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Yep Winston is the bee's knees if you can get to Hither Green. He did exactly this for me a few years ago. And his brother Mario will paint the frame for you next door. If you're not in SE and decide against paint then the forum can probably find you someone more local.

Do it, I love these frames. Be aware the headset is probably JIS which means if you want to replace it with an ISO headset you'll need to dremel 0.2mm out of the headtube and cut down the crown race seat on the fork - it's a 5 minute job for a framebuilder.

Ah cheers :) We're not much help with frame building though.

The build looked really great in person, very impressed. Looking forward to seeing plans for the tourer unfold..

I'm bringing the disc calipers today btw if you're still looking.

Hey it's Dan from 56a - just seen this thread. Lovely stuff. What forks are they? Thorn?

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Nice frame, my sister is interested. Messaging now.

You mean virgin let you get away without a bike reservation?! The bars and guards look great, have fun.

2nd dibs on schwalbe marathons

@Gustav - probably overkill for a local campaigning group but there is a new and currently free HR platform being made specifically for non-profits : https://civihr.org/

That's a shame it doesn't fit @nefarious. For reference I got a regular 90's Galaxy with original parts on ebay for £120, but I did see others go for more than a few hundred. Is it a 54cm or 52cm? If you decide to sell the frameset my sister might be interested.

Thanks, let me know and I'll send a PM

What's the clamp size of the tektro levers? Dibs if it's 24mm

Did you find any answers to this @lmananimal ?

2nd on the dynamo too please

2nd on mavic wheel and I'd give a few extra quid for the front and rear derailleurs - let me know cheers

Hi I'm interested in the hubs, I'll message you now

@russmeyer haha thanks? @TomvanHalen all night :) It was magical, such a fun event! I used the upright bars mostly except for some faster bits and the uphills.

Thanks for the route @Velocio . If anyone wants it on their phone I really recommend maps.me - you can download a really decent map of the whole country for free, then open the .kml file (download link on Velocio's map page). Since the map is downloaded you can leave your phone on Aeroplane mode - GPS still works. Hopefully we won't need maps!

There's more to be done but here's the bike built up. It rides beautifully!

It took a bit of work to fit the front mudguard, involving some drilling (in the end not necessary) and integrating the mount with the drop bolt. It's a bit fiddly having it all tied together but I shouldn't have to touch it much. Also replaced the axle nuts in the previous photos with some thin tube I found in a diy shop. I think the whole thing's sturdy because the bolts are so close together but I'll keep an eye and reinforce if necessary. I've never had proper mudguards before so I'm kind of looking forward to rain.

I'm giving the Dunwich Dynamo a go tonight. Exciting!

I got the frame stove enamelled by Mario Vaz! After getting it back I couldn't bang the crown race onto the forks and so I discovered that JIS headsets were a thing. They seem to be rare now but basically the crown race seat on the fork is 0.6mm wider and the headtube inner diameter 0.2mm smaller than the ISO standard. Jesus. I didn't like the headset that came with the frame and I didn't want to splash out on a new JIS one. Luckily Winston Vaz saved the day and made easy work of cutting the headtube and crown race seat down to ISO standard. Cool brothers.

Cheers. Cantis definitely more sensible and I'll probably go for them in the future, but for now I have the callipers and want to give them a go. In theory I trust the drop bolts and they feel pretty solid. I'll see how it goes.

I quickly found out my callipers didn't have long enough reach - a cm or two from the wheel rims since the new frame has much bigger clearance. I only got the brakes the day before wrecking the old forks! So instead of sticking with the canti's that came with the dawes I stubbornly made a couple of drop bolts using old light reflector brackets a la sheldon

[photos of drop bolts]

Ha, I'm preparing to receive a lot of abuse for these bars! I like having the high, swept back ones for upright riding in town or comfortable touring. But it's so much easier to generate power and go fast down on the drops. I couldn't find a pair of handlebars that gave that height difference so I thought it was worth an experiment.

@tallsam yeah mostly down on the drops. the top is also a good position (moustache bar cutouts allow for it) but not if you need the brakes. Unless I go for the triple and put cross-top levers on...... joke.

@Lieven_De_Vlaminck yep the lower pair work like cross-tops, pushing the outer cable housing instead of pulling the inner. I threaded the cable through the levers in the opposite direction from how non-aero drops are normally, and there's a stepped ferule on either side.

[photo of old setup]

I'm most of the way through building a fast but practical town bike that will also go touring with camping gear. A badly designed mudguard (maybe badly fitted too) sent me over the handlebars of my last bike and wrote off the forks giving me an excuse to change the whole frameset.

I've been wanting a front porteur rack for carrying stuff around town easily without having to take a pannier everywhere and I figured it'd be useful for a tent too. So I went looking for a nice steel frame with decent rack eyelets and fork rake for handling weight on the front. Ended up with a 90's Dawes Galaxy off ebay. Bingo. I'm replacing all the components with the parts from my last bike, including a silly double handlebar setup which I genuinely believe is practical..

Thought I'd make a page out of this since I've enjoyed looking at other current projects and the double handlebar malarkey has had quite a lot of interest over the last few months. Also it'll be good for my own memory to document all the details.

[photos 1. when i picked up the galaxy 2. stripped frame 3. handlebars]