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The mystery Kink. Mystery solved...
Mikku:
Looks great! Not normally a big fan of coloured spokes but they work well here.
Don't meet your heroes - I like it! ;D
The lever I'm looking at (pictured below) costs about the same as you paid but then I have to get it over here, so I'm probably going to leave it. Probably!
Midschoolfool:
Well it ain't heavy so postage should be cheap :LolLolLolLol:
I've always wanted one. Always. I love CNC stuff. No one seems to make CNC BMX brake parts any more. Mostly I guess because dippys ride them without brakes these days. What made me laugh though was the real reason why they started doing that... They don't know how to set them up :LolLolLolLol:
Christ could you imagine that in the 80s and 90s?. I suppose with everything coming mostly assembled these days there's no need to learn.
I would say 45 quid is what it is worth really. Paying a ton of postage etc? yeah, I wouldn't bother. I think Chrome cranks will really make the bike pop too, so I am glad now that it happened. No point harking on about screwing up. Worse things have happened. Thankfully they were only 45 quid and not 200....
TBH the red spokes were bought simply because they were cheap AF. I do like them though, but if you chip them etc? they look pony. I think that is why people stopped using them. I'm not going to go hard on it. I cant any more. I just want something I can ride without thinking "Well if I screw up there goes two grand". The wheels aren't true either. Couple of mm side to side but again, nothing that will stop it riding perfectly. There's no point being uber fussy with it as it really is just a winter rider. I have spare decals too, so I really need to get over worrying about it. Just ride the bloody thing.
Got my holiday coming up soon. I really need it. Been literally stuck indoors since Lockdown began. I don't go out much as it is, but losing my week in Feb and week later in the year at my fave place has been pretty hard. There aren't many places I can go and feel safe, but this is one. I've been going there 40 years I know it better than most of the places I've lived tbh.
Hoping to ride on Thurs. This. Want to go to Littlehampton, not been there since lockdown started. There's a new skate park there but thankfully I don't have my pads or helmet so it will stop me doing something I would absolutely regret if I manage to find it :LolLolLolLol:
Midschoolfool:
Things I forgot to mention. I bought some legit casino dice from Caesar's Palace in LV/NV.
They cost me 6.99 I got them here. They are also matched pairs with the same serials.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303281685165?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D294126b639614587b8723ca2883f5264%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D303281685165%26itm%3D303281685165%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2506613&_trksid=p2506613.c100290.m3507
Price was very agreeable too. Usually drilled and ready to fit they are 20 quid a pair. Drilled them out myself with a 10mm bradpoint and glued in two plastic caps. Cable is a Fibrax (had it left over) and the strap is a Fit Bike Co I had left over. Same goes for the plastic S&M bar ends.
Midschoolfool:
What a ride. If I closed my eyes I would swear I was riding my Metal. This is good, very good. Sadly I forgot my Vans, and most importantly gloves. It's burning hot out there and within about a mile my hands were sweating so bad I couldn't hang on lol.
What I had to put on my feet wasn't helping either.
I need my Vans dammit !
Mikku:
You're right, those cranks do make it pop! Much better than the black ones imo. :daumenhoch:
Funny you mention gloves. I never, ever wore them bitd but since I've taken up racing again, I literally never ride a BMX without wearing a pair, even for just riding around the rice paddies. In fact, I bought two more pairs this year! ;D
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