Nice to see a British Eagle on the forum, I have a 501 Le Tour bought new in about 1990. I couldn't stretch to the next model up which was a 531, Touristique I think it was called. I'm no expert but they seem like excellent bikes and it's strange how seldom you come across one. Mine has pretty good decals on, I'll post photos when I qualify.
British Eagle Randonnee restoration
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Blindlemon
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Re: Decals
Thanks David, unfortunately though, not the right ones
Thanks David, unfortunately though, not the right ones
Blindlemon
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Yay another British Eagle!
Hi William,
Always glad to see another British Eagle. You're correct twice over, they are lovely bikes and the Touristique was the 531ST tube set. There was also a Triathlon model, the Aris Tri.
Your decals have faired better than mine. I spent a lot of effort trying to identify the type faces used as then it would be relatively simple to re-create the decals. Got close on the script text but never found a "Ventian blind" font at all (great name for it by the way)
I was thinking of doing a mini tour to Mochdre on the Randonnee some time this summer, you never know I may bump into some-one who has a stash of old decals in their loft.........dream on.
Hi William,
Always glad to see another British Eagle. You're correct twice over, they are lovely bikes and the Touristique was the 531ST tube set. There was also a Triathlon model, the Aris Tri.
Your decals have faired better than mine. I spent a lot of effort trying to identify the type faces used as then it would be relatively simple to re-create the decals. Got close on the script text but never found a "Ventian blind" font at all (great name for it by the way)
I was thinking of doing a mini tour to Mochdre on the Randonnee some time this summer, you never know I may bump into some-one who has a stash of old decals in their loft.........dream on.
Blindlemon
Dirt Disciple
Also meant to say...love those chrome forks. Why didn't mine have those?
One way to get the "Venetian Blind" effect (if you're designing your own decals) is simply to draw horizontal lines across the lettering. You can do this easily if you're drafting the lettering with a Word Document. I'm having some decals made for one of my bikes at the moment, looking good so far although a professional is finishing it off for me.
Blindlemon
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Ah! Suddenly I'm not so jealous.WilliamC":1pebhrqh said:
