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SDF:
Had some more Sharp stuff delivered today. Two pairs of grips and two bottom bracket covers. Always try to use the bottom bracket covers an lever covers on my bikes. Getting a bit of a collection together now as I bloody love them👊🏻
Midschoolfool:
Well I have for sure decided no more bikes. I'm giving the FBM to a mate for his nipper and will get rid of a couple of others and just keep the most important ones (mid school). That said I am not totally happy with my STA.
What I mean is I built it to ride and that I did. Even mashed in a back wheel :LolLolLolLol: But then I slowly started to replace all of the new school cack with NOS mid school. The fork I had on there was a crap Mongoose newish school fork I picked up for a tenner. I then ruined the chrome Haro fork from the Mirra tribute bike when I stripped it (I cut them, badly, now the wheel is pissed) but even those were a stop gap because the steerer on the crap Mongoose fork was not long enough for a gyro. I would imagine with it being a newer school fork they didn't bother.
So I knew I wanted something period correct on there. That is literally the very last piece that bike needs. Everything else is either mint or NOS. Not poked for parts in bloody ages but decided that I would have a look.
Set of Super Forks for ?18 lol. That'll do nicely. They even have that stupid massive top nut :LolLolLolLol:
Ordering some decals from Del. Pretty stoked about that, as the Haro fork did have a front 990 mount so I put a brake on the front. So I won't have to lose that or buy a BOA or something.
Decided on those. The exact decal I would have needed was the one that went on the pegless fork. It looked like this.
But Del doesn't have any. Plus I don't really care.
Chilli Rinse:
I very nearly bought those a while back, just for the top cap. Then I discovered the frame set ( not yet bought then ) I might have used them on had a one inch threaded fork. I did buy a nice used Pr1mo rod off the seller though, sadly a rail insert was lost in shipping and I had to return it.
I did end up getting the frame set I wanted though. I paid too much but got an eBay discount code to help me out. Apparently it's a one year frame and loved the wear and tear on it. Watch out for the survivor look build soon. I have some decent parts to use on this one.
Midschoolfool:
I never saw them til today tbh. Luck I suppose ! I hadn't looked at anything BMX related since before Christmas, and I certainly didn't want anything else to do but that STA was really nagging at me. I wanted a proper set of 14mm forks really. And especially not new school forks. Which tbh? are pretty hard to find. 14mm, 990 lugs together make for a hard find. I hate Super Forks but tbh? they are iconic and I certainly won't ride it again (spent a year on it) so they'll be fine.
Will paint them black. I wasn't that happy about putting chrome on there either, but at least they worked and enabled me to put it back together.
I thought about buying that Hoffman too tbh. Pretty fair price really, considering what some of the others of that era go for. I'm just not really a fan of Hoffman's stuff. Love him as a rider, but yeah his gear was a bit hoopty for me. Have explained why before.
The Barcode to me now is perfect. Done. The only single thing I would change would be a all black front wheel. I don't like the polished lip it looks weird. But that really is being awfully picky. I mean, it would be a one day job to fine line tape up the centre and just paint the wall with satin black to match. There isn't a front brake on it either so it would never matter.
The Morales will be perfect too when done. I wouldn't change a part on the 2hip either, so for the big hitting mid school bikes that really is enough for me. The FBM is going to my mate's kid as he is sick of tightening cone nuts and changing loose ball crap bearings, and I will see about the Kink. Know a thousand kids who would take it in the family but they are all a bit spolied asshole so I am not sure I would want them to have it.
Will have a sell up come Spring. Will probably paint the Sunday and match it with the Demolition fork I bought, but certainly won't be building any more.
I think I will keep the CW too. Mostly because I know that out of all of the newer school bikes I have that one will be worth the most in the future. Probably more than my Kizz, which sucks haha. That said I do ride that a few times a year (the Kizz) so that will never go either. I just need to get them to the point where I only have four or five that actually really matter to me. Which would be the S&M Dirt Bike NG, the STA, the Morales and the Kizz really.
Chilli Rinse:
Yeah match the black it will look better for it :coolsmiley:
It's good to hear you don't think I ridiculously overpaid on the frame set. The Peregrines I have are going on it, along with a TNT stem, Primo Powerbites, 4 slot tenderizers and sprocket, later Hoffman Jumping bars. Other parts to be decided.
I soon will need to let a few bikes go, probably my later bikes, the Hoffman George Jr, Specialized 415 pro and may my Total Hang0ver II, I've never got around to hooking up the back brake. So never rode. No attachment to it either, it does look cool though. I need space, I have 7 frame sets sat on the floor, one boxed and another frame ( the two hip ) in a box waiting to be built. I'm at capacity and have no room to work on anything. Something's gotta give 🤣
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