Dawes Kingpin weird seatpost

[rich110]

I just bought a dawes kingpin and it came with this awful seat & post. It doesn't look original to me, but does anyone know what it was from originally?

The post is 530mm/21" long and weighs 590g. 1200g for the saddle.

 

[Ajax Bay]

How much does the bike weigh?

 

[figbat]

Is it the vintage Kingpin or the modern Chinese folder? That certainly isn’t right for the older one - I have one and am in a Kingpin owners group on FB. Should be a plain chromed steel post with the reduced end for the seat mount. Yours looks like it has come off of an exercise bike or one of those city rental bikes.

 

[DCLane]

+1 to @figbat 's comments. That's not a Kingpin seatpost or saddle. The saddle should be a white sprung Brooks, with a chrome seatpost.

I'll get a photo of the correct ones in the morning; we've 3 Kingpins

 

[FrankCrank]

I just bought a dawes kingpin and it came with this awful seat & post. It doesn't look original to me, but does anyone know what it was from originally?

The post is 530mm/21" long and weighs 590g. 1200g for the saddle.

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I think if you blow in one end, you should be able to play a tune.

 

[DCLane]

@rich110 - this is the typical saddle, a white Brooks. The black one came on my latest Kingpin and may be a mid-80's original. The seatpost is longer as it's a 20" wheeler:

 

[Ian H]

Perhaps Alf Engers owned it once.

 

[roadrash]

@rich110 - this is the typical saddle, a white Brooks. The black one came on my latest Kingpin and may be a mid-80's original. The seatpost is longer as it's a 20" wheeler:

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dont suppose any of the white saddles are surplus/for sale are they , i am just about to search the dreaded ebay need a saddle and rear wheel , could have sworn i had a wheel in the shed but .

 

[DCLane]

@roadrash - not those but I've been given a large box of vintage parts. In there are several saddles which you're welcome to have your pick of for postage:

 

[roadrash]

Thank you but i really want to try fid a white brookes in decent condition, i just gave myself a heart attack, price they want for a raleigh twenty 3 speed sturmey archer rear wheel on ebay , there are a couple at decent prices but not willing to post, just my luck.

 

[FrankCrank]

Hey Roadie - bide your time and I'm sure you'll get the parts. Pre covid, I got two R20's, one for a score and the other a fiver. The current ludicrous prices will abate once we get back to some kind of 'normal'. I strongly suspect you'll be able to get a complete R20 for less than the SA hub as a single item. Be patient and you'll be rewarded for sure

 

[roadrash]

I know i will find one, but as you say currently a whole bike is cheaper,