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oldtired:
£50 budget build is just about done ,  again a few pics as its easier and keeps the drivell to a mininmum ,  links below to the other posts for those that might be interested, i think there in the right order ,  i,ve gone through and there just as embarassing as this post  :LolLolLolLol: 

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=111943.0

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=122528.0

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=123024.0

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=123827.0

that out of the way here goes..........

Easter has just gone and not beeing a big chocy egg fan ,  the missus got me a set of grips instead of an egg,  worrying thing is that she has stooped looking at me like i'm bonkers when i ask for bike parts instead of the usuall gifts,     :D    result  :daumenhoch:   cheap new Skyway grips but perfect for what i wanted em for




continuing from the last update the pedals needed sorting was going for the victor DX initially, had a set all ready prepped and ready to do a spindle swap, but realised the bearing seats were badly worn, so scrapped them,  spotted these in the for sale thread i figured they might  be ok , Shark Bites ,  never had a set before so went for em ,  wrong color but no biggy that and easy to sort,  caustic and Autosol then about an hour tinkering, 





quite happy with them , reasonably well made,  but,   this i don't get,   not very grippy :uglystupid2: you'd think they would be with the size of the teeth,  still ok for this application


while i'd got the caustic bubbling away i dipped the brake lever to make that shiney too,  again not long to do ,


so to the point where it can go together again,  swapped out the black brake cable with a white one just to tie in the other white bits  and its now a rider finally







well i'm more than happy with that , rides quite nice due to to the easy gearing and the seat post hight meens its pops wheelies like it was made just to do that ,     so   after a wobble round on it i sat looking at and began thinking it neede something a little more , padset maybe?  ............ yup i'll put that on the list although the budget getting tight now so might not stretch to it



Budget then was at £29 at the last update

now added...........

pedals £10
outer brake cable £1.50
 
total then   £40.50        :LolLolLolLol:     :daumenhoch:

oldtired:
Getting back to thinking it needs a little more i remebered a different set of wheels i bought real cheap and not used for anything , again not sure if i'm bending my own constaints a bit here, but there in with the spares and the main reason for the build was to tidy up some of the spare parts ,    i've always liked this bike from the time i bought it , i know its a pos, but its not the worst i've seen ,   i've got another lead on the i.d. recently too , Tensor maybe? added to list of posibles,   


bunged on the other set of wheels then,  got to say  its gone from being liked to being loved a bit more ,  think they are going to stay in place   :smitten:

of course it means a little more tinkering , sort out the fookin stupid axles   :uglystupid2: :uglystupid2:  :LolLolLolLol:   and will need a set of brake pads,   just about enough left in the budget to get those and another tin or two of paint to cover up the chips from when i fell out with it last year  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:



 :smitten: :smitten:

Jaymz:
fantastic fella, i would ride that anyday and be very proud too, I like an obscure build. and enough budget for a padset too [I'll keep an eye out] although i quite like the lean cleanlook on this, but I may be wrong by the time you've sourced a padset

bigfatolly:
cool build but i prefer it with the spoked wheels :daumenhoch:

Jon The Bassist:
That's really good mate, and a lot better than just using a bulging wallet to cherry-pick NOS items from the US  :-X

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