A brief history of Dawes and the Dawes Galaxy tourer
Dawes were a leading British bike brand just a few decades ago, and there are many rusty Dawes relics still living in nostalgic hopes of resurrection throughout garden sheds across the land. Let’s take an analogue ride back to their heydayA long time ago, on a Galaxy far, far away, solace-seeking British cyclists would roam free on the traffic-free lanes and byways of this once mighty land.
Some 20 years on the duo parted ways, with Charles Dawes going head on into producing bicycles in Tyseley, West Midlands, sold under his family name; and so, Dawes Cycles was born. For any cyclist who lived through the 1970s and right up until the 90s, the Dawes Galaxy was at the top of the list if you asked them to name a touring bike. Indeed, it would be fair to say that anyone with a passing interest in cycling during that era knew that the Galaxy was the bee’s knees when it came to quality touring bikes, and it was virtually a household name.During the mid-70s Dawes were producing around 1000 bikes a week, which was impressive by anyone’s standards.
The Dawes brand was acquired by the Tandem Group back in 2001, and now stands alongside their many other classic British brand names. It's arguably all but a name on a range of medium to low-end family and commuter-orientated bikes, although the Galaxy remaining as a nostalgic star of past right up until 2020,
Whenever you pulled up at the local bike shop and saw that gleaming British racing green and chrome Galaxy propped up outside, then you knew you were not going to be getting away in a hurry. Much like Yoda with a flat cap, Dave was always perched on the much prized and rickety old three-legged wooden milking stool in the corner of the dusky labyrinth, otherwise called the workshop.
Looking back, I guess these days we would say that Dave was indeed living the dream. We just didn’t know it at the time.
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