Workshop sheet for Superbe frame u85-b — Hover to magnifyOpen the full sheetThe order sheet, as it was filled in, including whatever was written in the margins.

Unnumbered · 1985

No number

Untraced

The frame number box is empty, which is why this sheet is filed without one. The name and address match frame 2851, the track frame ordered in December 1984, and the finish is to be “as Track Bike”. A costing is written down the right side over the printed headset and seat pillar rows: basic £165-00, fastback £5-00 extra, an extra set of bottle bosses £5-00, Campag lever bosses £5-00, headset extra £15-00, seat and head tube bands £8-50, totalling £203-50, with several lines struck through. A deposit of £20 was taken; a telephone number sits on the address line.

Ordered: 28.8.85
Tubing: 531c
Frame: 23"
Top tube: “Sloping as track ?”
Forks: Sloping crown
Ends: Super Record
Chainstays: “Short as poss”
Wheels: Clearance for sprints (H.P.s struck out), no mudguard clearance
Brazed on: Two gear lever bosses; brazings for 12-speed (the printed “5/10” struck out, “12” written above); “Divers helmets 45° T.T.” against brake eyes; A.K. seat lug “Fast Back”; TA bottle cage bosses “YES (2)”
Finish: Gold with red head and seat band, “as Track Bike”
Customer: Barry Burgess, Clifton

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