That looks like it can go places! I think old bikes look great kitted out in 'epic journey' mode. I have pics of my old Tufftrax somewhere loaded up like that.

The paint on the Dawes would be almost impossible to recreate, just too complicated. Personally i would leave it as is- all those knocks and scratches tell a tale- a story that has been your making, keep it as is!

Si

That photo was a while ago, below is what it's like now complete with trekking bars, my heavy duty tourer! Sorry if it offends anyone!

Easy Rider, I think the paintwork is cool, you won't find anyone who will be able to reproduce that unless of course moneys is no object, and then you will destroy some of the original bike.
I don't want to start a discussion but I much prefer the patina of unrestored against "as new" paintwork, as Dr S said it tells a story, others like a bike to look like it's never been used, thats OK too.
It's funny but with antique furniture people nearly always like patina, if you were to renovate an antique the way people do with vehicles & bikes folks would be horrified & say you've ruined it, it would be worth far less, Strange. Sorry, bit off topic.

When you put it that way i do agree with you. Best keep the paint as is.

Thats a nice bike REtrouble

I always thought that Edges had a fillet brazed frame, but am not sure.

Edges were made of 631, IIRC.
But your bike is cool. 501 was a vastly underrated material for mountain bikes - more esoteric tubes like 853, although stronger are far easier to dent because they're so much thinner walled.

I think the paint job is brilliant. I don't remember this style of Dawes finish at all and I'm impressed.

Just leave it as it is, it's aging well (like me! )

hehe, i'm going to leave it as it is. can't wait until i ride it again!

Dawes Edge is fillet brazed reynolds 653. My bike would have sat 2 below in the range (Edge (x3) then Off Limits then Mine then Kickback comp), except mine is a "Special Edition" it isn't in the '94 catalogue.

1994 Dawes only used 3 frame materials for mountain bikes, 653, 501 and 4130 cro-mo.

I've got a big fold out specification and price list for the full Dawes range, including road, hybrid, racing, street, tandem etc

Nothing to do with mountain bikes, but do you have a scan of that? My Galaxy is 1994ish.

Scanner isn't working at the moment, i'll try and remember to bring it into work to scan.

Here you go, my crap attempt at getting the work scanner to do what i want. I'll get some proper scans of it all soon and a better one of the specs, i know it hasn't come out well, but its the last page you want

Dawes Galaxy and Super Galaxy |

Dawes Super Super Galaxy |

Dawes Specification and price list |

Thanks! That's well beyond the call of duty.
I can see my bike isn't from 1994 after all. Mine has Exage throughout, and 1994 ones have STX-RC. Decals are different, but not the colour.
They've got the geometry as well. Whatever happened to touring bikes having a 74 1/2 degree seat angle? New touring bikes are quite sporty by these standards. Honestly, racing has so much to answer for.

No problem

I think its STX special edition actually (MC31) gold/bronze colour, i don't think STX-RC came out until later, '95 possibly.

You got a picture of your bike? Havn't got any road/touring bikes but i do like the classy looks of them.

Here it is:

This is my only working bike at the minute, so I'm using it for everything. It's a surprisingly good offroader, although you have to stop every so often to clean the crap off the mudguards.
We've had a lot of adventures together, lots of tours, commuting, carrying sacks of potatoes, everything. Brilliant.
Will be good to have my new Fisher, though, for a bit of mud clearance.

Like the above comments, a bike you've had for years and have the stories to go with it is priceless!
I take it the v's are a later addition?

Yes. Avid Single Digit 3s, with Dia-Compe 287vs. I wore out the Exage cantis, and all I could get was a v-brake. They work really well, certainly a lot easier to set up than cantis.
If only it had some more mud clearance, it'd work as a 29er.