Reynolds c.1990 Lugs and Fittings — The All-Reynolds Frame, Part by Part

A four-page brochure from TI Reynolds 531 Limited for the firm’s range of investment cast lugs, fork crowns and bottom bracket shells, precision forged dropouts and machined frame fittings. Its purpose is stated on the first text page: to let a builder construct an all-Reynolds frame, with fittings matched to the appropriate Reynolds tube set.

It is a parts catalog, and the value is the reference numbers. Every item is keyed with a Ref code — LFF, LB, LP, LDH, LDV, LFE, LBB, LFC, LBH, LTH, LSL, LWB, KHB — and the cast lugs, crowns and shells carry their tube sizes and their angles in degrees and minutes. For anyone identifying an unmarked lug or matching a replacement to a frame, that is the primary reference.

Two details are worth pulling out. Reynolds notes that the new range carries the Reynolds name cast into the fork crowns, bottom bracket shell and dropouts, which is an identification point on a finished frame. And the shells and lugs are given with explicit angles — a 60 degrees 30 minutes by 62 degrees 30 minutes bottom bracket, head lugs at 60, 66, 70, 71 and 73 degrees, seat lugs at 72, 73 and 74 degrees — so a frame’s geometry can be read back from its castings.

Dating. Undated. The imprint is TI Reynolds 531 Limited at P.O. Box 765 with telephone 021-706 5151 and fax 021-707 0081, and the printer code at the foot reads 82/165 Pentad — the same printer and the same imprint as the Constructors Tube Guide in this collection, whose code is 22/190 Pentad. The range covers All Terrain and Magnum components, which places it alongside the 1990 Product Range. About 1990 follows.

The brochure reached the Ebykr collection through the National Cycle Archive in partnership with the Veteran-Cycle Club, whose courtesy card is the first page of the source file. That card is not reproduced here.

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REYNOLDS

Lugs and Fittings

[The cover. A studio photograph on a pale blue ground of investment cast lugs, fork crowns, dropouts and a bent tube laid out in a loose arrangement, with a torn yellow paper shape and a green speckled panel behind them.]

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Reynolds now offer a full range of quality investment cast Lugs, Bottom Brackets and Fork Crowns together with a range of precision forged Dropouts and machined Frame Fittings to enable the construction of an “all Reynolds” frame, safe in the knowledge that the highest quality frame fittings and components are matched perfectly with the appropriate Reynolds frame tube set.

This exciting new range of components features the Reynolds name incorporated in the range of Fork Crowns, Bottom Bracket shell and Dropouts.

All Terrain Fork Assembly

Ref: LFF1 — with 25.4m fork blades
Ref: LFF2 — with 28.6m fork blades

Frame Fittings

Ref: LBR2 — Steel rear brake bridge
Ref: LBR1 — Investment cast rear brake bridge
Ref: LB1 — Investment cast front derailleur boss

Ref: LB4 — Bottle fixing nut
Ref: LB3 — Bottle fixing boss
Ref: LB6 — Wire stopper
Ref: LB8 — Shift lever stopper
Ref: LB7 — Chain Hanger

Ref: LB5 — Cable guide (machined)
Ref: LB2 — Shift lever boss
Ref: LB9 — Cable guide (pressed)

Ref: KHB1 — Cr-Mo 501 Handlebar 25.4 × 22.2 × 580mm. 6° angle, Black finish. (Other colours available to order.)

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Steel Pivots

Ref: LP3F — for cantilever brake (front)
Ref: LP3R — for cantilever brake (rear)
Ref: LP5 — for cantilever brake
Ref: LP4 — for cantilever brake
Ref: LP7 — for U brake

Forged Dropouts

Ref: LDH1 — Rear dropout with adjusters
Ref: LDV1 — Vertical dropout
Ref: LFE1 — Front dropout without eyes
Ref: LFE2 — Front dropout with eye

Investment Cast Lug, Crown and Bottom Bracket Shells

Ref: LBB1 — Investment cast bracket shell. For tube 28.6 × 28.6 × 22.2mm. Angle 60° 30′ × 62° 30′. With “Reynolds” on shoulders.
Ref: LFC2 — Investment cast fork crown. For Reynolds wide oval blade 27.5 × 20mm. With “Reynolds” on shoulders.
Ref: LBH1 — Investment cast bottom head lug. Angle 60°. Tube 31.75 × 28.6mm.
Ref: LTH1 — Investment cast top head lug. Angle 73°. Tube 31.75 × 25.4mm.
Ref: LSL1 — Investment cast seat lug. Angle 74°. Tube 28.6 × 25.4mm.
Ref: LBB3 — Steel BB shell

[Also pictured on this page, keyed but not listed in the text: Ref LFC1, a further investment cast fork crown.]

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All Terrain Frame Components

Ref: LFC5 — A.T.B. cast fork crown. For 25.4mm unicrown blades.
Ref: LFC6 — A.T.B. cast fork crown. For 28.6mm unicrown blades.

Ref: LBB2 — Investment cast bottom bracket shell. For tube 31.75 × 28.6 × 22.2mm. Angle 65° 20′ × 68° 30′. With “Reynolds” on shoulders. 22.2mm port at 10° angle for single bend chainstay.

Ref: LTH2 — Investment cast top head lug. Angle 71°. Tube 31.75 × 28.6mm.
Ref: LBH2 — Investment cast bottom head lug. Angle 66°. Tube 31.75 × 31.75mm.
Ref: LSL2 — Investment cast seat lug. Angle 72°. Tube 28.6 × 28.6mm.

Ref: LBB4 — For MAGNUM range of tube. Steel bottom bracket shell. 34.92 × 31.75 × 22.2mm. With angle chainstay port.
Ref: LTH3 — Steel top head lug. For tube 37.0 × 31.75mm. Angle 70°.
Ref: LBH3 — Steel bottom head lug. For tube 37.0 × 34.92mm. Angle 66°.
Ref: LSL3 — Steel seat lug. For tube 31.7 × 31.75m. Angle 73°.

Ref: LWB1 — Investment cast lug for rear wishbone seatstay 25.4 × 22.2mm.
Ref: LFE3 — Investment cast front dropout for fork ref EB763.

For further detailed information on the Reynolds range of Lugs and Fittings, please contact us at the address below.

REYNOLDS

TI Reynolds 531 Limited
PO Box 765, Hay Hall, Redfern Road, Tyseley, Birmingham B11 2BS.
Telephone: 021-706 5151. Fax: 021-707 0081.

A member of the TI Group of companies
TI Reynolds 531 Limited reserves the right to amend, modify or withdraw any details or specifications given in this brochure without prior notice.

82/165 Pentad. Printed in England.