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.
"Tim McNamara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> still me <[email protected]> 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.
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.....