Dawes Kingpin

[allenh]

That's a great looking machine, very well done sir, and I also have to keep stopping myself from doing one

 

[kingoffootball]

Interesting to read, as I intended to try a Kingpin after I finished my Twenty, but space considerations prevented me.

It looks like it is really fun to ride. I like everything except the colour!

I'd be interested how the weight compares to a rebuilt Twenty (viewtopic.php?f=23&t=262350) as I would expect the Dawes to be a fair bit lighter.

 

[Jonny69]

This is interesting reading. I've recently scrapped my old 20" Universal shopper because it had got to the point where too many parts were worn out and nothing was a standard enough size that I could justify rebuilding it. It had a Thompson cottered bottom bracket with push-in cups, non-standard size headset, non-standard size stem, non-standard diameter bars and everything was knackered including the wheels. But that means there's been a 20" hole in my shed for a bit. So the bottom bracket on the Dawes, is that the standard threading and width? I'd be wanting to put a cartridge BB like a Shimano UN55 in.

This is just lovely. Awesome component choices. Is it too soon to have a Retrobike small wheeled race series? ..

Yeah I'd be up for that. I've got a Mk1 RSW-16 that I'd be up for kicking your arses on. Fresh set of tyres, strip the guards and rack off, none of you would stand a chance

 

[Ralph_the_Rohan]

Kingoffootball - I'll see if I can get a weight asap.

Jonny69 - Yes, 68mm and 24tpi BB.

 

[kingoffootball]

Re: Re:

This is just lovely. Awesome component choices. Is it too soon to have a Retrobike small wheeled race series? I'd kind of like to know what the top speed of this is round a velodrome track

I'm up for that too Can we have one round off road? I've always meant to change the tyres on my Twenty and give it a go.

 

[RabC]

Nice build, I do like a modified Kingpin

 

[sherlylock]

Loving this build......and I've just acquired a tatty Kingpin in the same colour (with plenty of black oversparay) as a parts donor for my early KP - and guess what I'm going to do with the frame!

Inspiring - love it.

 

[velomaniac]

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Years ago I found a Kingpin in ditch abandoned and beaten up. I nursed it back to life then rebuilt it as a
10speed derailliar bike purely to see if I could. Built my first wheel for that project. Cold set the rear droputs etc
I used it as general purpose commuter before passing it on to a bike recycling charity.
Great wee bikes.
I had a Kingpin 18" wheeler as a child as well

 

[sam_white]

Just found this thread after acquiring my first Kingpin yesterday. Great inspiration!

 

[Ralph_the_Rohan]

Glad to be of use!

If you intend to upgrade yours, you should find most of the information you need in my initial write-up.

Be sure to start an in progress thread, I love to see a build up!