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@bristlypioneer
price reduction I'm now only asking for £600
Ok, so I've met a lovely lady, I've fallen for her big time, but she's from Australia! Which means, at the end of the year, Mr Bristly Pioneer is going to have to jump on a plane to the other side of the planet to meet her family, see where she's from, meet her friends etc etc etc. Unfortunately I'm brassic, eek!
So in order to raise the necessary moolah to buy a plane ticket, I'm going to have to part with some of my most prized possessions, ouch!
Up for sale (and in perfect time for the tweed run) is my BEAUTIFUL vintage Dawes Dominate bicycle. I've been trying to contact Dawes to find out the age of it, but they've been bought out and don't have any record of their much older bikes. I would say it looks like it's from the 40's/50s but I can't be sure.
With possibly the most stunningly engraved handlebars ever, most elaborate mud guards and beautiful styling she really is a thing of beauty. I bought her as an 8 speed, but the original rear hub was flip flop (4 speed cassette / fixed), so I switched it around and let it live out it's fixed wheeled dreams. If you want to switch it back, I've still got almost all of the original parts (extra front chain ring, brakes, gear levers etc) however the lovely people at BLB destroyed the rear cassette rather than removing it (cheers guys!).
She's not the lightest beast in the world, but she is possibly the prettiest. I've put on new white walled tyres and it rides like a dream, this will be a perfect summer cruising around London bike.
I'm 5'10" and it fits me well, but is probably more suited to someone a little taller as I have the seat quite far forward.
Top tube 58.5 cm ctc
seat tube 57.5 cm ctc
price reduction
I'm asking for £600!
The bike is in Limehouse, East London, and I don't want to post it, so local collection only.
lots more pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristlypioneer/sets/72157623617018007/
eta, it also has sliver to clips and black (gold writing) condor straps on it since the pics were taken.