correction Re: [CR]Can anyone ID this mid-1950s Reynolds 531 tubing

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From: "Peter Brueggeman" <pbrueggeman@ucsd.edu>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: correction Re: [CR]Can anyone ID this mid-1950s Reynolds 531 tubing
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:29:18 -0700
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The Butler catalogues: the New Allrounder tube spec changed from "tubing" to "frame tubes" with the 1954 catalogue ===================================
   Peter Brueggeman San Diego California USA pbrueggeman(AT)ucsd.edu
> The tubing spec for the Claud Butler New Allrounder as listed in the
> Butler catalogues [at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nkilgariff/ and in
> Lightweight Cycles Catalogue Volume 1] did not say it was butted tubing,
> whereas other more expensive models in the Butler catalogues did specify
> butted tubing. . I assume this means the New Allrounder had straight
> gauge 531 tubing. The catalogues do not mention whether 531 tubing was
> frame tubes only.