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He was pretty pleased to have it back looking better than it did in 1983 when he bought it
I did wonder whether he'd bought it new in 1947, which would probably make him about 90 now and fairly old to be wanting it back.
I think your Dawes deserves a rather better chainset - a Williams C34 would suit it, I'd say.
I guess you've just taken the mudguards off to repair them !
clubman-
He's a youthful 74 so hopefully he's got a few miles left in him.
The chainset on the Dawes is the original 46T "racing pattern" - I agree, it deserves better.
I'm hoping I'll be able to repair the mudguards - do you have any bright ideas on how that can be done?The chainring has been chewing it's way into the chainstay and there's about 5mm of lateral play in the BB axle.
I tried loosening the lock-ring on the NDS and was slightly confused that it was spinning the fixed cup...
Eventually I twigged that this has a Bayliss Wiley oil Bath BB - I've never handled one of these before - the BB shell is unthreaded, similar to a Mavic Zap BB I have in my parts bin...
Rik_Van_Looy
Cheers. I think I must have been about 6 when my dad bought it so it’s always been my benchmark for a ‘proper’ bike!
He was pretty pleased to have it back looking better than it did in 1983 when he bought it