Hi Robbie,
My Dawes story is weird. I hope this does not bother any of you, but it shocked me. My dad had a hard life growing up during the depression and he told me that any bike was a great bike then in the Detroit, Michigan area. My second ten speed bike was a Dawes Galaxy. Someone ripped it off in the early 1970's. I remember buying it new on the rack at Centerville Lawnmower and Cycle shop on Centerville Rd. in Garland, Texas. It was brown and I was so in love with it. Until....gone, lock, cable, and all, gone. Then my Dad felt sorry for me and went to the Dallas police pound auctions on Saturday mornings. He brought me back the coolest black Dawes trimmed in gold. It had been bent and repaired, and then a small rattle can job on the repair area around the fork crowns where the tubes joined. The head and down tube were a mess too. He said "Here son, I knew you would be happy"! Wow, Robbie, I was so happy. I ripped through the neighborhood streets. I would ride to my girlfriends house after I finished my homework and come home at 10:30 at night with my generator light setup. This went on for a couple of months and I then went up to my dad and said "Dad, what is the story behind that bike"? He said "Son, don't worry about it, just ride it". "I had a friend of mine weld it up down on Oak Lawn". I said "Come on Dad, where did it come from"? He said, "Son, do you really want to know? A boy was killed on it"! Robbie, I tripped out and was so much in shock and could never ride it again, especially at night to my girlfriends. I walked the mile and a half to my girlfriends house, which was 3 miles round trip. That bike and I were finished. Then I bought a 73 Royal Asport Tour de France.
Take care Robbie.
Regards, John Proch La Grange, Texas
________________________________ From: "Rnitro1969@aol.com" <Rnitro1969@aol.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 2:45:19 PM Subject: [CR] for sale..dawes frame..27x 1/4 wheels..williams 165 mm steel crank set.
greetings
1960-70's dawes galaxy 58 x 58 c-c dark green with gold panels no damage. reynolds 531 3 tube, chrome stays..non original chrome fork with some chrome peel around crown. lots of patina.. $125.00 shipped u.s. ...................................
williams 3 arm style chrome steel cottered crank set with cotter pins. some chrome aging as per usual but probably 80 percent real nice. 165 mm $50.00 shipped u.s. .............................
27 x 1 1/4 wheels new unmarked tires. araya 36 hole rims. front wheel steel rim with stainless spokes and sunshine large flange hub. rear wheel alloy rim with joytech small flange hub and suntour 6 speed fw. 14-15-17-20-24-28 joytech and shimano skewers fine for grocery getter or pub bike. $60.00 shipped u.s.
thanks
robbie fellows
lakewood,ca. usa