Re: [CR]Reynolds "red" 531 transfer?

(Example: Component Manufacturers)

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:27:45 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Reynolds "red" 531 transfer?
References: <6c.7d84fa8.27beb043@aol.com>


Both my 1978 Peugeot PY 10 CP and 1980 Peugeot Pro 10, both team issue bikes, were made with Reynolds 531 SL (you could order 753 if you wanted). I believe the tubeset came out around '78 and was a response to Columbus SL. Reynolds introduced "Continental Oval" fork blades with the 531 SL that were a fatter oval shape like Columbus fork blades. The Reynolds tubing stickers on the Peugeot were in French and I remember reading at the time that Peugeot was the largest user of Reynolds tubing in the world.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, California http://www.velo-retro.com (NEW list of reprints and T-shirts)

RALEIGH531@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/16/01 11:23:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> cyclist@dimensional.com writes:
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> > Then click the photo that shows the Reynolds transfer. Can someone
> > tell me more about this? I've never seen that color combination
> > on a 531 transfer before.
> > Interesting bike, btw. The components seem much newer than the
> > frame (if the seller's description is accurate).
>
> See:
> http://www.cyclesdeoro.com/Reynolds_gallery.htm
> page down to "mid '70's"
> Looks like the "...Reynolds 531 SL, a lighter gauge version of the venerable
> tube set."
>
> Maybe the seller is mistaken about the year the frame was made, or it sat
> around before being built up.
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, Pa