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rhm, yes, as I understand it, a sprinter is a tubular, or as we called them as kids, sew-ups. That sounds like someone's dream bike, back in that period. I imagine it would be a rare one here in the states.
I noticed the 24T front ring, took me a few re reads to pick up on the 1"pitch track slant to it. That is one neat sales receipt, do you actually have it, or is that a scan. Hold on to it if its yours.
Bill
Bill, I did have the receipt, it came with the bike! Alas the bike had been 'upgraded' in the 70's and not a single original component remained. Even the Simplex derailleur hanger had been cut off. Fortunately with the guidance of the receipt I was able to put the bike back in something like original configuration (forget about the Viazone rims and Pelissier hubs, though! I put 27" Weinmann clinchers on it, with Atom hubs). It was a great bike, but I didn't ride it enough. I sold it, along with the receipt.