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1984 Astron Pro
Mikku:
Bloodyhell that's nice! I loved the Thruster for different reasons but this really is a stunning bike. Well worth the wait Terry! :4_17_5:
deeman:
--- Quote from: nosepickben on February 10, 2016, 11:01 PM ---Looking fovely. What a frame set, what a wheel set. I like everything, apart from those pads, what are you thinking!
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I didn't want to be the one to say it! Lovely frame, lovely parts...I love the fact you have tried to keep it all American and the parts which have resulted. I would love to see a pic of it without pads, I think they distract the eye from all the other lovliness! Only my opinion though... :daumenhoch:
In2bmx:
"wantit" Awesome :4_17_5:
griff:
Love that, except for the pads (sorry)
Gnarlyscoots:
--- Quote from: nosepickben on February 10, 2016, 11:01 PM ---I like everything, apart from those pads, what are you thinking!
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Well..........I know most people would strive to colour match their padset to either the parts colour or decal colour. With only 120 frame sets made, the company never supplied a padset, and only done the decals in the colourway you see.
Back in the day, the first part of the bike to get binned was the pads, regardless of what they looked like. I only ever started using pads when it was required to do so, the race track. And back then, it was all about whatever pads looked the coolest, not about colour matching.
The pad set you see is one of the hardest (or rarest, not sure which) to get hold of. It may be down to Americans holding on to them, or there were not that many sets made, and with trying to keep the bike within the America realms, I felt it only fitting to put this set on, as I didn't want plain black, chrome, red or yellow Cali Lites (which most people would have gone for), and the Zap Pad range is kind of exclusive. Trying to find a jumbo frame pad has to be the hardest thing I have ever done :D
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