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Hi all :( Well something bad has happened, or I think its bad.. hopefully you will clarify my fear, that indeed it IS bad!! I was about to head out on the Dawes this afternoon.. The bloody headtube is cracked :( ... You can see the fork through the headtube... thats how bad it is (ill post...

Hey all... Would love to put a model/age to my Dawes bike ive been "modernising" slightly.. Serial Number is 9200357 :S I Know im utter pants, ive searched around on the internet and couldnt find much help. If no one can identify this for moi, could you possibly point me in the...

I recently put a Madison Prime on the old Dawes.. Managed to pull it at 15 quid a bit of a bargain.. TBH it was hard to get used to.. Bit easier on the technique but not as comfy as the other saddle I had on it. Was looking at the Charge Spoon though..

Another quick question is, If i was to update to ergo / sti shifters am I looking at a costly job or is it quite cost effective?

Cheers bud, Ive taken a few pictures for ya. Excuse the mess ;) - Garage is in clip atm!! The brake levers say "Exage" on them, which isnt highlighted in the pics as its blurry..

Went back and he replaced it without question. The more i thought about it the more I agree with posters. Youd take a car tyre back if it went after 20 miles so why not a cycle tyre. Cheers all.

But are they (LBS) liable to replace even if i did 20 mile before really noticing the problem?

Me again ... I purchased a front Schwalbe Blizzard tyre from my LBS other day and fitted it for a ride that I conducted today (Richmond to Hawes and back - Im a very lucky lad to live in the yorkshire dales).. thing Is on fitting the tyre, and not really checking it ive noticed a "bubble"...

Doing some research into this subject and taking answers into consideration.. Is there any real need to replace my brake levers? Could i just put "hoods" over them? Basically at the moment the brake levers and housing(?) are all silver.. i basically want them to be black but could deal with...

Morning all. My Bike in a nutshell has silver (old) brake levers. They look a bit flimsy and I fancy really upgrading them. Can I just buy any brake levers I feel look aesthetically pleasing and just fit them only my bars and put the cable onto the new brakes? My main point is.. The...

Cheers Tel thanks. Im glad you confirmed what I suspected... Again apologies for being the board plonker haha

Evening chaps. Ive been reading into this quite a lot and have come to the mecca of all bikes retro to get the gospel. So Headsets, Im informed that old forks are generally 1", which I beleive my dawes (93/94) to fall into the category off. Now to replace my headset - Apparently my...

Hiya All.. New Poster and relatively new cycler!!! Ill take a second to introduce ones self - Im Tom and live in a place near Richmond N Yorks... I was an avidly keen runner but have decided road cycling is far much more fun :) .. Exploring further a-field rather than the same 10-12 miles...