A nineteen ninety something Dawes Wildcat budget build

Northerner473

Retro Newbie
First retro "build" after getting back in to old bikes. I've missed it

Total cost for this was around 90 quid, including a set of maxxis tires that I need to collect (technically even less if you consider the old exage kit I sold)

Has a modern Deore 1x10 cassette and derailleur which was a tenner from a carboot, couldn't say no 😅. Short stem and wider bars, everything serviced. Rides nice

Any suggestions on the year of the bike would be good. I've seen them described as a 91 or a 92 but very little I could see in Google about them
 

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Very nice resto mod for £90. How's the ride?
Looking at my price list it was actually just shy of £95, I'd added the bar and stem price twice and forgot the Ritchey back wheel lol. But £80ish in total after recouping the cost of sold bits, super happy with that

I've on put around 10 miles on it so far, just rode from my house to the far end of my town and back, mostly flat paved roads but it's good. Can definitely see this being used a lot this summer. It was fun in the woods, albeit briefly, but it takes some getting used to after riding 180mm travel modern full squish bikes for a while 😂
 
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