Reynolds 531sl or 531???

[Mr Weirdo]

...and retrocookers.co.uk is worth a look

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This site will now be renamed " Retro kitchen" lol

 

[Mr Weirdo]

As you mentioned that your frame is French thought I'd dig out my top of the range 1978 Gitane Olympic Record in 531db size 21inch weighing in at a whooping 2080g. Think that the tube gauge was different for the French market, takes a 26.4mm seat post

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Very nice...fortunately for me my frame came with the BB and headset...apparently all bought from velo orange

 

[Mr Weirdo]

...and retrocookers.co.uk is worth a look

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You could say that some of your frames and the cooker do have something in common...they're both been enamelled.

 

[Mr Weirdo]

Just found the Pennine fork weighing in at 610g , the Ribble in bare metal 650g.

Thread 'Ribble 531 Competition Raw Steel' https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/ribble-531-competition-raw-steel.419928/

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Would you say 40g is quite a big difference?

 

[Mr Weirdo]

...and retrocookers.co.uk is worth a look

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I hate to point this out but your cooker was made by Radiation New World!!! Really?

 

[Midlife]

I like the inside crown lug bit(? Mind gone blank...again) I have one similar with playing card symbols which was apparently all the rage in the 1970s? I like the colour to.

Fork tang if memory serves, came in various designs, my Falcon has simple holes.

 

[hamster]

As you mentioned that your frame is French thought I'd dig out my top of the range 1978 Gitane Olympic Record in 531db size 21inch weighing in at a whooping 2080g. Think that the tube gauge was different for the French market, takes a 26.4mm seat post

Indeed, metric tube sizes rather than all that 28.6 / 31.8 etc malarkey.

 

[vcballbat]

Would you say 40g is quite a big difference?

It's a fair bit, what does your fork weigh? Any pictures of the frame

 

[vcballbat]

You could say that some of your frames and the cooker do have something in common...they're both been enamelled.

Yeah there's a link to Raleigh. Radiation cookers was bought out by Ti Tube Investments in 1967 and the Radiation name was dropped, not a good selling point having Radiation in the home during a cold warand became New World cookers the name Radiation gave their range of cookers probably because of the American styling. The Chairman and Managing Director of Ti Raleigh from 1974-81 Ian Phillips was previously a Managing Director at New World as his Cambridge degree was in heating engineering and was offered the position at Raleigh in 74 moving his family up north to the Nottingham area. Anyway cut a long story I've ended up with Ian Phillips bike

Raleigh Dynaflite SBDU 753.... 'Manager Special'

A Raleigh SBDU frame popped up on eBay last week and caught my attention. It was listed as an SBDU Dynaflite frame and fork only though a Campagnolo chainset and Super Record headset were included. What really intrigued me was the final photo on the listing showing it built as a complete bike...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[Mr Weirdo]

It's a fair bit, what does your fork weigh? Any pictures of the frame

Sorry for late reply..there are photos on here already...if you search Lejeune, its white and is shown in bits...I cant remember though what the the title of the post was...sorry.

It's a fair bit, what does your fork weigh? Any pictures of the frame

Other bad news...I forgot to weigh my forks and they are now attached to the frame whoops.