Re: [CR]Was: Holdsworth Now: 531 & Cantiflex

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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:11:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Holdsworth Now: 531 & Cantiflex
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, EPL <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca>
In-Reply-To: <166465.4685.qm@web50503.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


So does producing a "batch" mean that 531 main tubes are only available fro m time to time and not offered continuously?  I've also wondered where th e Cantiflex tubing was obtained for the new Bates that Ron Cooper was bui lding until recently.  Is Reynolds actually still producing this stuff, o r were Cooper/Coopland/Etherton working from old stocks of Cantiflex tubes?   BTW is the new Bates still being produced?  I had heard that Ray Ethe rton reacquired the name, but I also heard that Ron Cooper had retired or w as preparing to do so.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Tue, 12/9/08, EPL wrote:


From: EPL <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> Subject: [CR]Was: Holdsworth Now: 531 To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 2:34 PM

Jerry Moos wrote:

&quot;The current decals from Reynolds wouldn&#39;t be much use for classic restorations, as I&#39;m not sure they even produce 531 anymore, and even

a few years ago when they did, they changed the decal style to something mu ch different from the classic ones. &quot;

Reynolds UK has just recently produced a batch of 531 main triangle tubing

in two gauges -- quoted below is the price list. They&#39;ve produced 531 f ork blades all along (both Imperial and New Continental ovals), they refer

to those as &quot;Type R&quot;.

&quot;REYNOLDS 531 BUTTED FRAME TUBES

US DOLLAR PRICES.

1 to 9 10 to 49 50-49 9 Top tube 25.4 x 0.9/0.6/0.9 x 600 15.82 15.03 13.92

Top tube 25.4 x 0.8/0.5/0.8 x 635 15.82 15.03 13.92

Down tube 28.6 x 0.9/0.6/ 0.9 x 650 21.27 20.21 18.72

Down tube 28.6 x 0.8/0.5/0.8 x 650 21.27 20.21 18.72

Seat tube 28.6 x 0.9/0.6 x 635 20.91 19.86 18.40

Seat tubes 28.6 x 0.8/0.5 x 635 20.91 19.86 18.40

All prices, per tube&quot;

Emanuel Lowi Montreal, Quebec

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