Frame

8804

Untraced

The deposit line reads “See 9276” and both B.B. Set and Other Details say “see over”: the reverse of the sheet carries the build list for a complete cycle with a 105 SIS group set, 40/50 rings and a 14–26 block (the figures reworked from 15–28), 9 cm stem, 42 mm S.R. bars, Laprade pin, Mavic MA2 rims with stainless spokes (“rear washered”), Sedisport chain, Beltguard tyres and Bike Ribbon. The A.K. seat lug box is marked “Fast Back ?”, question mark on the sheet, and “13 13/16 Top Bridge” is jotted under Other Details. The finish boxes are left empty.

Ordered: 25.1.88
Tubing: 531C
Frame: 21½"
Top tube: 22"
Forks: 14⅝" x 1⅝", Std crown
Ends: Gippieme short with eyes
Seatstays: Duo Taper Fastback
Headset: Std
Wheels: 700c, HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance (“no” struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses (“yes, two”), all brazings for 10 speed (“5” struck out), two brake eyes at 45° on the left-hand top tube, TA bottle cage bosses “one set only”
Finish: Not filled in on the sheet
Customer: Mr R. Kenning, Nottingham

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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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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.