Bicycle Rider Back Playing Cards Real or Fake?

[X-Edge]

Hi,

Could you guys kindly determine whether this Bicycle Rider Back Playing Cards is fake or original.

Thanks.

 

[Steven the Wizard]

The Red Bicycle Rider Back deck is a Gold Label Rider Back (preferable to magicians who prefer traditionally cut decks to modern cut ones) and is definitely real. The second rider back deck also should be real as it's just a standard Blue Rider Back Deck (as best as I can tell there's nothing special about this one).

 

[DavidL11229]

The red Gold Seal deck is also made with a different card stock (and cut as mentioned above) than standard Bicycles, so while it appears to be authentic the cards are not at all the same as a regular deck of Bicycles.

 

[Maaz Hasan]

The red Gold Seal deck is also made with a different card stock (and cut as mentioned above) than standard Bicycles, so while it appears to be authentic the cards are not at all the same as a regular deck of Bicycles.

They have Bee Stock, but are printed as Bikes, with the Riderback design. But yes, they are 100% real. Infact, they are also Q1, so they are, by some standards, better than your standard bicycle deck,

 

[NinoIng]

What makes you think they're fake?

I have a couple of bricks of these from 2002-2004. The new style decks I bought recently were a bit different in feel and they had a coloured joker and a different box design.

These were the style a decade or so ago though and there are plenty available on Amazon and eBay. Check the serial on the AOS against the serial list and you can find the date of manufacture.