Dawes Super Galaxy
07-18-08 | 06:01 PM
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Dawes Super Galaxy
Not so much a value question as much as a performance question.
Anyone have any experience with a Super Galaxy for touring? I'm going to look at an incomplete one tomorrow and it sounds like it might possibly help quench my thirst for a vintage tourer.
It's missing a seat, has some shifter issues apparently, but is equipped with an eclectic assortment of Campy grouppo. It will definitely be a "value is in the eyes of the beholder" deal, but it does seem to be a very low use frame from the description.
Anyone have any experience with a Super Galaxy for touring? I'm going to look at an incomplete one tomorrow and it sounds like it might possibly help quench my thirst for a vintage tourer.
It's missing a seat, has some shifter issues apparently, but is equipped with an eclectic assortment of Campy grouppo. It will definitely be a "value is in the eyes of the beholder" deal, but it does seem to be a very low use frame from the description.
07-18-08 | 06:51 PM
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The Super Galaxy was a good touring bike. I don't know what equipment is on the one you are looking at but IIRC it was a full 531 frame so you would have a good base to start with.
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
