[CR]Now: The strange "American" Reynolds decals

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From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 12:50:14 EDT
To: Mark@bulgier.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Now: The strange "American" Reynolds decals

In a message dated 8/2/2005 4:18:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Mark@bulgier.net writes:

<< My Reynolds catalog cryptically explains this decal as "a special version of the top Reynolds 531 transfer, designed for a specific market". They don't say, but we're pretty sure, this specific market was none other than Schwinn.

Anyone ever seen this one on anything other than a Schwinn? It's number 3 on this web page: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Reynolds_Tubing'78/p03_Transfers.h tml >>

Oh yes, various builders have used them, almost at random... No big manufacturers but I think that batchs of that odd variety of the "531 full db" transfer ended up floating around in the industry and were used by a variety of small builders who didn't care (And why should they?)

Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC USA