I have seen stampings on Reynolds tubes made before maybe 1985-1990; 531 tubes only. Tubes that I bought when Reynolds had an office in Illinois, stock they had in 1996 and 1997, had inked-on lettering. David Feldman
> : [CR]Reading Reynolds Tubes
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> CR FOLK:
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> On the subject of Reynolds: is it always true that one can identify the
> tubing used on a Reynolds bike by removing the paint?
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> In '78 when I repainted my 1971 Zeus Competition (built with 3 main
tubes
> 531), I noted that once the frame had been stripped I could just make out
a
> faintly engraved 'REYNOLDS 531 DB' marking on the underside of the
downtube
> near where the shifters would be mounted.
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> Presumably Reynolds tubes are always marked this way? Do other types of
> tubing (at least the fancy ones) do this also?
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> I found a similar marking on my '67 PX 10, with the addition of the
numbers
> 19/22. These were near the head lug on the top tube.
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> David Goerndt