There was also a model, offered by Raleigh in the 1970s, made from this tubing. I have no idea of the model designation, but the frames seemed nicely built (lugged of course), although they used a bolted on derailleur hanger.
Surely, a few of you out there in CR-land owned examples of that model. I didn't, but I had two friends who did. That made me think they must have been pretty common.
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> From: Jack Gabus <jack_gabus@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Mystry "531" Decal
\r?\n> To: gillies@ece.ubc.ca
\r?\n> Cc: "CR" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 2:16 PM
\r?\n> Don:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Yes that decal is actually the real deal. Here is the link
\r?\n> to my 63' Taylor aka the Tank because this baby weighs a
\r?\n> ton.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://www.wooljersey.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Sorry for the late post.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jack
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ...Don wrote
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:16:55 -0700 (PDT)
\r?\n> From: gillies@ece.ubc.ca (donald gillies)
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]The Mythical 'Reynolds 531 Plain Gauge
\r?\n> Throughout' Decal ??
\r?\n> Message-ID: <20080726061655.DBF0B7684@ug7.ece.ubc.ca>
\r?\n> Precedence: list
\r?\n> Message: 14
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Is this an instance of this decal ?? I've never seen
\r?\n> that decal
\r?\n> live, and this ~1968 bike has a number of rather
\r?\n> interesting
\r?\n> features.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://i18.ebayimg.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://ebay.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Carlton often would use a higher-end decal and paint black
\r?\n> paint
\r?\n> over stuff that did not apply (i've seen it at least 3
\r?\n> times
\r?\n> before ...)
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jack (Giacomo) Gabus Laguna Beach, CA United States of
\r?\n> America jack@shermangabus.com
\r?\n> http://www.wooljersey.com/