Frame

8818

Untraced

Under OTHER DETAILS: “Complete cycle with groupset”. Delivery promised eight weeks, deposit received, and no finish is recorded on the sheet. The printed 5 in the 5/10-speed brazings line is scribbled over, and a telephone number is written at the end of the address block.

Ordered: 19.9.88
Tubing: 531'C'
Frame: 22½"
Top tube: 21⅜"
Angles: 73° / 74°
Forks: Cinelli internal (engraved) crown
Ends: Campag Super Record
Seatstays: Fast Back
Headset: Std
Wheels: Sprints (H.P.s struck out), no mudguard clearance (YES struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses “YES (2)”, brake eyes “2 stops 45° L/H side”, TA bottle cage bosses, A.K. seat lug
Customer: Andrew Beardsley, 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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A print of the 8818 sheet, framed — to scale above a two-metre sofa

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