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'83 National Pro Long - Candy Blue
MartyC:
Looks stunning :daumenhoch:
bmxband1t77:
Looks a bit like modern geometry too! Fairly long toptube. Love the candy colour. I agree to put chrome/ silver/ polished parts on it tho blue and gold go well too. I can visualise a nice shiny silver set of dia compe brakes on this. Would bullseye hubs be age appropriate? Love them hubs always. What crankset you going for? How about silver beartraps? Tuff neck stem? I'd give the blue comp III a try. What you think won't work sometimes comes out as the best feature. Can see you going for black tho LOL. Another sexy build on its way!!!
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dinglem:
Probably still really short by modern standards, but it is a LONG which is what i had been looking for :smitten:
I'm going to need a fair amount of chrome to offset all of that blue I think - i will stick with the blue tyres even though I don't really like them (in my mind at least). We'll see what it's like all built up.
I've got a set of original chrome Profile early Gen III 177mm cranks for it already. Not a big fan of Hutch Bear Traps personally, and I already have a set of somewhat unusual polished pedals waiting to go on. I have managed to source a Bulldog stamped Pro Neck stem in blue so once that has been tidied up that will be going on (couldn't be anything else really!) National Pro bars and layback seat post already sorted, Tange 300 head set, and I have my eye on a nice blue saddle just at the minute too... Polished Tuf Neck seat post clamp also ready, plus a cool pair of blue and white grips. Not much left outstanding really :daumenhoch:
Undecided on the hubs at this stage though ::)
I'd also really like an OG blue padset rather than repops too.... :(
jT Racing:
it's the one bike i really miss owning. :(
dinglem:
--- Quote from: jT Racing on September 19, 2014, 05:24 PM ---it's the one bike i really miss owning. :(
--- End quote ---
Yeah, i'd always hankered after one. Particularly in chrome - some of the examples i have seen over in the US are stunning and they seem to have a much greater following over there than back in the UK. Quite looking forward to building this up now :daumenhoch:
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