YOU PEOPLE ARE ABOUT DAWES "ING" THIS POOR CR site to death, don't you think??? Talk about dwelling!
John Proch
La Grange, Texas
> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:48:43 -0700
> From: braxton72@gmail.com
> To: john_hurley@att.net
> CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Fw: Dumping on Dawes
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:19 PM, John Hurley <john_hurley@att.net> wrote:
>
> > Here's my 2 cents I tried to send yesteday, but it didn't go through:
> >
> >
> >
> > Barrie Carter wrote:
> > "Here in the UK Dawes always were and still are, crap... No self respecting
> > lightweight rider would be seen dead near one."
> >
> > Of course everyone is entitled to his opinion. In comparison to the elite
> > brands and models, I suppose you could say Dawes was crap, but I didn't
> > think anyone here was making that comparison.
> >
>
> Biker folks where I grew up (mid-70's) had the same general feeling toward
> Schwinn (no self respecting rider...). Sure the Paramount was a decent
> bike, but not up to the level of the "imports", and priced higher to boot.
> The rest of the line-up were generally looked down upon.
>
>
> --
> John Wood
> Open Road Bicycles
> Missoula, Montana, USA