RE: [CR]Italian use of Reynolds tubes

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Subject: RE: [CR]Italian use of Reynolds tubes
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 01:17:59 -0700
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Italian use of Reynolds tubes
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
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Chuck Schmidt writes:
> "P.C. Kohler" wrote:
> >
> > Did Reynolds ever make Italian language decals??
>
> I believe the French Reynolds decals were done in the 1970s
> when Peugeot was the largest user of Reynolds tubing in the
> world (odd that they used more than Raleigh, right?).
>
> I'd guess Italy used less Reynolds tubing than America did in
> the 1970s, in other words, not much.

But Reynolds did make American-English decals - the one with the 531 horizontal, (not diagonal) stars to the left and right of the 531, and the words "FORK BLADES, STAYS & BUTTED FRAME TUBES".

My Reynolds catalog cryptically explains this decal as "a special version of the top Reynolds 531 transfer, designed for a specific market". They don't say, but we're pretty sure, this specific market was none other than Schwinn.

Anyone ever seen this one on anything other than a Schwinn? It's number 3 on this web page: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Reynolds_Tubing'78/p03_Transfers.h tml

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA, USA