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Workshop sheet for Superbe frame 81126
Open the full sheetThe order sheet, as it was filled in, including whatever was written in the margins.

Frame

81126

UntracedLedger: sold

Order received 25 August 1981, delivery promised about six weeks. Enamelled 22-9-81.

Ordered
25-8-81
Tubing
531 DB
Frame
23½" racing
Top tube
22½"
Angles
74° / 74°
Forks
1¼" × 14¼"
Fork type
S/L forks
Ends
Sup. Record
Chainstays
Short, with Campag front changer
Seatstays
5/8
B/bracket
10 5/8
Headset
Standard
Brazed on
10 speed tunnels, pip eye, TA bosses, guides top of top tube. Bridges top 13 3/4
Finish
Gold poly, red head, 8" red seat tube band, lug line, Superbe transfers
Customer
Chris Denny
Signed
S. Standard

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The workshop sheet for frame 81126
81126
1981 · 531 DB · 23½" racing · Gold 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 81126
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 DB    S/L FORKS
ORDER REC'D. 25-8-81
FRAME No. 81126    DEL. PM'S'D. 6 WKS APPROX.
23½ RACING.
ANGLES.    74° 74°
T.T.    22½"
ENDS    SUP. RECORD.
C/STAYS    SHORT WITH CAMPAG FRONT CHANGER
S/STAYS.    5/8.
FORKS.    1¼ × 14¼
BKT.    10 5/8
H/Set    STD
BRAKES    Galli (as in window)
Bridges. Top 13 3/4  BTM.
BRAZED ON  10 SPEED TUNNELS PIP EYE,
T.A. BOSSES, GUIDES TOP OF T/T.
FINISH    GOLD POLY.
Red Head  8" Red ST Band.
Lug line  Superbe trans.
SOLD
Customer  Chris Denny
ACS 22-9-81
S. Standard