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Date: 10 Jul 2007 04:25:16
From: still me
Subject: Reynolds 555 tubing ?
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What is this stuff? OEM labeled 531 ? Something else ?
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Date: 09 Jul 2007 23:45:07
From: Tim McNamara
Subject: Re: Reynolds 555 tubing ?
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In article <cg2693hhohkh06lu32qc8cnqg90n7e9rq3@4ax.com >,
still me <wheeledBob@yahoo.com > wrote:
> What is this stuff? OEM labeled 531 ? Something else ?
Raleigh 555 as your correction notes. It's not Reynolds tubing, you'll
find that sticker on the Japanese-made Raleighs of the 1980s. It was
probably Ishiwata or Tange, most likely the maker's name is stamped on
the steerer tube. ISTR reading that Panasonic built these frames for
Raleigh.
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Date: 09 Jul 2007 22:40:36
From: * * Chas
Subject: Re: Reynolds 555 tubing ?
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"Tim McNamara" <timmcn@bitstream.net > wrote in message
news:timmcn-AAD593.23450709072007@news.iphouse.com...
> In article <cg2693hhohkh06lu32qc8cnqg90n7e9rq3@4ax.com>,
> still me <wheeledBob@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > What is this stuff? OEM labeled 531 ? Something else ?
>
> Raleigh 555 as your correction notes. It's not Reynolds tubing, you'll
> find that sticker on the Japanese-made Raleighs of the 1980s. It was
> probably Ishiwata or Tange, most likely the maker's name is stamped on
> the steerer tube. ISTR reading that Panasonic built these frames for
> Raleigh.
I read somewhere that Reynolds had licensed the manufacture of 531 to an
Asian tubing supplier for a short period of time and that was called 555,
666 or something similar.
It seemed like a reliable report IIRC but they didn't cite their
source.....
Here's a link with some partial bum scoop:
http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-77636.html
From Sheldon's site:
http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/models.html
Chas.
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 04:26:52
From: still me
Subject: Re: Reynolds 555 tubing ?
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Whooops - I meant "Raleigh 555", not "Reynolds 555" - but the question
still stands as to what it is
Thanks
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 00:36:49
From: A Muzi
Subject: Re: Reynolds 555 tubing ?
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still me wrote:
> Whooops - I meant "Raleigh 555", not "Reynolds 555" - but the question
> still stands as to what it is
During the Huffy years, Raleigh used Asian seamed CrMo tube on some
Taiwan-built models with that label.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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