*update* got my pk ripper on 20" 1 /3/8th " wheels full race see page 3

[glenboy]

i have some ukai rims 1 /38 and wondering if anybody else is using them on a full size bike not an expert or junior , i have a black loopy ripper f & F coming, but i just can't make my mind up whether it looks good on the narrower wheels or a bit , found this on museum http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/se_racing/2336

NOW GOT THEM ON PK RIPPER SEE PAGE 3 http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=112864.msg1106448#msg1106448

[brummie]

on a 1982 gt pro

dave

[glenboy]

yeh they look good dave i like it , sort of sleek gives it the full race spec look, did they use these on full size bikes originally as well as the junior and expert ones

[MartyC]

You really need to run 1 3/8th tyres on them, I think they look OK.  Fiola ran them at the 1985 KOS at Del Mar

Lots of people used them on full sized bikes back in the day, I even ran them on a ProCraft and that was huge 

Th GT Brummie has posted looks like it has 1 1/8 tyres on it, but that could be a lack of air in them 

[glenboy]

thanks yes i quite like the look of it and a bit different and it will also save me a few bob having to get some wheels , this is one of mine, it needs cleaning up but decent nick has 1 3/8ths tyre as well




thought i'd look up fiola on youtube and here he is on 1 3/8th wheels, they are obviously tough even though they don't look it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrH1e-BQ0Y0

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=nrH1e-BQ0Y0&vq=medium#t=16

[MartyC]

Noice, radial spoked, sealed hubs and blue and green label Comp 3's; yum yum 

They will look sweet on a Ripper 

[glenboy]

thanks marty yes i think i will go with these wheels i have then , i never noticed the spokes weren't crossed  and they have been staring at me in the kitchen for the past few days, the hubs are "mavic" i had never heard of them but they look quality

edit: thought i'd do a test fitting on my 90's pk and they look pretty good i think

[gossa]

We all used them back in the day, even Gary Llewelyn who was 6ft plus used them. Charlie Reynolds even used 24x1"3/8 on his VDC Gorilla cruiser at Wigan.

Araya 3/8's are wider and look a bit less 'kiddie' than Ukai's and obviously it has to be comp 3's.

[gossa]

Just found this pic of me on my old Robinson Pro running Araya 1"3/8's.

[glenboy]

nice one gossa and good pic  when was that taken

[gossa]

nice one gossa and good pic  when was that taken

Milton Keynes old downhill track, I guess it must have been 1983? That pic was in Dave Spurdens book of BMX, too funny.....

[glenboy]

amazing how time goes by eh , have you kept any of that gear worth a few quid now  , what was the seat post ?

[MartyC]

amazing how time goes by eh , have you kept any of that gear worth a few quid now  , what was the seat post ?

I'd guess at a Uni Seat 

Mavic make and have always made top quality road gear, they look like Mavic 506 Hubs from a distance, I used to run them on my old Vitus Road bike back in the late 80's early 90's , full Mavic Groupset and ZAP electric gear change 

[spesh]

on a 1982 gt pro

dave

ive got some red gumwall panaracer 1 3/8ths had 2 laps of gosport track which would look good on that gt £12posted?

[brummie]

those wheels are long gone dude, thanks for the offer tho 

[gossa]

amazing how time goes by eh , have you kept any of that gear worth a few quid now  , what was the seat post ?

Still got an exact Robinson Jersey like that but nothing else. An eagle eyed oldster might spot Skyway velcro on goggles in that pic, I got them off Andy Patterson at Bike 83 after waiting two hours and buying a crappy t shirt!

And yes, Uniseat, hammerhead with camo cali lite cover.

[jT Racing]

on my dec 82 ex factory rider laserlite. Still not built after 5 years

[glenboy]

liking it j.t.  the narrow rims are growing on me i must admit , and gossa bet you wish you had them goggles now , you'd get brewsters on fleabay nowadays   

[gossa]

liking it j.t.  the narrow rims are growing on me i must admit , and gossa bet you wish you had them goggles now , you'd get brewsters on fleabay nowadays   

Wish I had a lot of my old stuff! Sonlites, ESP's, GHP's, you name it I probably had it but I just can't remember where it all went!

[moochalargo]

I'm going to fit my Curtis if it ever returns from the chromers lol with ukai 1 1/8 black with polished sides and some nos comp 3's from Alan. I love the skinny look makes the bikes look semi cruiser ish and really racey !

And I then get to use a sexy campag reab brake!

[glenboy]

yes as above i really like the skinny wheels now on an old school racer as said it sort of makes the bike look bigger and a bit different to the norm 

[AllAzusacroozer]

Jason Mellors on a PK ripper 84? maybe


Torker 280 83?


Alan Pointing, me on Spondon Engineering with Mavic 1.5's, Hutch on 1 3/8ths


Torker again, Bulwell


had them on my Steve Watson cruiser when i first got it too. Pic is Robby Hill (just in shot on the left), me in fila BJ and AGV pro shooter helmet and some strange Renthal like clamped bars?, Neil McKennernay 741. Anyone put a name to the No1 plate rider on a Curtis, the name Simon Fox comes to my mind but not sure why or who Simon Fox was really? year older than me so born in 1969, this is 1984, i was in 14's, Curtis rider would have been in 15's. I'm sure Gossa might know?

[moochalargo]

Loving the pics and so pleased I'm going for this look! Break from the norm!

[Mattdub]

Glenboy ,

This are classic pics & should swing it , SE Factory rider bitd Bubba Hayes ran 1 3/8th's on his Ripper  .





 

[jT Racing]

like the interview, his dog reminds me of mine.