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04-23-08 | 02:22 PM

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04jtb

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From: West Dorset, UK

Bikes: 1983 Dawes Galaxy, 2006 Raleigh Airlite, 1982 Sun Solo (fixed)

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Originally Posted by nlerner

Here are my favorite centerpulls: Weinmann models with steel hangers (which gets rid of the slop of wire straddle cables):

Neal

I got these on my Dawes Galaxy, I think they are a bit flexy and I don't like them that much, but they do their job, and well most of the time

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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
http://flickr.com/groups/dawes_galaxy/

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