Re: [CR] WTS Reynolds 531 Frame Decals Mid to Late 1970's

To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:18:11 -0800
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Cc: johnprochss@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [CR] WTS Reynolds 531 Frame Decals Mid to Late 1970's

Dear John,

I believe your decals are 74-75 reproductions:

http://tinyurl.com/ya2kfhw

but they are pretty good repros. The error is in the 2nd line of "Butted Tubes, Forks, and Stays", as the kerning is incorrect, so the "T, S, Y' don't align on all 3 lines. There are a few other minor errors - contact me offlist for more details.

This type of decal is PRECISELY from 1974-75 Reynolds 531 decals, since reynolds became 531(R) in 1976, and (TI) Reynolds in 1976/77.

John, your type of decal was used on Raleigh/Carlton models (Professional and International in 74-75, and in 1975, the Competition, too.)

I also have one of those NOS decals, and made some reproductions from my NOS decal. My purpose was to make them for my restored 1974 Raleigh Bike Collection, including this bike, my masi-champagne international :

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/raleigh/international/p7300017.jpg

See my Reynolds 531 art archive, here :

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/reynolds/

And this particular decal is :

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/reynolds/531_throughout_74-75_Raleigh.jpg from a Raleigh Pro on Ebay

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/reynolds/531_throughout_set_74-75_Raleigh.jpg one is NOS, one is my reproduction, can you guess which is the repro?

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/reynolds/531_throughout_set_74-75_Raleigh_b.jpg here's an matched set, from 1974.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA