Originally Posted by Bikeboom75

Hi,
Those photos bring back memories! That bike is the exact one I bought in 1975 from the Brigham's Ice Cream warehouse in South Boston. Apparently they had bought a shipment of St. Etienne bikes and were selling them at half price. I believe the warehouse was at the corner of Dorchester and "D" streets. There was a huge crowd snapping them up. This was the best model they had left. They had some chrome plated full Reynolds 531 Campagnolo Record equipped bikes going for $300 but they were all gone by the time I got there (90 miles from home). I paid $150 for the competition model.

The sticker reads Reynolds 531, not 501. Only the 3 main tubes and the head tube were 531 butted, the forks and stays were not.
It really was reynolds. I repainted it twice and you could read the reynolds embossed stamp on the bare unpainted frame.
Components were as you show except for your wheels which appear to be replacements.
Simplex competition front and rear derailleurs. (plastic parallelogram front derailleur not the pushrod Prestige model)
Nervar Star crankset.
Kiprim bar, unlabeled stem
Mafac Racer Brakes
Unlabeled high flange hubs, super champion tubular rims, sew up tires.
Atom 5 speed freewheel
Unlabeled leather saddle and unlabeled seatpost
Unlabeled caged pedals
22.5 lbs which was quite light for the day.

I have some photos somewhere. I sold it in 1982.

It had those diabolical French threads and small diameters, Hard to get parts for.

Lots of good rides on that bike including the Fitchburg Cycling Club Triple Century in 1977.
It was always too big for me.

Hope you or someone else can enjoy it!