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threaders:
Hi everyone.
I am still a bit of a newbie and have built a few old school freestyle builds for looking at and now want to put together something I can ride.
I prefer the look of a twin top tube and just wanted to ask some advice on, which twin top tubes make the best rider :)
Am I right in thinking that racing frames make better riders than freestyle frames and does a longer top tube mean a better ride?
Are the torker 280 x's or pro's a better ride than normal torkers :-\
I have a firebird and a quad and a hutch trickstar and was looking to get something different than these to ride. I will only be going up and down country lanes with the odd hill here and there and really could do with advice on an ideal frame set and what a good set up consists of.
I am only small like 5 foot something and only a little fat :-[
Are 80's pk rippers better than the twin top tubes? and how come you dont have laybacks on racing frames?? Apologies for the questions and my budget for a frame and forks is going to be around £200 - £300.
I just thought that this time round, I would ask all my questions first, before buying parts and frames ect :daumenhoch:
Thanks for any advice and help people :)

threaders:
Oh yes and does anyone have out for sale :D

DIRTBIKER250F:
I don't think you can look further than a Torker pro x bud, Kuwahara exhibitionists are excellent, but very few on the ground.
Or go for a Gt Pro Performer, perfect riders 👍

Spen69:
Oldschool "twin" top-tube Freestyle frames in order of reidability from my own persoanl experience:

1 - MRD Badlander (19.25" TT)
2 - 1988 Haro Sport (20" TT)
3 - 1987 Haro Sport (19.5" TT)
4 - GT Pro Performer (19.5" TT I think)
5 - Haro FST (18.5" TT)
6 - Haro Master (18.25" TT I think)
7 - Haro Gen 1 (17.5" or 18" TT I think)

etc etc, right down to...

99 - Firebird Freestyler (18" or 18.5" TT) - sorry Firebird owners, these ride terrible due to the high BB and crap head angle!

Newschool twin top-tube freestyle framesets

1 - Supercross Extension (20.5" TT)
2 - Subrussa DTT (20.25 - 21" TT, depends what you ordered)

TT length matters, but more importantly is the head angle. o/s have lazier angles so they turn a bit slower and feel a bit less stable, n/s are steeper, quicker and more stable :daumenhoch:

Retrodan72:
Rebel Freestyler, Reynolds tubing, lovely.

See Rick1970's for sale thread. :smitten:

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