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Old 11-14-07 | 03:25 PM
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dwainedibbly
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No, sorry. I bought mine on eBay for $15 a year and a half ago: frame, fork, headset (disassembled) and stem only. It came to me from Colorado, advertised as a "cracked old Dawes frame". I bought it as a cheap way to build a fixed gear conversion, just to see how I liked that type of bike. (I found that I do, and have since built up a proper fixed grear bike.) I weld as a hobby, so I "fixed" the crack (on the seat tube, low, still inside the BB lug). It has some of the original decals and it's too cool of a frame to trash, even though it probably should've been. I can't bring myself to euthanize a survivor. The old gal is still on the road, now as a singlespeed with riser bars, 700C wheels and Tektro R556 brakes, finished up with parts bin stuff I had laying around. After painting the weld with the closest I could find to the black/brown repaint that I think sort of matches the original paint, I painted the lugs silver (to match the head badge). I use it for easy neighborhood rides with family, etc.

The stem is a GB with an exposed bolt, so if it isn't original, it's period correct at least. The original fork was bent, a fact not disclosed by the eBay seller (did I mention that this frame had a hard life?) so I replaced it with a fully chromed fork I found for cheap at Nashbar (?). The original was fully chromed, single eyelets.


Brian
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