Happy 531!!!
05-31-21, 11:24 AM
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.... paticularly Darth Lefty
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05-31-21, 11:43 AM
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No decal on this one after the repaint, no canti's either. Seems like from my digging Jim used more Columbus later on.
Here's the bike, JM027 when he built it for himself with the decals on the fork.
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05-31-21, 12:11 PM
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That would be July 53rd, would it not? Maybe we should declare August 22d as 753 day?
05-31-21, 12:31 PM
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05-31-21, 12:31 PM
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05-31-21, 01:01 PM
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Reynolds 531 T-Shirt
I think I'll wear this today, as I head off to do a bit of shopping and banking.
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05-31-21, 01:19 PM
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Happy 531, Memorial Day & B-day to me!
My contribution to the 531 celebration today which also coincides with my birthday! Unfortunately, the '83 Trek 700 had a flat this morning so the Tange Prestige Prologue had to play substitute on the 50 miler flogging my riding buddies gifted me his morning.
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05-31-21, 02:12 PM
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From today’s 531 ride:
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05-31-21, 02:15 PM
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‘86 Trek 760 Pro Series....
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05-31-21, 02:18 PM
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Just realized the brakes are mounted reversed...very interesting use of space and likely much improved braking...
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05-31-21, 03:29 PM
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05-31-21, 04:10 PM
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Happy Birthday!!!
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Commence to jigglin huh?!?!
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Commence to jigglin huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
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05-31-21, 04:22 PM
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anglo/franco decal from Gitane with honeycomb .
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05-31-21, 05:38 PM
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a Merz with custom racks that aren't on the bike?!So they turned the brake around and got the rear rack back in it's rightful place. Funny thing is I have had plenty of people say the brake can't be that way and of course I say "really, how is it ok on the front then", again,
and you're right, it works just fine, gets a lot of funny looks and plenty of comments like I said.Jim said he couldn't remember why he removed the canti's but I assume it was that they were out of fashion for the market of the day.
Another funny thing is the green that it was originally painted is years later referred to as "DiNucci green" that they used at Speciallized while he was there but this bike was built in 1973-4 so I think it was Merz green before that.
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05-31-21, 05:47 PM
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I took my 1979 Trek 510 with its Ishiwata 022 tubing out for a 28 mile ride today. But it's 531 day. Now I know why I felt sluggish on the ride. And I was worried that I was just out of shape. 
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05-31-21, 06:19 PM
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In under the wire! I never knew 531 day was a thing until tonight!
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05-31-21, 10:27 PM
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10 miles and a 1000' of climbing on my Super course for 5/31 day! Much smaller ride than I'd have liked, but I'm hurt, and it was a lot more than nothing!
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