Engineering: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]
References
- ↑ Cycle magazine, CTC, June/July 2001 p 52
- ↑ "Super Galaxy". http://www.dawescycles.com/p-27-super-galaxy.aspx.
- ↑ "Galaxy Twin". http://www.dawescycles.com/p-157-galaxy-twin.aspx.
- ↑ "Dawes Goes Titanium for 2009". http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/uan/3765.
- ↑ "Dawes Cycles - Touring". http://www.dawescycles.com/c-106-touring.aspx.
- ↑ Stevenson, John (10 November 2020). "Dawes ends Galaxy touring bike line after 49 years". road.cc. https://road.cc/content/tech-news/dawes-ends-galaxy-touring-bike-line-after-49-years-278623.
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