Dawes Kara-Kum Identification
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Hi all, just wondering if anyone could help me to identify the model of the pictured Dawes and any info about it (year etc.)? Alternately, does anyone know of a Dawes database or the way they ordered their frame numbers/whether or not they can be deciphered to reveal model years etc.?
It has a full Shimano Deore groupset, with the exception of the Shimano Nexave front mech. Shifters/brakes are integrated units. Obviously I can do a lot more digging into parts etc. using the Shimano database, but I just thought I'd put it out there and see if anyone was familiar with the paint job, which is a beautiful blue metallic flake in the sun.
It has a full Shimano Deore groupset, with the exception of the Shimano Nexave front mech. Shifters/brakes are integrated units. Obviously I can do a lot more digging into parts etc. using the Shimano database, but I just thought I'd put it out there and see if anyone was familiar with the paint job, which is a beautiful blue metallic flake in the sun.
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I have narrowed to to about the 2010-2012 timeframe based on the dual gear/brake Deore shifters, but I may be off? The frame proclaims it to be a Dawes "Kara-Kum," yet Dawes themselves use "Karakum" in their catalogues in 2009 and 2014.0
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Mystery solved: A 1998-1999 Kara-Kum.
The name is said to have changed to Karakum in 2014, but the 2009 catalogue has it as Karakum. I suspect she received a makeover, with a whole new Deore groupset, sometime about 12-15 years ago.1
