Frame

8712

Untraced

Delivery promised “AS QUICKLY AS POSS.”, underlined with a heavy wavy line; no deposit is recorded and the frame number box is empty. The A.K. seat lug line was answered “YES” and then the whole line struck through, and “TWIN TUNNELS UNDER BOTTOM BRACKET” under OTHER DETAILS is likewise struck out, with a pencilled “Tunnels under” and what may read “BRT” added at the end of the brazings line. “531.C” is written across the top left corner.

Ordered: 21.5.87
Tubing: 531 C
Frame: 22"
Top tube: 21½"
Forks: Cinelli sloping crown
Seatstays: Fast Back
Headset: Std Tange
Wheels: Sprints, close clearance (H.P.'s struck out); no mudguard clearance (YES struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses, all brazings for 12-speed (the printed “5/10” altered to “12”), two brake eyes on the top tube at 45° on the left-hand side, two sets of TA bottle cage bosses
Finish: White; transfers old style on the down tube, black on the top tube
Customer: Gareth Gimson, Long Eaton

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A high-resolution print of the sheet, not the original. Giclée on enhanced matte art paper, mounted in snow white, glazed, in a solid wood frame. Free UK postage. £15 goes to Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance.

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