Thread: Please help identify this old Dawes?
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Old 06-02-12 | 01:22 PM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG

Early to mid 80's would be my best guess. Hard to say which model, built for the UK market with that head lamp bracket on there. Is that front rim alloy or steel? Sometimes a pattern like that was put on there to improve braking in the wet, first time I have seen that specific pattern though. The English built Dawes are decent bikes, and usually are undervalued.

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