the unofficial 'cool' 1980's Reynolds 531/501 bike thread

[trezize]

Is this permitted? Picked it up a while ago, yet to build it up.

 

[Mark south wales]

1983 Scimitar Slalom(?) 531c
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1984 Mercian Canyon 531AT
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love that salom, hmmm might use that paint scheme on my Avanti resto

 

[David Reeve]

Have this ready for a ride in the garage. Super in love with it with only new tyres to put on. Takes me right back.

I also have an Overburys Cross Fell to restore and an as yet unknown Overburys model promised me in August by a bloke.

 

[Chdot]

This is a true classic


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277258627934

 

[doctor-bond]

Hmmm. Or maybe a bunch of nice hipster parts slapped on an indifferent old welded frame and offered at c. 3x the real world value?

 

[winjohn]

This one is ordinary but maybe not so common these days.

 

[Chdot]

Hmmm. Or maybe a bunch of nice hipster parts slapped on an indifferent old welded frame and offered at c. 3x the real world value?

Perhaps the Trigger's broom version…

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trigger's_broom

Forks look original!