Originally Posted by
mtnbke
Reynolds 531 never really built a good bike to begin with. That tube set has been around since the 1930s.
Which tube set are you speaking of? A great number of tube sets have been made with 531 metallurgy, using various dimensions and gauges and shapes. If you had a bad experience with one or two 531 frames, that doesn't mean they're all bad. It's like saying all Bridgestone car tires are bad because a few of them failed for various reasons.