70s Holdsworth Cyclone

[averagebiker]

Hello all,
Last night I picked up my eBay purchase in the dark and have had a better look at it in the light today.
It looks like a great basis for restoration as a "rider" not a show bike
I think it is an early/mid 70s frame and may have been supplied frame only. So I am wondering are the parts from the same era or earlier or later. What do you learned people think?
Cheers Rich

 

[averagebiker]

The chap who was selling it listed it as 501 tubing but I had a good idea it was plain guage 531.
The seat post is 26.4mm and there is no seam visible in the seat tube and I think the decal is a 531 decal.
What do you all think?
Cheers

 

[Nob]

Looks like the decal is genuine to the frame which is a 531 decal… hope you didnt pay to much for it as the components are indeed low end & hardly worth shouting about.
Good luck on restoring it if this is the intended route

 

[averagebiker]

Looks like the decal is genuine to the frame which is a 531 decal… hope you didnt pay to much for it as the components are indeed low end & hardly worth shouting about.
Good luck on restoring it if this is the intended route

I never pay too much for a bike lol
The intention is to get it tidied up and ride it. If I like it I may treat it to some nicer rims and maybe other parts as the whim takes me.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Frame is in original paint, the Cyclone was full 531 plain gauge with Campag ends and drop outs. Good score.

 

[averagebiker]

Frame is in original paint, the Cyclone was full 531 plain gauge with Campag ends and drop outs. Good score.

Thanks I thought it well worth saving. If I really like riding it I might add a Double up front to give me more gears.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Thanks I thought it well worth saving. If I really like riding it I might add a Double up front to give me more gears.

https://nkilgariff.com/cyclone/
Would make it more usable day to day for sure,

 

[Midlife]

Norman Kilgarrif a good source, both the main site and this one for the cyclone

https://nkilgariff.com/cyclone/

 

[averagebiker]

Norman Kilgarrif a good source, both the main site and this one for the cyclone

https://nkilgariff.com/cyclone/

Yeah, that is a good resource which helped me to decide it was 531 and worth bidding on.
Cheers

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I had one, cant find the pics but it rode well.