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Workshop sheet for Superbe frame 81115
Open the full sheetThe order sheet, as it was filled in, including whatever was written in the margins.

Frame

81115

UntracedLedger: sold

Headed 'Snot Special II' — the companion to Sid's own 81112. Marked "no payment", and where the address should be is the back of Sid's own yard.

Ordered
7-7-81
Tubing
531 S/L, metric
Frame
23" racing
Top tube
22"
Angles
74° / 74°
Forks
1 1/8" × 14½"
Ends
Super Record
Chainstays
16" (¼ less)
Seatstays
5/8"
B/bracket
10¾"
Headset
EDCO
Equipment
Sprints only
Brazed on
5 speed under bottom bracket. Bottom bridge 13 5/8, top bridge 13 3/4
Finish
Emerald green flamboyant, lugs lined, full set 'Super Snot' transfers
Customer
Aidan Leheup, Beeston
Signed
S. Standard

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The workshop sheet for frame 81115
81115
1981 · 531 S/L, metric · 23" racing · Emerald green flamboyant
Sid Standard Cycles · 35–37 Chilwell Road, Beeston
A print of the 81115 sheet, framed — to scale above a two-metre sofa

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In the book

The same frame in the bound ledger

Through 1982 the workshop kept two records of an order: a line in the bound book, and the printed sheet above. Both give this frame the same number and the same date. The book is the shorter of the two and the only one written in the shop itself.

The page in the bound ledger recording frame 81115
Bound ledger
As written

The page, line by line

Transcribed as it appears, including the abbreviations. Underlining and the red pencil struck across the job are on the sheet itself.

531 S/L    METRIC.
FRAME NO 81115    SNOT SPECIAL II
23" RACING    SPRINTS ONLY.
ANGLES    74° 74°
T.T.    22"
ENDS    SUPER RECORD
C/STAYS    16" (¼ LESS)    BOTTOM BRIDGE 13 5/8    TOP BRIDGE 13 3/4
S/STAYS    5/8"
FORKS    1 1/8" × 14½"    (14¼ actual) (blocks in centre)
B/BKT    10¾
HEAD/SET    EDCO.
BRAZED ON    5 SPEED UNDER B/BKT
BRAKES    SUNTOUR SUPERBE ('4000')
BRAKE BLOCKS IN CENTRE OF SLOTS
FINISH    EMERALD GREEN FLAM.    7-7-81
LUGS LINED.
FULL SET SUPER SNOT TRANS
SOLD
CUSTOMER    AIDAN LEHEUP, [address redacted], BEESTON
NO PAYMENT.