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Antiriad2097:
Not having looked at BMX for 20 years, a recent nostalgic thread on another forum prompted me to buy a cheap fixer-upper to mess around with. Problem is, my vast teen knowledge is no longer relevant and I'm a n00b again.

Got this old heap for a fiver:


Now I've no idea if Pro-Lite are actually any good these days for starters. Any coments on that?

Anyone ID the frame model? That'd be handy for the spec.

In particular it needs new head bearings and gyro - are these standard size across bikes now or do I need to be careful?

I had a brief ride (hairy with no brakes) and it seems a bit heavy. Feels longer than I remember too - have BMXs grown in 20 years?

toys19:
This looks like a mid school bike, heavy as hell, and longer....

HEYWOOD BMX:
 :) Headset & gyro for that would be 1 inch.Newer bikes have 1 1/8 aheadsets.

Antiriad2097:

--- Quote from: toys19 on August 26, 2008, 07:42 AM ---This looks like a mid school bike, heavy as hell, and longer....
--- End quote ---

As you've put it like that, I may as well get this clarified. I'm assuming 'old school' <80s, 'mid school' = 90s and 'new school' > 2000 ?
I've seen 'mid school' bandied about and thats the only sense it makes to me so far.

As for the weight/length thing, is there a sticky or site that explains the ins and outs of that?
I think heavy also means more stable thanks to carrying more weight and thus more momentum, but with a downside its going to be harder to throw around. How heavy is 'too heavy'?
Not sure how length affects it other than it seemed much harder to pull the front end up, but I partly put that down to not doing it for 20 years.


--- Quote from: HEYWOOD BMX on August 26, 2008, 10:19 AM --- :) Headset & gyro for that would be 1 inch.Newer bikes have 1 1/8 aheadsets.

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Thanks for that. I've ordered a cheap new headset that size, so fingers crossed it fits.

Gyros I'm not au fait with. Again, is there a sticky or site that explains setting it up? I sort of understand how it works being fairly simple mechanically, but I've not seen one up close and this one is trashed. I just want to be sure what I need in the way of cables and how it fits round the existing head/stem fittings.



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I've been hunting around and found a thread at VintageBMX.com that does cover some of the length/weight considerations. From what I've read. I'm guessing my Pro-Lite is possibly more designed as a race bike instead of freestyle, though I'd have thought otherwise with twin top tubes. Either that or mid school race bikes are really long.
Thread here for reference:
http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php'showtopic=27017242

Moose:
It's not a racer it's a 'freestyle' frame - there were quite a few of these knocking around 3 or 4 years ago. NOS frames being sold mainly by Emma at Rudewheels

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