Dawes 1626714 215261708 2008-05-27T12:42:27Z 131.111.27.50 {{otheruses}} [[Image:Dawes_giro_400_race_bike.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A Giro 400 model racing bike by Dawes. Uses a [[Shimano]] chainset and [[carbon fibre]] front forks on a butted aluminium frame.]] '''Dawes''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[bicycle]] manufacturer, originally known for its high-quality hand-built bicycles and now a significant brand in the UK and elsewhere. It is not related to [[Dawes USA]]. Dawes produces a full range of bikes, including road, [[mountain bike]]s and [[Tandem bicycle|tandems]], but is best known for [[Touring bicycle|touring bikes]], specifically the Galaxy and the Super Galaxy. Dawes was originally primarily a racing cycle manufacturer, and it was in this guise that the trademark Galaxy first appeared, but since 1971, when it was fitted with wide-ratio gears, the Galaxy has been the benchmark in the English touring bicycle market<ref>Chris Juden, technical office, [[Cyclists' Touring Club]], Cycle magazine, 2001</ref>. Bikes were originally hand-built in [[Tyseley]], near [[Birmingham]], but frames are now manufactured in the Far East and assembled in the UK<ref>[http://www.cyclingplus.co.uk/biketestdetails.asp?id=701 Cycling Plus]</ref>. Dawes was one of the first companies to produce a complete [[single speed]] mountain bike, the Edge One. Some vintage Dawes cycles have a distinctive curved [[seat tube]] that parallels the rear wheel closely, in order to reduce the [[wheelbase]]. == References == <references /> == External links == *[http://www.dawescycles.com/ Dawes Cycles] {{cycling-stub}} [[Category:Cycle manufacturers]]