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QUADANGLE CRUISER???
MartyC:
--- Quote from: Moose on February 23, 2007, 07:55 PM ---Unfortunately, you can't stop people from making this stuff - as much as you (and me) disagree with it.
At least he is stamping them and he's telling people where they're stamped - what more can you ask? ???
I don't think people can be getting caught out by the odd-angle, but maybe the skyway bars and the bottemas. I think JC must have been 'bullied' into stamping the Skyway bars, because I'm sure initially, they weren't stamped :-\
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Moose, you are right he can't win whatever he does. If my memory serves me right, he originally only made the bars for himself and a couple of mates and then he started to get heaps of enquiries so started making them to order. Maybe he was "bullied" into stamping them and maybe not ( I think he was caught out by the demand and just didn't think about that side of it), but at least he has done the right thing and started to stamp them which is more than what WIN and others did/do with their CW type bars and people are still getting caught out by those all these years later ;) . Also, he doesn't advertise them as originals, he states they are copies and he also makes the forks to fit new school rides, how cool is that then to give your new school ride the old school look?
JC was also a former Factory Skyway rider and a pretty rad one too from what I have read :daumenhoch:
Dingobmxer:
there are several types of Quad cruiser:-
Supercross made "Quadzilla" (I am actually responsible for that name, how cool? 8) ) also known as "Quad Flyer".
Made by Bill at Supercross to the same dimensions and geometry as the OM Flyer, I owned one, it came through damaged which sort of jaded it for me and I sold it soon after
also made by Supercross are the "Skunk Quads" which were 24" versions but had problems with back brake/drop out positions and also the BB was too low and you could rest the the bike on the pedals without tipping it over too much so are no good for racing as the pedals catch in berms.
Supercross again did a 24/26 hybrid which I dont know so much about.
lastly there is VRP, Jesse Vargas run company which makes 2 versions, "Big Tube" which is essentially a 24" late 90's Alloy Quad and a "twin tube" which is a hybrid design, amazing bikes, one of the best I have owned but just too big for me to race with 22"+ top tube
fabricated by Sal who did the work for SE in the late 90's and therefore the closest you will get to a "real" SE 24" Quad,he also made 26" ones and 26" Flovals
Johnny Chopper makes 24" Quads in cro mo to the same geometry as late 90's Flovals and 26" ones to the same geo as OM flyers, you can choose between 1" threaded headtubes and caliper brakes or 1&1/8th with v brake mounts,
Hope this clears things up a little?
:) DINGO :)
oberonspacefruit:
ahhh.
i wouldnt care.
the way things are going, you get 20 seconds of recognition for yet another build.
is that really worth the 2000 pounds that you spend?
very few people scrutinise the parts that matter i have found, and have been dissapointed when whoever didnt spot whatever.
id pay reasonable bucks for a copy of the part that was indistiguishable from the original.
DR VINOAH:
i got no qualms with johnnys work
infact i still want some bottema,s
and dont give 2 fux ,if they are vintage or not
rock on johhny :coolsmiley:
Dingobmxer:
I have some GENIUNE Bottema rub ons here :coolsmiley:
I fancy some JC Bottema's too if anyone wants to share postage costs??
:) DINGO :)
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