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All about the bling factor???

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Gnarlyscoots:
Some great responses guys, thanks. I did recently pick up the Lotus Cobra frame set which turns out to be a re branded MT super fox. It has great welds, is really light and the geometry feels really good on it. It is something that I am struggling to decide what to put on it  ;D

I have 3 others in the mix but due to their order in the exotic queue, I will have to them justice with exotic parts  :P

chubby:
Buy & build most of my stuff while blind drunk.
ended up with some weird stuff mainly cos I thought it was such a bargain at the time  :LolLolLolLol:
do like a bit of bling here n there but has to be counter balanced with a survivor or 2

nosepickben:
I like it all, bling or shabby, as long as it feels right, and works properly. I don't like one piece cranks because they bend, snap and come loose too easily. Yes they do. Calliper brakes don't work very well either, especially on coloured rims. And skyway wheels are flexy rubbish. That's my opinion. I formed my opinion whilst riding bmx a lot over 30 years of racing, jumping, street and park riding.  :angrysoapbox:
If I want to put shiny gay bits on my bike then I will. At least they will work.

pickle:
I'm trying to look at lots of 'different' type of parts for my latest build.

Gonna take a long time to build though  ;D

dancetothedrummersbeat:

--- Quote from: Spen69 on November 01, 2014, 07:13 AM ---The one snobbery I find hard to avoid is Dia-Compe brakes. I only worry about the calipers as they seem to be better made than a lot of the copies and I use sticky pad blocks, slick cables and newschool monolevers so I can actually stop the damn thing if it's really going to get ridden, or Tech 3's if it's just a pub crawler :daumenhoch:

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I agree about the genuine dia compe calipers. The originals seem to be much more solid than the repops and copy brands like Lee Chi/Chang Star. The Formos copies were the best in my opinion. I have a set on my adidas build, and they look/feel chunky and well made. They actually work pretty well with OG Skyway Tuff Pads on Z Rims.

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