For Sale XL (63cm) mens Dawes vintage steel tourer 700c Claris STI restomod £350

dannylonglegs98

Retro Newbie
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, 28c 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).


£350, collection from somewhere in East London preferred (I live in E15 Stratford). Any questions let me know!
 

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