SOLD Large (62cm) mens Dawes vintage steel tourer restomod (700c, Claris STI etc) £200

Hi everyone, I'm selling my heavily upgraded vintage Dawes Ambassador. I built this as a summer project a few years back - it was a full conversion to 700c wheels/STI shifters/dual pivot brakes from the original setup (see final pic for the bike as I originally bought it in 2019). The only parts remaining from before are the stem, mudguards, and the cable guide under the bottom bracket. Headset was serviced about a year ago. 531 fork + Dawes Supertube for the actual frame.

I’ve done 2x RideLondons on this since the build and put about 2000km on it, it’s a great bike and there’s loads of life left in all the components/wheels etc. Am only selling as I just don’t have space for it any more unfortunately :(

Would be great for touring where the position isn’t too aggressive vs normal road bikes and it’s got the mudguards. Also imho it looks gorgeous! It is a big frame so I would say suitable for people say 185cm and up, I’m 194cm so you could have the stem/saddle lower than I do.

Steel frame is in great shape apart from a few small paint chips in places. I think the bike is approx 11.5kg which isn’t too bad considering it's an enormous frame. Claris 2x7 groupset, Shimano R500 wheels, 25c Conti GP5000 tyres. The Shimano SPD-MTB pedals/pump/bottle cages can also be included in the sale.

Hoping to sell this on to someone who will appreciate it as much as I have. It’s got a a few odd scratches and paint chips but nothing serious, the bike has loads of life left in it. The bike is the final form of this post I made on Retrobike a few years back which also includes most of the parts list (although I've made a few changes since then).

£400, collection from somewhere in East London preferred (I live in E15 Stratford). Any questions let me know!

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£400 seems a tad optimistic, but glws.

Aye, I bought my pristine modern-ish (2017?) Fratello with Tiagra 4600 for that price.
Admittedly a bargain but

Hi, whats the tyre clearance like? could it fit bigger then the 28s?

Heavily upgraded

Claris 2x7

😂 harsh but fair.
An improvement on the original condition no doubt

I mean it was originally 6 speed thumb shifter, working from a low base here

Ah I just checked and they are actually 25c tyres currently (will update listing). Have attached pics of current clearance, there's a good bit of room around the mudguards. Was originally on 27x1.25" tyres which wasn't an issue (those would have been more like 32mm), 700c wheel will be a bit smaller as well

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BUMP price drop £350 > £300

BUMP price drop £300 > £250

BUMP price drop £250 > £200

Hi! This looks perfect for me (I'm a 196cm big boi). I will DM you

Interested if @jackjumper88 passes...

Real mans bike this, in size and stature! Glws

Man’s got taste!

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Never looked better

It's not actually for me, for a friend.

Will DM 🙂

FYI all dibs on this one claimed by @mashton

this is an outrageous tee hahahaha love it

Yep I love that t shirt. It is a very old forum one, made by the much missed @tynan.

I still have it but am banned from wearing it by my wife.

It gets an outing very occasionally!

It, like all of us, has aged beautifully I am sure :)

hello everyone this has now sold £200