Frame

2851

Untraced

A track frame: “None” is written against brakes, “No drillings” against the crown, and the whole braze-on tick-list down the right of the sheet is cancelled with a single wavy line. The frame number box first held a number reading “841028”, struck out and replaced with “2851”. Delivery was promised “End Jan”; the deposit box holds a date, “8.12.84”, rather than an amount. A six-figure number, most likely a telephone number, is written in the top left corner. The same customer returned in August 1985 for the road frame recorded on another sheet in this batch.

Ordered: 1 December 84
Tubing: Columbus S/L
Frame: 23½"
Top tube: “Slope down to head”, underlined
Angles: 74° / 74°
Forks: Continental R.
Ends: Campag ends
Chainstays: Short as possible
Seatstays: Duo taper, fastback
Headset: Tange
Finish: To follow
Customer: Barry Burgess, Clifton

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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 2851 sheet, framed — to scale above a two-metre sofa

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