Vintage Dawes Help

[Johnsco]

As Midlife says .... There's nothing wrong with chrome-moly tube.
It's still the material of choice for quite a number of highly-specified applications.
Prior to my retirement, I was an ultrasonic tester of tubes for safety-critical applications.
Chrome-moly was still there for some very expensive jobs !

 

[midlife]

Bankruptbikeparts do them

https://www.bankruptbikeparts.co.uk...d-wheel-set-bbp2210230?search=27 alloy wheels

For example

 

[Harrismith]

Bankruptbikeparts do them

https://www.bankruptbikeparts.co.uk...d-wheel-set-bbp2210230?search=27 alloy wheels

For example

Wow that's cheap. Can they be worth the swap for that price?!

 

[Johnsco]

For a pair - That is amazingly cheap.
I'm very tempted myself !

 

[Kempstonian]

Free delivery on them too as they are over £30. Looks like a very good deal to me.

 

[Paulus]

Bankruptbikeparts do them

https://www.bankruptbikeparts.co.uk/racer-road-bike-27-x1-1-4-polished-alloy-chrome-look-multi-speed-wheel-set-bbp2210230?search=27 alloy wheels

For example

I just had a large flange 27x 1 1/4 front wheel delivered from this company yesterday for my Falcon. It seems to be excellent value for the price. They do different oln sizes for the hubs as well.

 

[raleighnut]

Yes Dawes seem to have changed the frame material at times . Some of the Dawes Double Blues had Reynolds 531 whereas mine has Accles and Pollock kromo tubing.
Alloy wheels make a huge difference to the way in which a bike feels . You may be able to get some relatively cheap .

Not to mention the difference in braking.

 

[Harrismith]

In case anyone wants an update...This was her a couple weeks ago.

I wanted to keep the original parts in tact as much as possible. I'm now pretty sure it's a Dawes Windrush from 1959. As well as a good clean and degrease, she had;
-Restored saddle (original Brooks)
-New cables and vintage style housing
-New bar tape (Brooks microfibre)
-Dawes decals
-Lugs lined (first attempt - be kind!)
-Suicide levers and rear rack removed
-New tyres(Panaracer Pasela 27x1 1/4)

 

[Johnsco]

That looks pretty smart ...
Great work .
Enjoy !

 

[Kempstonian]

The lug lining looks fine to me. Well done!

 

[Andrew1971]

Looking good. Well done now enjoy her.🚴

 

[ChrisEyles]

Smashing job, that looks lovely!

 

[Illaveago]

That's looking a lot smarter now .

 

[Drago]

Nice project. My advice is not to line the lugs unless you're really, really good at it. Nothing looks worse than poor lug lining, and even some manufacturers were rather lacking in this area.

 

[Porsche924]

Nice job Where did you get the decals from?