Dawes Kingpin Refurbish Update 2021
It has been a few years since I updated this blog, so I thought it about time to post some more photos and add some more information.
As mentioned in an earlier posts the original version of the Kingpin I had in 1970 had a Sturmey Archer Dynohub and lights, in 2019 I found another Kingpin on eBay with the correct lights and Sturmey Archer Dynohub from more or less the correct date year (1968). I collected the bike from Birmingham for £50 and stripped it of the hub, lights and front mudguard, seat post and swapped them with the those that were on my original Kingpin. I then sold the latest Kingpin for what I paid for it.
I now have a bike that is pretty much how I had it in 1970. (except for the Brooks Saddle, the original white Mertens saddle was an instrument of torture) .
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| Dawes Kingpin with Matching Tartan Bag |
I have also changed the rear carrier bag too for one that is a better colour match.
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