Saw a Dawes road bike at the local St. Vinnys. To big for me! Someone has taken real good care of it. Is it a keeper? S and H to the east coast approx. $180. haven't priced it yet!!! So it could cost a lot for just a bicycle!!! Comments?

Hi,
I sold a Dawes, which I had refurbished, a pre-1976 Dawes - They have a red torch on the head badge.
The lugs are very ornate. Then I used red fingernail polish to highlight the lugs turned out nice! Sold it to a guy from Texas for $200. If you email me, I can show you the finished lugs. The lugs and the Reynolds tubing are reason enough to pay that little bit of shipping. Jim

If it is still there Wednsday I'll see what they want for it.

Hi,
I am sending you an image of the highlighted lugs. Just got it under the 100Kb limit!
Jim

nice!Very ornate!!!

Just my 2 cents on a Dawes; One of my high school teachers rode a Dawes. That was back in '77. I saw him on the bike trail day before yesterday. He's still riding that same bike!!! He seems to have gotten a new helmet though! (that old Bell V-1 Pro was looking a little tattered)

Well, maybe. Dawes made a whole range of bikes; some of the low end ones were nothing special and would not have Reynolds tubing. The OP needs to provide more details.