LES WEST'S HOLDSWORTH

A scarce, hand-built masterpiece from the late 1960s

- Simon Fellows

This rare 1969 Holdsworth Professional team bike, raced by legendary rider Les West in the early 1970s, was a hand-me-down from Holdsworth-Campagnolo pro team teammate Alan Bridges. As an amateur, West was seemingly glued to the top step of every podium, winning, among numerous other titles, the British National Road Championship in 1965 and 1978 and the Milk Race in 1965 and 1967. Returning home uncharacteristically empty-handed from the 1968 Mexico Olympics, he made the leap to pro