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Midschoolfool:
Right so the other week I bought this Sunday Aaron Ross EX thing.



It's a very nice bike and I guess it would make many people happy but it just felt weird. Like, too short. The rear end felt short too. Maybe riding race bikes as an adult has done that to me, gawd knows. I am looking for another rider, basically. I have never owned a GT BMX for more than ten minutes either, so I wanted to build one. What I mean is I bought a couple of GTs in the late 80s and 90s and as soon as I rode them home some one took a fancy to them and kerching. Just never been a GT fan always been an SE boy tbh.

Any way, I found this yesterday at half price. £230. Very similar to the one they used in the Olympics, so I fell in love.



It's XXL. Also, once again I am doing my own autistic thing with this so it won't be all race. I don't want light, I weigh 17 stone and rode the mid school. Anything post 2003 is light to me haha.

OK, so as fate would have it (and being the huge mid school bloke that I am) I was fishing around on Ebay earlier in the day and decided to buy some stuff. Mostly to stop it being mangled and molested etc, but mostly because I know once the mid school stuff dries up and the guys who rode it reach mid life crisis the prices are going to explode. Some already have, but there is a guy on Ebay I have been buying off for years who sells at great prices. None of this inflated bs. Also, I've also noticed that a lot of the old school guys are now buying up LGs and welding in 1" threaded steerers. The poor forks :( So I had already bought these for £39





With the decals.



Before I had even found the frame. As I said, I bought them to keep. I also bought these for £17 (3 pc size)



Because I have always liked them. Very plain looking, very simple, but very strong and light. And again, becoming quite thin on the ground. I also bought this seat because it was the last one he has.



Which will no doubt end up going on my 24" Quadangle and I will take the plain black seat off of that.

Cranks and disc were taken care of.



And I am going to use the Sunday stem, and possibly bars painted white. Not the stem painted, just the bars. For wheels I bought these.



Y22 rims (awesome rims from the mid school, very very strong and light) and they have nice machined alloy hubs and are flip flop too. I can get these for £30 a pair at the moment. Again because they are plentiful, but when they are gone they are gone. I have a couple of options on those. Firstly get sealed hubs for them or simply replace them with something special later down the line.

I did get a shock with the forks, though. I did not realise the frame was designed for tapered forks which go from 1-1/8 to 1.5". So thankfully I found this in a panic.



Which saved the day. The cranks used on this frame are called BB30 and of course, not standard size. But, the frame does come with a FSA headset and FSA crank adapter to Euro, so I just ordered this.



I have now pulled the wheels from the Sunday, crank, sprocket (used on my Quad) brake (calipers only) and will also use the lever, bars etc. It has already paid for itself, before I sell the F&F. Yeah good lesson to learn that. Better off buying older full bikes than parts.

griff:
as long as it makes you happy etc

Midschoolfool:

--- Quote from: griff on November 13, 2017, 03:23 PM ---as long as it makes you happy etc

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Yeah exactly. I've ridden a few alu bikes now and not liked them very much. Too light, too twitchy etc. The only way to make yourself happy is to build it how you like it. I'm not really the type to buy a bike then like it.

CustardLips:
Pretty sure i have a modern GT seat (similar to the SE one you have) if you're interested ?

Midschoolfool:

--- Quote from: CustardLips on November 13, 2017, 03:28 PM ---Pretty sure i have a modern GT seat (similar to the SE one you have) if you're interested ?

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I could be but it would be incredibly price dependent mate if I am honest. I have a Burner to pick up tomorrow so money is getting tight atm. I've got a brand new black plain padded seat already. Maybe in a couple of weeks if you still have it?

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