Dawes tourers

[Milo]

Hallo all recently been looking around on eBay and have been seeing quite cheap £200+ tourer bikes. I was just wondering what peoples thoughts are on dawes tourers?

 

[Danny]

Dawes has a good reputation for touring bikes, and there are at least two threads going on in this section on Dawes tourers.

If you could get a Dawes Galaxy for £200 that would be a good deal, but I suspect relatively new ones are going to go for £400+. However an older Dawes in good condition would still be worth considering.

 

[vernon]

Dawes has a good reputation for touring bikes, and there are at least two threads going on in this section on Dawes tourers.

If you could get a Dawes Galaxy for £200 that would be a good deal, but I suspect relatively new ones are going to go for £400+. However an older Dawes in good condition would still be worth considering.

I have a s/h £200 Dawes Galaxy. It's performed well and was a true bargain.

 

[simoncc]

2 years ago I bought up a mint, 1997, almost unused Dawes Horizon, minus rack, for £75 from my local bike shop. Tourers are not that fashionable any more and good cheap examples can be picked up quite cheaply.

 

[Tony]

Have a look at the other Dawes threads here.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

They're great bikes, especially the older ones with the UK-built frames. Mine is from the mid 80s, I think. I had it resprayed about ten years ago and the guy who stripped it (George Longstaff, who knew a thing or two about frames) said there wasn't any rust at all anywhere on it. I spent about twice what the bike was worth on paint and bits for it and it was worth every penny. If you can get one for £200 or so (and you could probably get one cheaper), go for it.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

me likey mine mucho

 

[Bromptonaut]

Another vote for an eighties Galaxy.

Mine's actualy a Londoner - slightly down specc'd for the London Bicycle Co. Frame is standard Galaxy 531ST but the original Suntour "groupset" was a midrange compared to the set up supplied on Galaxy branded versions.