Thanks, Harvey.
My understanding is that the current owners of Reynolds Shoes bought the business (or the business name) from R E W Reynolds. They use a shoemaker, possibly in Northampton, but I don't know if he's tha same person used by R E W. However, they're very good people to deal with, and very obliging.
When I ordered my first pair of shoes, I wanted some in brown, although they had only produced black to date, and they were happy to oblige. They sent me a pair of black to try for size, which I did, and then returned to them. They made up my brown pair, and I acquired a black pair shortly afterwards. I've been totally satisfied with the quality of the shoes.
Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England.
>From: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: hsachs@alumni.rice.edu
>To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]Reynolds Shoes
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:03:31 -0400
>
>Neil -
>I don't find your email address attached to this exchange, but perhaps
>others will be interested, too.
>
>In the 1970s, I did a good bit of trade with R.E.W.Reynolds, 159-161
>Wellingborough, Northampton. A wonderful supplier for those of us in places
>like Texas, where proper shoes, parts, sew-ups, etc were hard to find.
>Very patient, very fair, and a pleasure to deal with in those pre-internet
>days.
>
>Is the shoemaker the same Reynolds, or was R.E.W. likely buying shoes (made
>to order) from the other Mr. Reyds, in Milton Keynes?
>
>Although I don't recall whether I actually ordered a pair of these, we all
>felt that the British lasts fit better than the Italian ones, which seemed
>to have only two dimensions: length and height. And I was never sure about
>the latter. :-)
>thanks,
>
>harvey "big-foot" sachs
>mcLean VA, USA
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>As far as I'm aware, Pete Salisbury stopped making cycling shoes some
>time
>ago. However, Reynolds, of 5 Selbourne Avenue, Bletchley, Milton
>Keynes,
>MK3 5BX are still making traditional, leather-soled cycling shoes. I
>have
>two pairs, one black and one brown, and they're excellent. They're
>good
>people to deal with, too.
>
>Neil Foddering
>Weymouth, Dorset, England
>
>
> >>From: Michael Thompson <m