No number

“COLUMBUS S/L TUBING” is written across the head and the frame-number box is empty. The size and top-tube boxes read “? See accompanying letter — length & comment, if any, req'd”, underlined; the first attachment is a photocopied photograph of a complete bicycle marked “approx. measurements” with dimensions pencilled on (37½", 31", 26½", 16¼", 6¼", 33", 3"). The second attachment is a letter dated 5-11-84 from Castel, Guernsey, opening “Dear Sid”: the customer has decided to post his headset down so it can be fitted to the frame, asks for a seat pillar to be fitted too, and thanks the shop for the invoice, promising another cheque “when I have been paid this month!”. The worksheet itself is undated, so the year is taken from that letter. The name on the worksheet is hard to read — Daniell or Darrell — but the letter is signed Darren Bott, which this entry follows.

Tubing

Columbus S/L

Angles

73° / 73°

Forks

According to T.T. and design

Ends

Campag Record

Chainstays

Round ovals, 16½"

Seatstays

Duo-Taper

B/bracket

10⅝ height; set — “will get S.R. or Stronglite”

Headset

None to fit new — “NO — already got Campag Super Rec.”, “Tange” struck out

Wheels

Sprints (H.P.'s struck out); mudguard clearance “Yes” struck out

Equipment

Seat pillar — Campag Super Record

Brazed on

Gear lever bosses (“Yes”, written over a strike-out), Campag tunnel for 6-speed (the printed 5/10 amended to 6), cable guides to the top tube on the brake-eyes line, A.K. seat lug “Yes”; the gear-lever-clip-pip entry was written then struck out

Finish

“Colour — nearest to sample — possibly slightly darker, in a metal flake”; lugs lined “yes — to suit”; transfers “best to suit main finish”

Customer

Darren Bott, Castel, Guernsey

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1984 · Columbus S/L · “Colour — nearest to sample — possibly slightly darker

Sid Standard Cycles · 35–37 Chilwell Road, Beeston