Neverminday
Retro Newbie
Hello all, my name is Kristan and I live in Brighton. I have just dug my old Dawes bike out of the basement to get him operational again. I bought it brand new in about 1984-5. It has Reynolds 531 tubing and shimano everything else including 105 gears. I just found this site on google and wondered if you can help me with a problem I need to get a new back wheel. I have been to two bike shops and they have told me that they cannot get a wheel that fits the block of six on my bike. They have suggested getting a block of 7 and only using 6 gears which will also include buying a new chain. Or buying a new wheel and removing the spindle and replacing with the original spindle and block? I would prefer to keep the original block but would have to get the wheel re-spoked if it got buckled again in the future. Does anyone have any advice or is there another solution? Thanks in advance for any help.