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Reflex finally finished.

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MartyC:
Great first build, you have to say they do build up into a nice bike  :4_17_5:.

I always remember Steve P's tidy little one with the GT Performer decals  :smitten:.

flat spot:
Hey thanks for all those great reponses. I certainly wasn't expecting that.  :daumenhoch:



--- Quote ---the ONLY changes I'd do ( for me   ) would be black Comp STs or Panaracer freestyle tyres and gold value caps....

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Just to respond to this comment , you've picked up on the 2 things I did ponder over, so I'll tell you why I decided on what I put on. With regards to the tyres I did look for panaracers for a good while but a few things crossed my mind.
Firstly when I was young I don't actually remember having those sorts of tyres on any of the bikes around here. We all had knobblies on because really we just used to bomb around on our bmx's down dirt tracks, canal banks etc. There wasn't really a freestyle scene around my way so I wanted to have what I remember.
Also there was a cost involved. It took me over a year to collect all the parts. I could have just bought the 1st thing that came along and paid out a fortune. (and I was seriously tempted believe me) .Panaracers always seemed to be twice as much as I paid for these tyres, and as one of the criteria for the build was not to go mad with money the knobbly tyres came out tops.

With regards to the tyre caps, funnily enough I do have gold caps. I just wanted to add a tiny bit of colour. When I got the seat clamp it was decided. The colour matched perfectly.




I also deliberately went for silver brake lines as I knew I wanted to run it down the top of the frame. I managed to get some longer stainless screws so I could use the chrome clips to hold it with. I also wanted calipers with white lettering so they matched the white in the decals etc etc.

Right then I'm going before I get some sort of award for being anal. ;D

Thanks again guys.

F.S.

aerostylie:
Sorted, great 1st build and colour combo, very nice :4_17_5:

Likin your aproach to how you built it......nowt wrong with a Reflex, many of us got back into the scene with that frameset.

Get it in the museum ;)

neiljonarcus:

--- Quote from: NORTY40 on March 06, 2010, 03:08 PM ---X 5 on what has been said above  :D :daumenhoch:  

Those decals are 100 times better than the originals , nice build and a nice colour combo to go with it  8)

You might consider doing another one now  ;)


--- Quote from: flat spot on March 06, 2010, 01:20 PM ---
 Does it qualify for the museum??


X6   


love the colour mix 10 out of 10 mate well done 



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Why wouldn't it  ???  


Get it in there  :daumenhoch:

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HARORIDER:
that looks sweet mate :daumenhoch:

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