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Building the Rebel Freestlyer

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dannywhiteley:
With the acquisition of a NOS set of white Rebel Freestyle pads (cheers Eamonn), its given me the kick up the arse to build my Rebel Freestyler.  Only problem is, I have to do it justice and have tried and failed once before.  Because its my favourite ever frame I have to get it right and as you can see below, my first attempt was horrible, just too much going on.

Here is where I am now (minus the crank and the seatpost - they are gone).  I also have NOS Rebel CW Xpert bars, and that padset in white.   Basically its a bare f/f with a nice Hatta headset.



Heres the last attempt... as I said its awful.  However, I feel I have more knowledge from building the Quad and the TA to make a much better job of it this time.



So what do I do?  I want it to look propa 80's freestyle (think white walls, tuffs, pegs etc).  I also have a pair of NOS 901's in red that might be used (front and rear, or just rear?), so red may be the colour scheme of choice. 

toys19:
Ditch the blue, use all red, white  or alloy parts... White or red skyways/zeds...

stidds:
Way too much going on in attempt 1, I agree.

The Rebel's stickers are very busy on their own and it is way too easy to think white, blue, red and lots of it.  Personally I would focus more on the white and leave the stickers to the out and out colour.

What I mean is, white Skyways or wheels, white bars, and anything that can be left chrome should be as this will tone down the colours and compliment the white.

toys19:
Or what stidds said...

dannywhiteley:
Yeah, the old build was horrible, particularly the seat and crank.

Gonna go with lots of white and chrome, white Tuffs and white wall tyres.

Let the decals do the talking... :)


What suits a freestyle build, 1 or 3 piece cranks? 

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