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GT Speed Series build.
Midschoolfool:
oldtired:
not really feeling the front end , i think it needs the white fat carbon forks, just with it being the 1 1/8 to 1 1/2 ht, may look different when built?
Midschoolfool:
--- Quote from: oldtired on November 19, 2017, 11:18 AM ---not really feeling the front end , i think it needs the white fat carbon forks, just with it being the 1 1/8 to 1 1/2 ht, may look different when built?
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Yeah it looks a little bit odd. Mind you, I have deliberately taken photos of it so you can see the Hope adaptor in there.
Carbon forks are a bit of a dream if I am being honest. Every one has reasons why they want to build a bike I guess. I've not really gone into the reasons I am building this, but I will explain.
In the mid 90s I got back into BMX in a big way. I was up late one night (I don't sleep without pills which I now have) and was watching the X Games on Channel 5. IIRC it was 1995. I got back into the sport in a big way. I mainly rode a Schwinn Hydramatic and I rode street. It was awesome being a strong, fully grown adult. I was a tiny kid. So tiny my mother had to take me to Gt Ormond St hospital as a kid to have tests to make sure I was growing properly. I did not grow to a full sized adult until I was about 23. Before that I was a tiny skinny little kid. Now? I am 5'10 and I tell you what is incredible? basically Gt Ormond said I would be 5'10. They even predicted my weight (14 stone) but I am a bit over that now due to meds screwing with my thyroid..
Any way, I rode hard for about three or four years then the falls started to hurt. I would usually fall, bash my shins, smack my nuts etc. But then just get up and walk it off and carry on riding. However, when I reached about 27 the falls started to hurt. Like really bad, to the point I would have to take weeks out.
So I decided I was going to build a race bike. I loved riding just as much as pulling crazy crap so I bought a race bike. 1997-8 Quadangle Alu, LG forks (the same identical ones I am using here) Fusion 3pc crank (the made in USA £180 one) then I traded my Schwinn which was now painted custom in hubba bubba metallic pink for some Peregrine Super Pro etc etc. Eventually it was done (took me over a year) and I was into it for about two grand. At the time I was working for a BMX shop, long story very short I was smacked over the head from behind when closing the shutters and it was stolen.
I have built a Yellow '07 with a very similar frame (only it's Cro Mo which is better for me as I am pretty fat lol) but I have been craving a light race bike. Now obviously when I say light I don't mean modern race bike light. I mean more mid school race bike light which to me feels like I am riding naked. God I loved riding that thing (the mid quad).
So in ways this is my proper replacement. I've made sure it has a stupid long top tube, then the rest is all mid school as it was back in the late 90s (wheels, forks, crank disc etc).
3pc cranks haven't changed an awful lot since the late 90s. Once Profile smashed it out of the park it was kinda hard to beat, so every one pretty much just copies them now. Not a bad thing I guess !
Midschoolfool:
Ordered everything else I will need. Chain.
14t freewheel (42/14)
Which thankfully I can fit due to FF hub. Got me a nice left handed V brake lever for the brake as the ones I have are all right handed (bloody yanks :D )
Marin 27.2/350 seat post.
And some brake pads. I wanted the longer ones as they grip better on Vs I found.
Once all that turns up I should be ready to build :) Only thing I have to do is take the ano off of the 5mm Vocal spacer I have for the headset. Will tackle that later :)
Midschoolfool:
Had a bit of a mock up yesterday. Still waiting on a few parts before I can do anything properly (freewheel so I know where to set the cranks, stem so I can mount the bars). The pile it grows, though !
And some loose assembly just to make sure everything fits where it should. I have pressed in the BB30-Euro adapter now.
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