Campfire
Über Member
- Location
- near Risley Moss, Warrington
Sorry Pete's son! Never mind it's been a hard day.
show us your vintage road bikes
- Thread starter alecstilleyedye
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Lee Matthews
Active Member
- Location
- Formby,Merseyside
BrianEvesham
Mask is gone!
- Location
- South Littleton, Evesham.
Love this thread, some fantastic bikes.
curzons246
Veteran
- Location
- derbyshire
This is my new girl a 1996 Mercian Audax - I brought the frame in April and have been collecting parts over the summer - Dura Ace 7402 derailieurs and brakes, campag hubs with mavic ma40 rims with gator skin tyres shimano 600 seat post with flite titanium seat, arabesque cranks, shimano r400 SIS 8 speed shifters and brake levers on specialised oversize bars mounted on bike hut quill convertor and ahead stem. SKS mudguards. I've built her up myself and am very chuffed with the result :-)
Ron-da-Valli
It's a bleedin' miracle!
- Location
- Rorke's Drift
My mid 80's Harry Hall.
My boy Charlies new bike, a circa 1970 Dawes Double 5. I have never seen one before and it is in remarkably good order, only needed a clean, service, new tyres and new control cable inners. He picked up for £70 on fleabay. Jammy little sod!
He is bringing it home today to get a rear rack fitted, so I will post some larger photos later.
Charlies Dawes by CraigWales, on Flickr
Now back in Malvern, stripped and cleaned (probably for the first time in at least 30 years. Needed a new 5 speed block ( A good Cyclo out of the bits box), new pedals (one of the old ones was cracked, both now replased with nice MKS) ,2 new tyres and the rear wheel trued up. All the other parts original except the new rack. Total cost around £150 including having the LBS check and grease it when he first had it.
Charlie's Bike A very original E-Bay find by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 003 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 005 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 002 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 007 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 008 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Does anyone know when this bike was produced from the serial number ( A 4314) ?
It is now being ridden by a very happy 19 year old discovering just how good vintage steel can be!
He is bringing it home today to get a rear rack fitted, so I will post some larger photos later.
Charlies Dawes by CraigWales, on Flickr
Now back in Malvern, stripped and cleaned (probably for the first time in at least 30 years. Needed a new 5 speed block ( A good Cyclo out of the bits box), new pedals (one of the old ones was cracked, both now replased with nice MKS) ,2 new tyres and the rear wheel trued up. All the other parts original except the new rack. Total cost around £150 including having the LBS check and grease it when he first had it.
Charlie's Bike A very original E-Bay find by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 003 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 005 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 002 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 007 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Charlie's Dawes Double 5 008 by CraigWales, on Flickr
Does anyone know when this bike was produced from the serial number ( A 4314) ?
It is now being ridden by a very happy 19 year old discovering just how good vintage steel can be!
Spokesmann
Keeping the Carlton and Sun names alive...
- Location
- Plymouth, Devon
Love the name! Bit like calling a Dailmer a double six!
Nice looking old machine.
Nice looking old machine.
bigjim
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester. UK
My Raleigh Royal, waiting to board the train at Clermont Ferrand, after carrying me from Paris in September.
Spokesmann
Keeping the Carlton and Sun names alive...
- Location
- Plymouth, Devon
Been out for an early morning New Years day run on my 1975 Carlton Corsa, recently treated to some new LEDs, SKS guards and brake blocks...
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Apologies if this offend the purists as it's only circa 1990, ( I think, not researched it yet TBH), but it's my new baby and I like it, I like it a lot 
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Apologies if this offend the purists as it's only circa 1990, ( I think, not researched it yet TBH), but it's my new baby and I like it, I like it a lot
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Is this the bike that shouldbeinbed was interested in? You must be a big lad. Nice bike. I have a similar Dawes but can't date it unfortunately.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Yes it is the same bike. Measures in at 64cm
I've been after a decent lugged steel frame my size for along time. I've bought a few thinking I can make them do, but they've never felt right, so although financially this was the wrong time once I'd seen it I had to snap it up.
KateK
Well-Known Member
- Location
- cambridgeshire
My Raleigh Wisp (circa late 1980's) made it into Cycling Weekly (10th Jan, page 45) this week. Doesn't look quite as beautiful as these but it is winter and I have to keep cycling under water.
My two pictured yesterday morning, I didn't realise how overexposed they were until I'd put the bikes away again.
Dawes bikes are notoriously difficult to date, all you can do is look for date codes on components you think are original. The brakes and handlebar stem on mine have '79 codes. Dawes changed their badge in 1980 or '81 and my bike still has the old one so I'm fairly confident it's a '79 model.
Carltons are much easier, this one is from 1981 and one of the last Worksop bikes.
Dawes bikes are notoriously difficult to date, all you can do is look for date codes on components you think are original. The brakes and handlebar stem on mine have '79 codes. Dawes changed their badge in 1980 or '81 and my bike still has the old one so I'm fairly confident it's a '79 model.
Carltons are much easier, this one is from 1981 and one of the last Worksop bikes.
