Memories of Owning a Dawes Kingpin
First published October 2013
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I'm very pleased with the way this bike turned out, I've ridden it a couple of times, it's a strange sensation. I have a lot of memories of the bike, some great and some not so great. I used to go everywhere on it, to school, to my after school job cycling from West Ealing, London to the West End, I played truant using my bike to explore and get lost, and I used to travel from my home in North West London to the edge of Kent during the school holidays to visit my aunt for a holiday.
I was 13/14 and I rode that bike all over and through London, no special equipment or clothes just got on the bike and went. I even moved home on it once as there was no room in the removal van for the bike, so I had to cycle the 30 miles from my old house to my new home! I kept it until I was nearly 16, for the life of me I can't remember what I did with it! I expect it’s landfill now, at least I saved this one from a similar fate.
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