> This leads to the strange but almost inescapable > conclusion that Reynolds made that decal in two > shapes, square for Raleigh, and rectangular for > everyone else. We know that Schwinn, Jack Taylor > and perhaps others had custom versions of Reynolds > decals and of course there were versions in French... > As I was reading Jerry's comment - the one in which he said "Reynolds made that decal" - I realized that, most likely, none of the Reynolds decals were made by Reynolds. reynolds made metal products and no doubt found a contractor in the transfer/decal/sticker business to produce their emblems.
Perhaps they used different contractors at different times, which might account for _some_ of the variations in style and size. At least there are no spelling errors (that I can detect) on the Reynolds decals - even the French ones. The same can't be said for the firm that made the "Monthlery" insignias for Mavic. Consider this: either no one at Mavic noticed the mistake or, due to the pressures of delivery schedules and so forth, they decided to use the "imperfect" emblems. I would not be surprised if this situation sometimes applied to Reynolds, Raleigh, et al... Cheers, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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