stolen 1964 Holdsworth Putney London Custom built 18 speed
Stolen 2009-07-01T01:00:00-0500 from Hood River, OR, US
- Serial
- unknown
- Manufacturer
- Holdsworth Putney London
- Model
- Custom built 18 speed
- Year
- 1964
- Primary colors
- Brown
- Frame size
- XL
- Distinguishing features
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This wonderful bike is a classic custom touring rig by W. F. Holdsworth in Putney built to my specs in 1964, with center-pull frame-mounted brakes (before these were evident stateside). She has the Holdsworth shield on the stem, and a radical set of sprockets that gave an amazing touring service around Europe. Probably painted over now but had HHP in gold painted both sides on the seat sleeve wrap-over. Fine decorative filagree brace work at all four corners of this custom frame, built by frame-master Reg Collard at their shop on Richmond in London
Theft Details
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Stolen at
- 2009-07-01T01:00:00-0500
- Description of incident
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After living together for 40 years this bike was borrowed without asking by a student of mine, left unlocked on the back of a truck in Hood River --and away she went, alas! Reward: 60 pounds of honey!