John & Mark,
My Demontable Camping Rene Herse(1983-84) has a 531C decal on it. If it is competition I must say the bike is very stiff and stable loaded but the weight might be 36 lbs (or more) but it is heavily accessorized.
It's a heavy weight in the competition department.
Yours in Cycling,
Gilbert Anderson
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<<From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "John Clay" <jmedclay@yahoo.com>,
Subject: RE: [CR]1971 Rene Herse Demontable
John Clay asks:
> [snipped] a '71 Rene Herse.
> I can make out Reynolds 531 stickers but can't
> read the fine print. Does anyone know which
> 531 set would have been used for that frame and other camping
> bike frames of that general era? I'm still trying to get a
> handle on the wall thicknesses that would have been typical
> of that period and type of frame.
Standard Reynolds decals don't give a clue to the wall thickness, and neither does the Herse catalog. I'm afraid you're just going to have to buy one, then saw it in a bunch of pieces to find the various wall thicknesses. Let us know what you find out! Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA>>