Wolverhampton firm, but is it worth restoring? There is no Reynolds sticker, but it says Nervex under the bb. The rear lugs may say Cyclo. Any suggestions as to age/model/what type of tubes? The number...

Thanks for the advice and links. I want to stay retro, so will keep to 27s as long as bits are available. Do you think that you can spot 700s instead of 27s- they seem very similar in size.

I'm currently- well have been for 25 years- running Maillard large flange hubs with alloy (unknown) rims (27 x 1 1/4) They seem heavy compared with some 700s I acquired on a Dawes. Any suggestions for lighter wheels. Could it be the large 6 speed block- 13 - 32 which makes the difference...

Have you looked at this? Lloyds are on all the sites I have looked, although I have no knowledge of their quality: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... decals.htm

Apologies for typo- Holdsworth Here are the links I referred to in my last posting: Catalogue image: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nkilgariff ... istral.jpg Newer MIstral, without lamp bracket (John Peiper's) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nkilgariff ... istral.htm Flickr...

I wanted to adjust the seat on my old Claud Butler, and ruined the thread. I then couldn't get the seat post out, so stripped it down to give it some welly. I have now completely rebuilt it following a new paint job by Brotherton Cycles, in Old Hill. When the seat went I stripped the bike...