My all chrome Dawes Galaxy has arrived. Comparing the lugs to other Dawes Galaxys, it's clear that the identification of it as a Dawes Galaxy is correct.
The chrome appears to me to be original to the frame. While I'm far from an expert on such matters, it seems clear that the serial number was stamped after the chrome because the edges of the digits are so sharp.
Can anyone help me date this frame? Serial number N4209851. The only part I'm not 100% certain of is the letter "N". The stamping was poorly done, so it's possible that it's an "M" or even a "W". But I don't think so. The rest of the number is quite distinct.
Thanks!
David
David G. White Burlington, VT
David G. White wrote:
> Norris, Dale and Mark,
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> Many thanks for your identification of my new bike. Can you supply any
> more info, such as the years when the Dawes Galaxy was made? The
> equipment which may have originally been on it? Photos of what the
> original decals may have been? Was this intended primarily as a
> touring frame? Etc. Etc.
>
> http://ebay.com/
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> I confess complete ignorance and welcome enlightenment.
>
> Cheers!
>
> David
>
> David G. White
> Burlington, VT
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> Norris Lockley wrote:
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>> Well spotted Dale and Mark...this frame is definitely a Dawes Galaxy.
>> I sold lots of these over the years. They came in all sorts of
>> colours particularly bronze and green..and always with the half
>> chrome ends. As Mark noticed ,the top-eyes are a give-away as is the
>> pressed plate centre-pull brake cable stop. The very large
>> pressed=plate drop-outs are another identifying factor.
>>
>> The lugs remind me very much of one of Haden's touring pattern
>> sets...forget the name..plenty of meat in the pipes. As I recall the
>> bottom bracket wasn't too elegant either. But...these frames just
>> last and last...and ride on and on...many of the Cyclists Touring
>> Club members over here just swear by them.
>> Dawes having been making touring bikes for decades...my mother went
>> on her honeymoon on one in the early 1930s!
>> Maybe they are not as elegant as a French "constructeur's "
>> work...but they certainly do the same job..and very well too...for
>> the masses of cyclists who could not afford high-end products and had
>> to be satisfied with factory-made frames.
>>
>> Norris Lockley...from a very very wet and miserable Settle.UK
>>
>> PS I think that there's apicture of a set of these lugs somewhere on
>> the Classicrendezvous site