Thread: Is It Possible To Identify A Reynolds 531 Frame When There's No Stickers?
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Old 05-05-11, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Ex Pres
Strip the paint, then you can see a faint "Reynolds 531 butted tubing" etched onto the tubes.
When I had all the paint off my Fothergill frame, I found no stampings on the tubes beyond the Accles & Pollock stamp on the steerer tube. The ghostly shadow of a 531 decal was evident, though.
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