17854

The date received is written as 20 Mar with no year anywhere on the sheet, so the year is not given. Delivery promised for the Whit holiday; no deposit taken. “41" W.B.” is written beside the frame number and “27 HP wheels” at the head; “Next weds will call” is written above the title and struck through, and a telephone number with a first name is pencilled in the top left corner. The attachment page, headed “SELF ASSEMBLE” and underlined, lists the parts to go with the frame: Deore XT brakes, Mountech GTL rear and Le Tech front gears, brown Weinmann levers, Suntour VX gear lever, 49D chainset with 6½" (165mm) cranks and no rings, SR platform pedals, plastic unbreakable clips and straps, Sedisport chain, Brooks Pro saddle, SR Laprade pin, a block of 14 16 18 21 25 30, SR Maes-type bars and 8cm stem both marked “LATER”, and 27" wheels of Mistral rims, double-butted stainless spokes and SR large-flange 36-36 hubs with Ribsport tyres, Specialized struck out; carriers are a Blackburn rear and Nagaoka AFC-1 front, with Specialized bottle cages and one double for the handlebar. The surname is read from a fast hand and could as easily be Brazier.

Ordered

20 Mar

Frame

22¾

Top tube

22¼ - 22½

Angles

73° / 73°

Ends

Vertical dropouts (Campag), with carrier eyes and extra eyes on the front dropouts

Chainstays

17¼"

Seatstays

9/16" oval, engraved

B/bracket

10⅝" height

Headset

STD

Wheels

27" HP (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance

Equipment

B.B. set 49D

Brazed on

Gear lever clip pip, yes, with “lever tip 3" from lug”; Campag tunnels for 10-speed (the 5 struck through); brake-eye “stops 45° RHS under”; centre-pull brake bridge; TA bottle cage bosses; “EXTRA ¼" mudgd clearance” underlined under OTHER DETAILS; gear lever bosses, h'bar control eyes, lamp boss and pump pegs are struck through

Finish

Pearl white, lugs lined gold, Superbe (old) transfers

Customer

Mr Brasier, Chilwell

17854

1985 · 22¾ · Pearl white

Sid Standard Cycles · 35–37 Chilwell Road, Beeston