Engineering:Dawes Galaxy

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Short description: British range of touring bicycles, 1971–2020
A 1995 Dawes Galaxy

The Dawes Galaxy is a range of touring bicycles manufactured by Dawes of the United Kingdom .

The series is popular among touring cyclists because of features such as their long wheelbase and slightly heavier but stiffer frame, enabling loading of luggage.[1] When introduced in 1971, the Galaxy was an off-the-shelf touring bicycle at a time when touring bikes were most often custom-built and therefore expensive.

By 2009, the range included the Galaxy Cromo, Galaxy Plus, Galaxy Classic, Galaxy Excel, Galaxy Al & Cross Al and the Galaxy Twin tandem bicycle. Frame materials include Reynolds steel,[2] Aluminium alloy[3] and Titanium.[4] In 2011 the range was slimmed down and the Galaxy Plus and Titanium Ultra Galaxy Ti models dropped.[5] In November 2020 it was announced that manufacture of the Dawes Galaxy line of touring bikes would cease with immediate effect.[6]

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