Frame

8704

Untraced

Other details reads “See over”, and the attachment page carries the complete-bicycle build list quoted in the equipment field, priced at £400 with the figure struck through and “See Super Galaxy Spec.”, underlined, written beside it. A faint pencil sum (6.83 and 5.90 making 12.73) sits in one corner of that reverse side. No deposit or delivery date is recorded, and the dimension boxes below the top tube were left empty. The surname is read from a fast hand and could as easily be Wailes; a false start before the street name on the address line is scribbled out.

Ordered: 7.2.87
Tubing: 531.C
Frame: 22½"
Top tube: 22"
Forks: Std crown
Headset: Std
Wheels: 700c, HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance (“no” struck out)
Equipment: The sheet overleaf lists the build “To Touring Spec”: std 700C Rigida QR, Deore brakes, 30-48 chainset, long arm gear, alloy pannier carrier, large clips/straps, 70mm stem, ‘Randonneur’ bars
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses braze on; all brazings for 10 speed (“5” struck out); 2 brake eyes at 45° on the left of the top tube; centre-pull brake bridge; TA bottle cage bosses; h'bar control eyes, gear lever clip pip, lamp boss and pump pegs struck through
Customer: Max Waites, Sherwood

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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.