Frame

38859

Untraced

“531C” and “700c” are written across the head of the sheet, and no address is recorded — the name stands alone in the block. The bottom bracket line adds “Fit F.A.G. B/B unit”, and a small pencil doodle sits between the seatstays and fork-rake lines. The bottle cage entry “Yes. 2 sets (seat tube” runs off the right-hand edge, so where the second set was to go is lost. No delivery promise or deposit is recorded.

Ordered: 7 Sept 1985
Tubing: 531 C
Frame: 24½"
Top tube: 22½"
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 1¾" rake
Ends: Record (eyes)
Chainstays: 17"
B/bracket: 10⅝, “Fit F.A.G. B/B unit”
Headset: STD
Wheels: 700c, HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance
Brazed on: Gear lever clip pip (ticked), Campag tunnels for 10-speed (5 struck out), “3 guides to T.T.” against the brake eyes, pump pegs “one on H tube, pump under T. tube”, centre-pull brake bridge “Yes”, TA bottle cage bosses “Yes. 2 sets (seat tube” with the bracket running off the edge of the sheet
Finish: Chocolate brown, lugs lined gold, white 12" down-tube band, Superbe transfers (varnish)
Customer: John Dale

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