Anyone recognise this?

[WCMTB]

Found my mate riding this, anyone know what year it was born ? The pink caught my eye so presume it may be late 80's

 

[legrandefromage]

er, Dawes Kickback??

1990 -ish

I had one too...

 

[FluffyChicken]

It's a Pink & White Dawes - Kick Back


Exage 300LX make 1991 or 1992.

 

[WCMTB]

Dawes Kickback

Is it a classic then? should I persuade him to sell it to some one who will look after it or was it just a mass produced cheap bike

 

[legrandefromage]

It was 'paperround' bike - a step up from catalogue tat. Not bad though.

 

[stew-b]

It was 'paperround' bike - a step up from catalogue tat. Not bad though.

not exactly great either though....

 

[legrandefromage]

It was 'paperround' bike - a step up from catalogue tat. Not bad though.

not exactly great either though....

Yes but better than some and we all had to start somewhere

 

[carlton dyna-tech]

My first MTB was Dawes Ranger. 531ATB tubes, 531 tandem-size forks and a very loooong wheelbase. This is a scan of a photo of the 'beast' c1988 (I think).

 

[hamster]

Depends on the frame. If the sticker (teasingly not readable in the photo) ays 531 then its a decent enough frame, certainly at Lavadome / Palisades / Rockhopper sort of level.

If 501 it's Kona Hahanna sort of level - still a proper bike, but nothing to get excited about.

 

[legrandefromage]

Depends on the frame. If the sticker (teasingly not readable in the photo) ays 531 then its a decent enough frame, certainly at Lavadome / Palisades / Rockhopper sort of level.

If 501 it's Kona Hahanna sort of level - still a proper bike, but nothing to get excited about.

501 was released as an off road version of 531. My dawes kick pants was 500 which is slightly better than scaffolding.