501 was the same as 531, except it was a seamed tubing. I actually think seamed tubing is better than seamless personally. I'm not going to go in to the details since it's been discussed in the past but I think Hank Folsom has something to say about it at http://www.henryjames.com site. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
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On Thu, 17 May 2001 Cyncrest@cs.com wrote:
> CR's anybody have any info on the quality of Reynolds "501" ,and what
> year
> did the bike manufactures begin using it. One of my French (Peuqeot) 1980's
> model 12 spd has the sticker. It seems to be fairly light weight. Any feed
> back would
> be appreciated>
>
> Paul Grant
> Sunny 80 ,Riverside, CA