Dawes Galaxy early 70s?
09-17-13, 08:20 PM
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Dawes Galaxy early 70s?
Arrived today from the West coast. My next commmuter. 531 plain gauge main triangle.
I didn't know if the handlebar would have that cool engraving on it as it was covered by bar tape, but I suspected!
That beautiful stem being broken was a downer, but I'm not going to let it affect my excitement.
The bb is messed up. I took the cranks off tonight and will address removing the bb very soon. I plan on installing a drillium sugino mighty crank with a modern shimano cartridge bb and probably switching out the brake levers too.
This is going to be a very fun project!
I didn't know if the handlebar would have that cool engraving on it as it was covered by bar tape, but I suspected!
That beautiful stem being broken was a downer, but I'm not going to let it affect my excitement.
The bb is messed up. I took the cranks off tonight and will address removing the bb very soon. I plan on installing a drillium sugino mighty crank with a modern shimano cartridge bb and probably switching out the brake levers too.
This is going to be a very fun project!
09-18-13, 01:25 AM
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Hey - nice bike ! - that engraving on the bars is terrific - I was surprised to see a cottered crank - but I guess that's right for early 70's. Enjoy getting it on the road !
09-18-13, 03:59 AM
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Nice! I have a mid 70's Galaxy frameset that eventually will be come a Clubman style bike.
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09-18-13, 04:28 AM
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That's basically identical to one that I put up on the "for sale" thread a few days ago--even the same size and color. Mine's in a little rougher shape, though--there's a bit of rust.
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09-18-13, 07:04 AM
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Mine is from the 60's but very similar, it's a great bike, I love it. If you're changing the BB and crankset you're probably going to need one with a pretty long spindle to allow the inner ring to clear that right chainstay. You may have to look for a used offset spindle rather than a cartridge BB.
09-18-13, 04:00 PM
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That's basically identical to one that I put up on the "for sale" thread a few days ago--even the same size and color. Mine's in a little rougher shape, though--there's a bit of rust.
My bike was upgraded to Suntour barcon shifters and derailleurs. Has original atom freewheel, steel rims, crank, weinmann brakes and of course the bars and stem.
cf. https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...t=dawes+galaxy
I took some more pictures this morning
I think same year as the bike posted by voncarlos (although not as well preserved.)
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