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Show your Motobecanes, Windsors, Dawes & Merciers

Old 04-13-08, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by richardh
What's that round thingy under the rear QR?
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Old 04-13-08, 08:04 PM
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Here is my Motobecane Le Champion SL. I have a bit over 300 miles on it and love it more than I thought I would!
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Originally Posted by ezoons
What's that round thingy under the rear QR?
That is for the kids bike trailer. If I want a serious ride I ride my Kestrel. If I am just cruising around I take the Dawes.
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Old 04-16-08, 08:22 PM
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Ok here is my Dawes with my new Wheel Set I just put on today.
Mavic CXP rims with Ultegra Hubs.

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^ Much better!
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1980, Motobecane Super Touring
I need to shorten up the cables and get the pedals changed. No cages for me during build testing.

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I have a white PX-10, a Green Dawes Galaxy and an Orange Falcon, now I'm done.
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I rode the hell out of this bike without much fuss, couldn't take the name tag so I stepped it up a bit.




As for the background....


I build fast things on the side ('96 T-Bird from hell).

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Old 04-17-08, 06:26 AM
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Mine's a pretty blue and it came with a high tech kickstand.

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I thought bike people were supposed to like the environment, not try to kill it as fast as possible. Huh.

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I rode the hell out of this bike without much fuss, couldn't take the name tag so I stepped it up a bit.




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Old 04-17-08, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by feartec
I thought bike people were supposed to like the environment, not try to kill it as fast as possible. Huh.:roll eyes:
what, pray tell, lead you to that ridiculous conclusion?
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Old 04-17-08, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by feartec
I thought bike people were supposed to like the environment, not try to kill it as fast as possible. Huh.
A fun car like that probably doesn't see 100 miles a month. The average commuter puts out more emissions over the course of time -- by far.
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Old 04-17-08, 08:24 AM
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Here's mine.
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That car puts out well over 6 hundy at the wheels and is scary to drive so other then the track or a Sunday jaunt she stays put. As for me I just like getting paid to build cool stuff and I'm very found of the environment and do my share of loving it.

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nice work. the photo needs some light so we can see it though!
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Originally Posted by kwrides
nice work. the photo needs some light so we can see it though!
Fixed

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Old 04-18-08, 02:36 AM
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Fixed

Chain Slack to the extreme
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i jam my thumbs up and back into the tubes. this way i can point my fingers straight out in front to split the wind and attain an even more aero profile, and the usual fixed gear - zen - connectedness feeling through the drivetrain is multiplied ten fold because my thumbs become one with the tubing.
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I was just joking guys. I owned a Jeep when I was in the states, and enjoyed 4-wheeling, guns and Budweisers just like any other God Blessed red blooded American. If you don't believe me, well that's your right, because this is a democracy and I don't cry, and when I do it's red white and blue baby (Whilst he plays God's music in the background cleaning his guns).
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1983 Dawes Galaxy

531 frame

Quite a lot of upgrades and restoration work


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Originally Posted by cc700
i jam my thumbs up and back into the tubes. this way i can point my fingers straight out in front to split the wind and attain an even more aero profile, and the usual fixed gear - zen - connectedness feeling through the drivetrain is multiplied ten fold because my thumbs become one with the tubing.
A group for all Dawes Galaxy owners to give and recieve information about them
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wow thats a sick bike! how much did you spend to make it look like that?
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Campus commute/run-around-the-countryside bike.

Debadged Windsor Knight (save for the shield logos which I think are neat)


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