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A dream of mine. Not a BMX, but has some BMX parts
Midschoolfool:
--- Quote from: brettypeeps on March 24, 2024, 11:16 PM ---Very interesting fistblump fistblump
Looking forward to see this. :radbmxsmilie:
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It's my sports car. I don't have a license (long story. I didn't do anything bad, I have just never had one in the UK) so yeah. I get it out a lot in warm weather, fly up and down on it and smile.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s we had these things (at least that is what we called them in London) Track Bikes. All they were was a racer with thin knobby tyres on and a set of motocross bars. Pearsons in Sutton used to make and sell all of the bits for them. It was what the Bomber was based on. Sadly if you search track bike you find some mental carbon thing with full aero :LolLolLolLol:
My brother had one, because I was far too small to ride one. He loved it. So it's sorta one of those. Nice and simple, easy to work on and maintain, and fookin fast :LolLolLolLol:
I got some of the parts in today. Will update with pics later. The bearing shells on the BB are a perfect fit so I am absolutely overjoyed about that. What it did do was show me just how heavy a non Ti ISIS BB is. Holy crap.
Midschoolfool:
OK so some parts arrived.
Before I could enjoy them though I had a big black cloud over my head. The BB. All of the methods to put an ISIS BB back together required a vice. Which I don't have, and nowhere to put one if I did. So this is the BB with the Italian ends whacked off.
The small side is just a hand press fit. The larger (big bearing, or double bearing on cheap BBs) is not. It is a press fit. In the end I dug out some headset spacers, used one large one and several small ones taped together and an old piece of wood, and.
Hit with hammer. Resulting in a BB that can actually be used. PHEW.
Obviously I will keep that for parts (most notably the bearings, they are the same only one is a double).
I was also deliberating actually rebuilding the PK. The only thing I do not have (aside from the crap BMX 48 spline steel cranks) is wheels. I have all of the other original parts. Then I remembered I bought a white front wheel (NOS, Shimano, spoked) that I didn't use because it was kinda heavy. I just found it under my bed :LolLolLolLol:
So I am a back wheel short. Cheap AF for 700c. I still have the knobby tyres too, and plenty of tubes. So yeah, that is going back together. For cranks? I will use these.
Which are also ISIS, so I can leave the BB in the PK. They are British made CNC (by Tensile, same as Onza etc etc).
Midschoolfool:
The benefits of being a hoarder :LolLolLolLol:
Just looked under my bed and I wasn't dreaming.
IIRC I weighed it and she was a little heavy so I got the Campagnolo Calima cheap that is on the bike now. That's it then, PK shall be going back together. At least I know it fits in the closet :LolLolLolLol:
Midschoolfool:
Custom rear wheel decals.
Midschoolfool:
The bottle cage arrived yesterday but that was it. I didn't realise that several of the items were in China. It takes about 5 days for the parcel to arrive with Yodel and it then comes pretty fast. Seat post coming today I think.
That said I have been stupid busy putting mum's house back together after the decorator came, so yeah.
I ordered mum some picture frames yesterday (unrelated to this, obs) but they were ?36. She can't do bank transfer and I already sent her 60 quid for easter so she said to go on Amazon and buy something on her card. After thinking about how sore my ahole was lat year with the 23c tyres I got a new front 28.
Instead of being the cheapest like last time this one is more mid range. I want to put a 28c on the rear too, but not only will it be expensive (tubular) it is also really hard to change them. I will deffo do it this summer though.
I also got a second bottle. Cheap at 6 quid and the same as the other. So if the red one looks gaudy it won't matter because I want one on the frame and one in the backpack to switch out when the one on the frame gets emptied. I can keep it in a cooler wrap in my bag too for when it is really hot out.
Right, back to waiting for deliveries I will see you all very soon.
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