BMX General > BMX Chat

Hats off to bmx engineering....whats your favourite bit?

(1/8) > >>

oberonspacefruit:
Im sat here looking at the seat tube on my TA and Ive got to hand it to skyway, they made a great looking frameset.
Its not just a case of lopping off lengths of chromo tubing and sparkling them together, as with a lot of framesets. Even taking into account the aero tubing, a feat in itself, the taper on the chainstays is a million miles away from cold drawn steel stock. And even though I'm a practical guy, Ive no idea how the sculptural part at the top of the seat tube is realised in steel. Plus the dropouts are a work of art. they look more like the head of an oriental dragon, than a bit of steel for holding the wheel in place.
Its great, looking at good engineering, on what was essentially/probably a kids xmas present in 1984, and seeing the thought and design thats gone into it, and as such, its one of my fave bits of bmx engineering.

Got any faves of your own to share? :)

vestanpance:
Not old school, but an Alliant Billet frame is an amazing piece of work.
A bit of hydroforming, monocoque & much more. no wonder they cost a bit bitd.  8)

Dannywhac:
Not really a specific manufacturer thing, but the evolution of three piece cranks. From the loose-ball axled and pinches right through to lovely machined axles, pinchless, bloody lovely welds, the bizarre inbetween trying to work out what works (and doesn't snap) to end up with gun drilled, pinchless sealed bearing wuberleyness.

Bfellows:
Tuf neck stems - not big, not clever, just simple, basic engineering that does what it should.

Bfellows:
At the other end - Shimano DX crank sets.  I just look at mine and think why go to so much bloody trouble.......

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page