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The "Get Paul Barlow Freestyle rider back on a BMX" thread
BADDH:
This thread has been evolving for a few weeks now, basically Joff (Norty40) and I have been working out how we could help with assting Paul Barlow get back on a BMX bike, well weve made a start and could do with some good old fashioned Radster community help :daumenhoch:
Introduction
Paul Barlow (Rad name - Paulb113 ) and I grew up together in Kitt Green, Wigan we lived 500 yards apart on a new estate with the grid tops sticking up 150mm out of the tarmac which made great ramps to fly over
and rode out BMX bikes in the sun everyday I can remember. I dont think Paul will mind me mentioning he is by nature a quiet family guy albeit when he on a BMX bike he just amazing :shocked:
Paul was from the outset in a different league to the other lads on a bike, I remeber not long after the BMX scene exploded in 1982 and Christmas day he had a audience of wide eyed kids watching him do tricks on his Raleigh Ultra Burner that we could not believe he could do let alone what he actually knew exisited...Paul managed to destroy a few Raleigh Burners in that first 6 months and I think they actually refused to replace them after the second or third time ;D,
This is were Paul started to become serious with his Freestyle riding that spanned fom a 13 year old to retiring at 31 and in that time he rode with some of the best including Bob Haro when he came to town once, he is now a settled man with family and more recently his children.
From the Burners Paul went straight to a Haro Freestlyer Gen 1 bike and obviously moved through the Haro range with Masters, Bash guards etc , MRD Badlanders, Hutch TrickStar 2's, Craig Cambells etc my personal favourite being his white Porsche re-finished Hutch Trickstar 2 with 24 Karat gold plated components :smitten:
Pauls Dad Alan was always making us ramps and Bunny hop stands to which we thrashed over and over ( Paul actually beat the world record for the bunny hop) and never wrote in to confirm it... :daumenhoch:
Alans Garage was a bmx graveyard with destroyed/snapped bmx's everywere and every colour of Skyway you could ask for hung up, most were welded up albeit they didn't last long before he replaced them, Pauls Hutch died when attempting a 6 foot drop off at speed whilst throwing a 360 in the mix, he carried it home in two half's :'(
Fast forward to today you need a hankerfchief here,,....sharp intake of breath.....Alan threw the lot away .....yes you read that right, skipped an absolute fortune's worth.... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Paul came on the Radport day with the Radsters on my GT and loved it being his first time back on an old school bmx, popping the odd quiet trick here and there which just brought it all back for me and that was the moment I thought I have to do something to get a bike for him. Now I am not a rich man if I were I would buy him the best bike possible and I am not alone in this quest, Joff ( Norty40 ) has more than offered to help so were in this boat together , Paul simply put is not really in a position to spend money on building a bike albeit if he were he would give his right arm to do so were doing our best to build him a bike and we need some help, well a lot of help to be honest, we have no budget because we have no money.... :'(
Paul is quite simply the best Freestyle rider I ever saw and he can still do these tricks, well most of them at 43.. :daumenhoch:
To start with we will be building a Haro Freestyler for Paul, with the help of another Top Radster we have managed to locate a Haro Freestyler frame and Forks which Super Bike Dan has very Kindly offered his services to treat to a spanking Powder coating and thats a massive start to the project for Joff and me, other Radsters have offered free components and to again mention we are extremely grateful for any help we can get form the Rad Community to help us build this and present it to Paul finished, I ve asked him to put a little display on at MK13 which Iam more than sure he will do for us to enjoy....
So Gents, we have a powdered frame and forks, we need everything else, can you help us out guys ?
Can I ask we post and list out what parts have been offered and who thay came from, at the end of this we have another little surprise to all that helped us..... :daumenhoch:
A few shots of Mr Barlow in action, we have many more too...
Barlow and Chrissy
Thats a Bunny Hop !
The Swimming Pool
Surfing in the sunshine
Darren KAP:
I've got some 48's complete , i'll bell you in a bit Darren :daumenhoch:
BADDH:
--- Quote from: Darren K.A.P on December 14, 2012, 07:54 PM ---
I've got some 48's complete , i'll bell you in a bit Darren :daumenhoch:
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Dazzler that was the fastest reply in memory......were off to a flyer :daumenhoch: massive thanks ....
TORKER mick:
got a straight seat post and a tioga blue clamp you can have :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
BADDH:
--- Quote from: scorcher mick on December 14, 2012, 08:02 PM ---got a straight seat post and a tioga blue clamp you can have :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
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Awesome massive thanks.... :4_17_5:
We will ask the parts to be posted to Norty40's, he's going to build and finish this build because he's ace at it :smitten:
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