Frame

8809

Untraced

Deposit £20 against six weeks promised. The first line of the address was struck out and rewritten as “Oak Lodge, West St”, with a telephone number added beneath the address lines. The cable-guide and pump-peg instructions are written across the brake eyes and pump pegs boxes rather than in their own; the phrase read as “rear of H. tube” is a fast scrawl.

Ordered: 4 May 88
Frame: 23½"
Top tube: 22½" (22" struck out)
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 1⅜" rake, Aero Cinelli crown
Ends: Sup. Record
Seatstays: Duo taper, Fastback seat lug
B/bracket: 10⅝" height
Headset: STD
Wheels: Sprints (H.P.'s struck out), no mudguard clearance (“yes” struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses, Campag tunnels, 3 guides on top of the top tube, pump peg to the rear of the head tube, TA bottle cage bosses (2 sets)
Customer: Richard Smith, Hythe, Southampton

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