Dawes Response

[biggs682]

Just back from riding this home after being offered it locally .

It's not in bad condition needs a few little things sorting but nothing that can't be done.

501 double butted tubing 105 champagne groupset apart from a set of replacement rings .

 

[biggs682]

Can't believe how long a seat post some people use .

Pulled this monster out of the Dawes this afternoon.

 

[chriswoody]

Looks really nice, their not bad bikes for 501 are they? The fact that they are only 501 keeps the price down as well.

I bought a 94 Response frameset on eBay a couple of years ago and built it up as a Singlespeed. I Still enjoy riding it a lot.

 

[biggs682]

Looks really nice, their not bad bikes for 501 are they? The fact that they are only 501 keeps the price down as well.

I bought a 94 Response frameset on eBay a couple of years ago and built it up as a Singlespeed. I Still enjoy riding it a lot.

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Must admit i am tempted to single speed this one

 

[dan_bo]

I remember Dawes releasing that 1st time round. Not a bad bike!

 

[chriswoody]

Must admit i am tempted to single speed this one

Go on, you know you want to! with the horizontal dropouts they are ridiculously easy to single speed. I've used the Surly spacer kit on a 9 speed hub and left all of the frame attachments (for gear levers etc.) intact.

 

[Drago]

I use 400mm seat posts to spread the load of my rather weighty backside.

 

[biggs682]

Go on, you know you want to! with the horizontal dropouts they are ridiculously easy to single speed. I've used the Surly spacer kit on a 9 speed hub and left all of the frame attachments (for gear levers etc.) intact.

oh i know how easy they are to do this is just about 3 bikes down the to do list

 

[XiShT]

How much are you asking for this?

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Just back from riding this home after being offered it locally .
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Quite a "roady" looking bike what with the short chainstays and minimal fork rake. I've always thought of Dawes as builders of docile long-wheelbase tourers not sportier stuff. Having said that, I'm sure someone on here recently posted up a Dawes MTB they'd picked up cheap for a project, so they must have been trying to grab some market share beyond their core customer base.

It's funny how Reynolds 501 is looked down on as a frame material. My Raleigh Pioneer 501 frame is lovely and light compared with my Apollo "gas pipe special" builders skip bike, and it feels quite lively, although the 73 degree geometry could also be a factor not just the steel spec.

 

[biggs682]

Must admit not ridden it far yet as still in the long Q of awaiting work

Dawes have made quite a few machine's with sportier geometry over the years and the couple i have had in the past have always ridden well