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0589

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“531c” is written across the head of the sheet and delivery was promised “ASAP”; no year appears anywhere, so the order carries only its day, “7 March”. Next to the brake-eyes entry a little diagram of a brake stop is drawn with “STOP” and “& c/stay” beside it. The attachment page is a rough pencil working sheet for the same build: S.T. 23" 73°, T.T. 22⅛" (a 22¼" figure struck out) 72°, chainstays 16½", sloped fork crown, micro cast lugs, “build for poker guards”, Campag ends, lever bosses on the down tube, bottle boss on the D/T, gear-cable eyes on the bottom bracket (“D/T” struck out), brake cable eyes on the top tube, gear cable eye on the chain stay, chain hook on the seat stay, and a bottom-bracket height corrected from 10¾" to 10⅞". It goes on to parts: chainrings 40/50, cranks 175 mm, crank centre to toe clip 11", and a queried “silver solder?”, with small sketches at the foot; a few rubbed-over lines at its top right are illegible.

Ordered: 7 March
Tubing: 531c
Frame: 23"
Top tube: 22⅛"
Angles: 72 H / 73
Forks: 1⅞" rake, Cinelli crown
Ends: Columbus short, eyes
Chainstays: 16½"
Seatstays: Duotaper Fastback
B/bracket: Height 10⅞"
Headset: Campag
Wheels: 700c, H.P.'s (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance (no struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses “Yes”, gear lever clip pip, “Campag tunnels” written above the 5/10-speed brazings line (the 5 struck out), lamp boss, brake eyes “45° LHS” with a small sketch of a brake stop and “& c/stay”, pump pegs, centre-pull brake bridge, TA bottle cage bosses “Yes”, A.K. seat lug ticked
Finish: Apple Green Poly; lugs lined “Yes”, with “Silver” written on the line above
Customer: Mr Peter Rhodes, Sawley

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Kept in the folder with the worksheet and scanned with it: the build written out and ticked off as it was fitted, a letter, a sketch, the second side of the sheet. The worksheet is the record; these are what was going on around it. Tap one to read it full size.