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Workshop sheet for Superbe frame 1786
Open the full sheetThe order sheet, as it was filled in, including whatever was written in the margins.

Frame

1786

Untraced

The address is on Chilwell Road itself — the shop’s own street, a few doors along from 35–37. Deposit £20. Cantilevers and mudguard clearance on a Superbe: a bicycle meant for the road home rather than the road race.

Tubing
Reynolds 531 “C”
Frame
21½"
Top tube
21¾"
Angles
73° / 74°
Ends
Campagnolo Record, with eyes
Chainstays
17"
Seatstays
½"
B/bracket
10 5/8" height
Headset
Standard
Wheels
700c, HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance
Brazed on
Gear lever clip pip, cable tunnels for 10 speed, centre-pull brake bridge, TA bottle cage bosses. No gear lever bosses, no h’bar control eyes, no lamp boss, no pump pegs, no Allen key seat lug.
Finish
Intensio blue, lugs lined, varnish transfers
Customer
Mr Phipps, Beeston

Own this sheet

£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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The workshop sheet for frame 1786
1786
1986 · Reynolds 531 “C” · 21½" · Intensio blue
Sid Standard Cycles · 35–37 Chilwell Road, Beeston
A print of the 1786 sheet, framed — to scale above a two-metre sofa

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