Frame

9801

Untraced

“Nigel” is written in above the initials on the name line. Delivery was promised at 3/4 months and no deposit is recorded. The chainstay and fork rake lines are heavily corrected: an earlier chainstay entry reading “Duo Taper … 16¾” is struck through in favour of 17", and the fork rake carries two struck-out figures with only “x 2"” legible at the end, so the final rake is uncertain. The finish is written with the sheet's own question mark, the colour evidently still to be settled, and a telephone number is written beneath the address.

Ordered: 22-10-97
Tubing: 531 C
Frame: 23½"
Top tube: 22½
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: x 2" (earlier figures struck out)
Ends: Columbus with eyes
Chainstays: 17" (“Duo Taper … 16¾” struck out)
Seatstays: Duo-taper fast back
B/bracket: 10⅝ height
Headset: Std
Wheels: HPs (sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance (“no” struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses (ticked), all brazings for 10 speed (ticked), centre pull brake bridge (ticked), TA bottle cage bosses D/T only; A.K. seat lug ticked
Finish: British Racing green/Turquoise?
Customer: Mr T. N. Fletcher, Mountsorrel

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