pimpdriver
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Hiya yes the frame was refurbed already. The sticker is “531 Renovated” and I suspect it was sprayed by Argos. They repaired the seat binder by adding the penny plate and brazing it. They also reamed the seat tube as the seat post was stuck and I used caustic soda to remove. Gonna get it powder coated and (some may say heresy) turn it into an RTB. Like an old school gravel bike. Mudguards. 1.5 - 2.0” minimal tread. Dynamo. Racks. Drop bars. The dropouts are stamped “Reynolds” too. Interesting comparison with the Columbus tubes bikes.interesting that the seat post bolt is at the front here, perhaps from a later repair? Never seen anything but bolt to the rear, the braze-ons look the same as on most pioneers but the fork crown is different to the majority of ( columbus tubed) pioneers so maybe this is indeed 531 and not columbus. the reynolds decals appear to be more recent than 1990 so maybe this already had a refurb in the past. - you have some work to do particularly around the seat tube and the fork crown where the crown race is positioned, \bb looks a little rough too - good project for the summer
