Frame

8722

Untraced

“Columbus SL” is written across the top left of the sheet and “215”, underlined, in the top right corner. Delivery was promised “A.S.A.P.” and no deposit is recorded. The brake-eyes entry reads “45° Divers H.”, a reading that resists a confident interpretation, and the main finish line reads “Pearl. Black - fadein”, most plausibly a pearl black fade. Dashes are drawn through the gear lever clip pip, lamp boss, pump pegs and centre-pull brake bridge lines.

Ordered: 29 Aug 87
Tubing: Columbus SL
Frame: 23¾"
Top tube: 22½"
Angles: 73° / 73°
Ends: Campag 'Super Record'
Seatstays: Fastback
Headset: STD
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses (two), cable tunnels (“Tunnels” written above the brazings line, the printed “5” struck from “5/10 speed”), brake eyes at 45°, TA bottle cage bosses
Finish: Pearl. Black “fadein”; transfers “Black Blocks etc.”; crown Aero Cinelli
Customer: Jeff Stokes, Derby

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