Frame

8711

Untraced

A touring build on the Superbe sheet: a sloping 21½" top tube, 18" chainstays with the first figure struck out, a long 2½ fork rake for 700c and brazed-on Deore XT cantilevers. The finish was to match a sample, “green enamel as sample”, rather than a named shop colour. Delivery promised for mid July; no deposit is recorded. The surname is read from a fast hand and could as easily be Love.

Ordered: 27 April 87
Tubing: 531C Tubing
Frame: 20½
Top tube: 21½", sloping
Angles: 73° / 74°
Forks: 2½ x 700c (earlier figures struck through)
Ends: Campag ends, eyes
Chainstays: 18" (“16¾” struck out)
Seatstays: Engraved
B/bracket: 10⅝ height
Headset: STD
Wheels: 700c, HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance (“no” struck out)
Brazed on: 2 gear lever bosses; Campag tunnels at the brazings line, 10 speed (“5” struck out); brake eyes 45° LHS; centre-pull brake bridge; TA bottle cage bosses; h'bar control eyes, gear lever clip pip, lamp boss and pump pegs struck through
Finish: Green enamel as sample; lugs lined white; white transfers (underlined)
Customer: Mr H. J. Lowe, Nuneaton

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