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BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
Bought a bmx and the seller wasn't exactly telling the truth or was a little lets say a bit of a F' wit - when i asked about the bike he came back with that "the rear wheel needs a little work and that the hub was slightly in" and that the brake caliper were" defo dia compe mx 1000" they were copy 1000A's

I didn't know the frame and still don't (although another member now has found one)

so apon stripping the bike all was not lost - the red skyways did have a pushed in rear hub and dead freewheeel, but that has now been delt with and all is cool and will be another thread soon - some of the bits turn out to be good as well - a sugino snowflake 44t chain ring in great condition - a rear chopper tire in great condition that was on the front - a tioga seat that will be re-dyed - some shimano DX 1/2" pedals and they will get the retso work on them in time - and also some bars that turned out to be NITTO bars (which this thread is about )



You can't see the bars well in the shot about and i forgot to take another shot when they were taken off - but they are alloy as far as i know and they had bits of rust and were dull looking - after a good clean and a polish with peek - they have come up (maybe could do with a bit more polishing but we will see)

looking at them there is a question to ask you lot - how is and what is the weld called on the cross bar to bar ? it seems a smooth weld not like the rest of my bars ?

here are the pic's



no knarling !

the weld

the proof


they will go on my Mongoose 82' build



cheers B  ;)

brummie:
cool sharp stereo iv got the gf-8585  :daumenhoch:

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
i got too many  ;D lets just say 50+  :-[  ;D

dordymush:
they cant be alloy dude if they were rusty.
they are funny welds  ???

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
I would say not rusty but had like a tarnish on them  ???

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