Roughly how old is my Dawes frame?

[Cyclopathic]

Does anyone know how old a Dawes gents frame would have to be to have a mounting on the forks for a front light. It is integral to the forks with a bolt to hold the light in place.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i'd guess seventies or earlier…

 

[Cyclopathic]

Ta.

 

[dellzeqq]

could be as late as 1983/4 - I had a Holdsworth 531C frame of that vintage which had fork mount for a light. It got totalled in '87, and the replacement didn't have it.

 

[biggs682]

got a Falcon Coventry Eagle from around 78 with same bracket also have an Orbit from 86 with one

 

[Cyclopathic]

Thanks for the input folks. Taken with some other factors I think mid to late 70s would be about right for this gents frame of mine. I've made it into a sort of quasi touring bike. It used to have down tube shifters on it but they were atatched with a band rather than brazed on lugs. There is a small semi ball bearing type nodule on the down tube which was presumably for locating the band. I've put some pod type shifters on the handlebars but despite being handy they look quite wrong so will be changing back to down tube shifters soon.