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Mike Kowal Reynolds 531 BMX - anybody heard of them?
dinglem:
Just noticed your Reynolds decal has '500' tubing.... It states in the ad that they were 531.
I have a few sets of Reynolds bars and I have been wondering about the numbering. Mine have either 500 or 530 tubing, but look identical apart from that.
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monkian:
I spoke to Phil about the bars and he mentioned that Reynolds products have been found made using different tubing spec. Probably down to stock availability.
Andy1970:
I think the Peugeot in the ad above was made by Rebel. Ive seen these before and they are 99% the same as the Rebel pro race.They are too alike to be made by different companies. I think there were a few Peugeot frames made with Reynolds tubing though.
dinglem:
I sent the ad and bar pics to Mike and asked if he had made them. He also confirmed there was a link with Rebel. His reply below:-
'Yes we made the frames, bars, and seat posts for Peugeot. We also sold the 531 bars to Gratton the mail order catalogue.
90% of our production went to Halfords. The frame we supplied was a freestyle frame and was badged up Steve Wilson. Steve Wilson ran the Halfords BMX team.
If I remember ....................................our racing BMX frame was modeled on the 'Firebird' frame. All our original frames were chrome plated. We then went to White powder coating as this was latter the fashion.
At one stage we were going to tie up with Rebel BMX which was an off shoot from the old Comrade bicycle company in Darlaston.'
monkian:
Great bit of insight. Thanks for sharing it Mart😉
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