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A rare bird indeed - Rickman Racing Pro trash find

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the_wheelie_king:
Evening all

Check out what I saved from probable oblivion today. It's a Rickman Pro that I fished out of a mountain of Emmelles and other other assorted low-rent crap down the local tip. Couldn't quite believe it at first, it's got to be 20+ years since I saw one last. Chris Strong started them off and if memory serves me right they were the standard ride of the Strongs Team. They only made them in small numbers but I recall they were popular amongst the racers due to their classy finish and pukka handling. They were made by TranAm in New Milton who also made MRD's, so that's why there is the obvious similarities between the two (Reynolds 531, braised joints, etc). All the parts on it including the non-original forks are bin fodder with the exception of an arrow straight black Araya 7X and a nice 177mm Sugino GT crank, but to be honest I only snatched it up because of the frame and it's spot-on condition - drop-outs look perfect and there's no dings or dents anywhere. Enjoy!  :daumenhoch:

sawzall:
wow top find :daumenhoch: i have been looking for one of these for a while now :( they were made by rickman motorcycles of new milton who also did mrd's,as far as i know tran-am  were distributors for motorcycle and bmx parts :daumenhoch:

Gashead:
Look at those welds  :angel:

Top bike that - I'm sure if Phil doesn't want that I would  :daumenhoch:


Great find  :4_17_5:

firebird:
sweet find  :daumenhoch:

the_wheelie_king:
Just so you all know, I won't be keeping this one as the missus will hit the roof if I start another build ::), so if you're interested pm me (Gossa's bagsied first dib dobs though)  :LolLolLolLol:

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