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Here's Something You Don't See Very Often...
Lazarou:
Are you going to put the Monkey Bars on it?
cherrypicker:
This is volume 1, issue 3 (for us anoraks) of Freestyle BMX. The man himself, Mr. Andy Preston (with Mike too) tested the TRM for Stechford cycles in Birmingham. On the advice of the guys (after they'd thrown the bike around for a while), the frame dynamics were altered so that the BB was higher off the ground by an extra inch. I think they threw the bike together with parts that they had in the van! This was in June 1984. My 13th birthday was in June 1984 and I got my first TRM. I built it almost exactly as in the mag except I had tuffs back and front and freewheel not coaster. I even put comp 111 on the back and a kenda whitewall on front. Enjoy...
I've managed to build this bike again, mostly with nos parts too, it makes me grin like a fookin Cheshire cat. Would have bunged it up for build of the year but the decals aren't going to be ready in time :-[ I'll post it up when it's finished. Thanks for bein interested you guys :daumenhoch:
MartyC:
Great stuff, yep that bike has no ice cream holders on it either :LolLolLolLol:
It's really great when you match your build to something from bitd rather than just pulling together a heap of nice parts - I think it adds to the quality and gives a good reference point. I've done similar with my Scorpion but not with my other builds, on those I've tried to set a period and match the parts to those available at that time a sort of this is what I might bought or might have bought if funds were available.
Can't wait to see pics of it built up - decals or no decals :daumenhoch:.
cherrypicker:
It's almost finished. It might just get in for the 20th! Shame the quad's not ready because that looks the nuts. Got a pair of Beats on the way too - Ruff Rep and my own custom stylee (yes, another Ruff Rep ???) Well... i had the bits.
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