Dawes Stratos

ducatikid

Hi guys, just had a quick read of the April 2017 Cycling Plus and came across the Dawes Stratos article. I received a Stratos from my father in law who had had it from new. It's from 1986-87 and had virtually full Shimano 600 groupset. I stripped it down and sent the frame off for painting and sourced the missing parts of the groupset, i also found a set of NOS Ceramic Mavic rims at my local bike shop.





This is my next project, an original Raleigh Corsa



Lee

term1te

You've done a nice job on the Dawes. I like the old 600 group set, I still have 600 hubs on my commuting bike. I think I've changed the rims at least three times, and I clean and re-grease the bearings most years, and they still run as smooth as ever. I first used them on a Dawes bike too.

Huck_Finn_deLuxe

Hello, Can anyone date these pls:
Stratos 1: Some years ago I got this Stratos frame in 2nd hand . It came with some shimano 105 and 600 ? bits with no wheels. It seems pretty much like the one advertised in 1990 catalog but not exactly the same.
stratos_1 by Xavier Lemercinier, on Flickr
Now after several successive upgrades, It’s in its 4th life with campag. and Fulcrum racing 5

Stratos 2 : I got that one more recently – it came with campag. transmission and wheels but these are most probably not original , and the frame has maybe been resprayed ?
Stratos_2 by Xavier Lemercinier, on Flickr
good bikes - I use them to commute now

ayjaycee

Huck_Finn_deLuxe wrote:

good bikes - I use them to commute now

Sorry, can't help with the dates but the angle of both of those saddles (and particularly the Brooks) look a bit extreme - are they comfortable?

skywalker482

Your second stratos with campag gear is totally original. Its called stratos ep as it has 1994 campag stratos gears with ergo power EP shifters.... so its a 1994 model.
Regards
Jamie