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Workshop sheet for Superbe frame 81116
Open the full sheetThe order sheet, as it was filled in, including whatever was written in the margins.

Frame

81116

UntracedLedger: sold

Andrew Gill, 122 Neston Drive, Hollydene Pk, Bulwell. The ledger has 81116 as Andrew Gill of Bulwell.

Tubing
531 S/L, metric
Frame
24" racing
Top tube
22¾"
Angles
74° / 74°
Forks
1¼" × 14½" bare (Cinelli crown, as Tony)
Ends
Super Record
Chainstays
16¼"
Seatstays
5/8"
B/bracket
10 5/8"
Headset
Dura-Ace
Equipment
Sprints only
Brazed on
Pip, 10 speed under bracket, Saba guides top of top tube, TA bosses plus reinforcements, Allen key seat lug
Finish
Dark bronze poly, lugs lined light blue, Superbe transfers
Customer
Andrew Gill, Bulwell
Signed
S. Standard

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The workshop sheet for frame 81116
81116
1981 · 531 S/L, metric · 24" racing · Dark bronze poly
Sid Standard Cycles · 35–37 Chilwell Road, Beeston
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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 81116
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 81116
24" RACING    SPRINTS ONLY
ANGLES    74° 74°
T.T.    22¾"    ALLEN KEY SEAT LUG
ENDS    SUPER RECORD
C/STAYS    16¼"
S/STAYS    5/8"
FORKS    1¼" × 14½ BARE (CINELLI CROWN AS TONY)
B/BKT.    10 5/8"
HEADSET    DURA-ACE    BRAKES    DURA-ACE
BRAZED ON    PIP, 10 SPEED UNDER BRACKET ETC
SABA GUIDES TOP OF TOP TUBE.
TA BOSSES PLUS REINFORCEMENTS.
ALLEN KEY SEAT LUG.
FINISH.  DARK BRONZE POLY
LUGS LINED LIGHT BLUE.
SUPERBE TRANS.
SOLD
CUSTOMER    ANDREW GILL, [address redacted], BULWELL.
S. Standard