Frame
10852
Delivery promised six weeks; deposit £100-00. The crown is given as forged, engraved (Superbe), and “Dimple for triple” is written across the mudguard-clearance line, matching the chainset on the second sheet. Under OTHER DETAILS “No C/Pull bridge” is written and underlined. The attachment page is a build list on the back of a spec sheet: SR Custom chainset 48-36 small spider “(suitable for triple)”, Suntour Cyclone II GT gears with ratchet levers, Sedis silver chain, SR platform pedals, Madison G11 saddle, SR Laprade pin, SR Randonneur bars on a 70mm Royal stem, blue Grabon bar sleeve, Dia-Compe GC610 centre-pulls, Blackburn carriers front and rear, narrow silver ESGE guards, and wheels of Nuovo Tipo hubs, stainless plain-gauge spokes and Mavic 700 touring rims with Wolber Invulnerable tyres, one tyre line struck out; some items are ticked, others starred. The fork figure is written very small and the first fraction could as easily be 14¾".
- Ordered
- 15 Feb 85
- Tubing
- 531 DB
- Frame
- 23¼"
- Top tube
- 22⅜"
- Angles
- 73° / 73°
- Forks
- 14⅞" x 1⅞", touring (comfy)
- Ends
- Campag Record
- Chainstays
- 17¼"
- Seatstays
- ⅞" 9/16, oval top eye
- B/bracket
- 10¼ height
- Headset
- Std
- Wheels
- 700c, HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance
- Brazed on
- Gear lever clip pip, all brazings for “12 speed” with Campag tunnels, 3 brake-cable guides, TA bottle cage bosses; gear lever bosses, h'bar control eyes, lamp boss, pump pegs and centre-pull brake bridge are all struck through
- Finish
- Blue “as sample?”, lugs lined, normal Superbe transfers
- Customer
- Terry Riley, Mapperley, Nottingham
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£110
A high-resolution print of the sheet, not the original. Giclée on enhanced matte art paper, mounted in snow white, glazed, in a solid wood frame. Free UK postage. £15 goes to Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance.
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One more page in the folder
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.
