8805

A telephone number is written into the address block and “POST CODE.” is jotted at the foot of the sheet, a detail evidently still to be chased. The attachment page is the build list, most lines struck through in grey as they were dealt with: Nouvo Tipo tubs (£25) ticked, Nutrak Beltguard, stainless double-butted spokes, Cinelli stem (£12) and bars, Shimano 105 Biopace triple with SIS, a 6-speed 13–30 block, Deore cantilevers with 105 levers, Madison G.11, PD100 pedals with clips and straps (“Large” struck for “Med”, “Red”), white Bike Ribbon, an SR Laprade pin, Esge narrow guards (“wide” written then struck), a Blackburn red rear carrier and a red Clarks cable set. The rim entry on that list reads “MA3”, though the frame sheet era would suggest the MA family generally; it is transcribed as written. The word after “45°” on the brake eyes line is a fast scrawl and is read as “underneath”.

Ordered

19 Feb 88

Tubing

531C

Frame

20½"

Top tube

Slope up

Forks

Cinelli lugged crown

Ends

Columbus short, 2 eyes to rear

Chainstays

16½"

Seatstays

9/16 engraved

B/bracket

10⅝" height

Headset

Shimano 105

Brazed on

Gear lever bosses (2), Campag tunnel for the gear cables, brake eyes at 45° underneath, pump pegs on the left-hand seat stay, centre-pull brake bridge, TA bottle cage bosses (3 sets), chain peg, and 4-point fixings for a black Blackburn carrier (“RED” added in brackets)

Finish

P.O. Red enamel, lugs lined gold; standard transfers in white (“gold” struck out)

Customer

Mr Mike Gamble, Sandiacre

8805

1988 · 531C · 20½" · P.O. Red enamel

Sid Standard Cycles · 35–37 Chilwell Road, Beeston