Frame

1286

Untraced

No date received, no delivery date and no deposit written down, though the specification itself is complete. The colour is specified by pointing at another maker’s bicycle rather than by name: “burgundy as Cov Eagle”.

Frame: 21"
Top tube: 21" approx
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 2" rake approx
Ends: Campagnolo
Chainstays: 17¼"
Seatstays: ½", engraved
B/bracket: 10 5/8" height
Headset: Standard
Wheels: HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance
Brazed on: Gear lever clip pip, lamp boss, TA bottle cage bosses. No gear lever bosses, no h’bar control eyes, no pump pegs, no centre-pull brake bridge.
Finish: Burgundy, matched to a Coventry Eagle
Customer: Jane Gilliver, Borrowash, Derbyshire

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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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A print of the 1286 sheet, framed — to scale above a two-metre sofa

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