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threaders:
Hi everyone,
I had some spare time so thought I would post this resto that I have been doing. I love old school bmx's but am still a newbie, who still has trouble setting up brakes and gyros ect :)
Anyway this build has had a few issues, but the most important issue is probably me, the idiot who has tried putting it together :)
So I scored this redline rl20ii frame only on the bay. The seller said the rear had been re chromed and that there was one or two pin prick holes on one of the top tubes. Didn't look too bad from the pics, so I budded and won it at £260.00. I looked for some forks but ended up settling on some spinner forks, just to tide me over and scored a cheap set on ebay :)
I then take the frame, forks and skyway ex bars to the local powder coaters and leave it with them for a week.
I get a call from the powder coaters to say that they have done the powder and the frame is full of holes :-[ they said they have coated it (which I'm not sure they should have done after finding the holes) and said to come in to see. I checked it out and there were tons of holes along one top tube :(bother said they wouldn't risk re blasting it, so the most viable solution would be to fill it and re spray over the top providing it is only going to be for show.ni was gutted and considered sending it up to sawsall to see if the top tube could be replaced, but didn't think it would be worth the money.
Intent ahead and filled it as best i could and used the powder as a base to spray over. I should have took some pics but I was to eager to get it done :)

Here is some pics of the top tube close up


I then added the blue tioga spider, yellow addicks chainring, tuffs and tyres and callipers :)



Not sure what I think of it at the moment :-[ I love the colour way, but I feel I cheated a bit with the rattle canned parts. I guess it will do for now and I'll keep my eye out for a stem and seatpost. I need some blue dis compe cables and probably better pedals also. It's just a shame that it can't be ridden with the top tube the way it is.
What do you reckon? Do I get it repaired professionally or leave it as is? The other problem was the steerer on the forks wasn't long enough to fit the headset on properly. Are redline rl20 ii forks a different length by any chance?
Let us have your comments and thanks for reading. Cheers :)

That Swan Guy:
turn ya seat guts the right way round :D

oldschoolace:
Loving the colour scheme  :daumenhoch:

Im sure long term the holes could be filled, either by welding or leaded like they used to do on care bodies   :).
rough or not seems a bargain for that money  :D

threaders:
I knew something wasn't right ;)

 :daumenhoch:

That Swan Guy:
That's better  :LolLolLolLol:

Looking good now :daumenhoch:

What's that cheeky GT hiding behind the table? 8)

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