Frame

81121

UntracedLedger: sold

A note on the sheet records the fork should have been 14½" for maximum guard clearance. Enamelled 16-9-81.

Ordered: 16-9-81
Tubing: 531 DB
Frame: 25½" road
Top tube: 23"
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 1 3/4" × 14 7/8" S/L blades
Fork type: S/L forks
Ends: Record with eyes
Chainstays: 17"
Seatstays: 5/8"
B/bracket: 10 5/8"
Headset: Tange
Equipment: 700c, sprints & guards, to suit SunTour Superbe brakes
Brazed on: Pip, 10 speed, TA bosses. Bridges top 13 7/8, bottom 13 3/4. Gold edge narrow guards fitted
Finish: Gold poly, lugs lined, Superbe transfers
Customer: Mr John Prady
Signed: S. Standard

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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 81121 — Bound ledger

Filed with it

One more page in the folder

Kept in the folder with the worksheet and scanned with it: the build written out and ticked off as it was fitted, a letter, a sketch, the second side of the sheet. The worksheet is the record; these are what was going on around it. Tap one to read it full size.

Page filed with worksheet 81121 — Page 1

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 DB. S/L FORKS
FRAME NO 81121    700C
25½" ROAD    SPRINTS & GDS.
TO SUIT SUNTOUR SUPERBE BRAKES.
ANGLES    73° 73°
T.T.    23"
ENDS    RECORD WITH EYES
C/STAYS    17"
S/STAYS    5/8"
FORK    1 3/4" × 14 7/8" S/L BLADES.
Should have been 14½" for maximum guard clearance, blocks at bottom.
B. BKT    10 5/8
H/SET    TANGE    BRAKES  SUNTOUR SUPERBE '4000'
BRIDGES: TOP 13 7/8    BOTTOM 13 3/4
BRAZED ON  PIP, 10 SPEED, T.A. BOSSES
(GOLD EDGE NARROW GDS FITTED.)
FINISH  GOLD POLY — LUGS LINED.
SUPERBE TRANS.
SOLD
CUSTOMER    Mr JOHN PRADY
S. Standard    Enamelled 16-9-81