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Birmingham Wheels Frame - Reynolds bars
dinglem:
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--- Quote from: dinglem on August 23, 2014, 07:27 PM ---OK, today i stumbled across some Birmingham WHEELS research gold! The above pic that i posted earlier today was actually a still from the following video taken in 1983 at the Birmingham WHEELS track. I'll add this to the 'Video' section too now, but it sits pretty well at this point in this thread i think :daumenhoch:
Sit back and enjoy fellas!!! :smitten:
http://player.bfi.org.uk/player/watch-bmx-here-and-now-1983-154320724/p5Y3Qzbjp6cy3w-kofQEl0Ej9WiBWTrg
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Remember thrashin that track bitd 8) Thats brilliant "wantit"
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Yup - me too! Proper chuffed to have unearthed that little piece of BW treasure :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
animal:
I spy Vector VC 8 bars and JMC bars there and I thing maybe their issue of GT bars :daumenhoch:
dinglem:
Speaking of bars…. another update, this time involving a last-minute change-out of one of the previously fitted components.
I only recently became aware that Birmingham WHEELS also manufactured their own bars, again using either Reynolds 500 or the more expensive 530 tubing. I discovered that there has been some debate previously as to whether the BW bars were brazed or not, and as such I put this question to the ex-Birmingham WHEELS rider Antony But who confirmed there were two batches of bars made. The first were brazed but the second batch was TIG welded, and they can be identified by the Reynolds decal (if still present) in the usual bar location, zero knurling and being of a very similar style to Star Bars.
I was aware that RAD’s resident WHEELS experts Steve (‘’animal’’) and Phil (‘’Sawzall’’) both claimed to have a set of Reynolds WHEELS bars so I quizzed them also, and I was quite surprised to be offered the pair that Steve owned as he was keen to see them going onto a WHEELS build. :Great_Britain:
I have to say a very big thank you to Steve at this point - what a top bloke! He even went out of his way and dropped them round for me last night. I have sent pictures of the bars off to Anthony But who has identified them as WHEELS items so with positive feedback from him, as well as from Steve and Phil I am happy to consider them the real deal. :Great_Britain:
So the GT bars will be coming off, the ODI Tec-7 grips will get swapped and these Reynolds bars will be going on, and should compliment the build perfectly :daumenhoch:
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bmxband1t77:
That's seriously a lovely build. I love the skinnies and hubs too. Bet it's gonna rip round any track. Funny how old Skool top tubes seem so short. There's no way I'd fit an original Ripper without knackering my knees! Have you ridden it yet?
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Retrodan72:
Excellent Mart, I've been following this from the start, can't wait to see the finished build. :coolsmiley:
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