Re: [CR]Fake Reynolds 531 stickers

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:11:41 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Fake Reynolds 531 stickers
References: <112713.53197.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <112713.53197.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Jason Cloutier wrote:
> Back a while ago I remember seeing Reynolds 531 frame
> tube stickers that said something like Guaranteed NOT
> made with Reynolds 531 ... Am I out to lunch or were
> these available? If so, are they still available?

They *were* available in the late 70s-early 80s (when I bought a couple from Yellow Jersey in Madison), but IIRC Reynolds came down on them and they were pulled from the market.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA