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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: jp-rebel on July 16, 2011, 02:28 PM
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I have been involved in this hobby for near on 10 years and although I am not a massive forum user I am amazed and grateful for the advice and help that is on tap on Radbmx, so this post is a big thank you for the help and advice I have received over the years from Radsters.
My latest dilemma was needing a set of Decals for a Birmingham Wheels frameset so thanks in particular to Jaymz for the artwork offer I did not need in the end but appreciated none the less :daumenhoch: ,Animal for the advice :daumenhoch: , Dirtskirt for the close ups of his Nos Pad logos :daumenhoch: , Bullseye and his Brother for the lone of the NOS Seat Tube And Head Badge Decals :daumenhoch: and last but no least thanks to Del for the amazing art work and finished Decals :daumenhoch:.
From the internet I only found around 6 examples B’ham Wheels frames and to complicate matters although they all use the same design Decals they all were applied in different positions and configurations, I can only assume they were originally supplied loose for self application also they were available in gold or black, as my Frame is chrome I decided black would show up best.
This is the finished set, the gold Head and Seat Tube are the decals on lone from Bullseye .The build is not far from being done so watch this space for the finished Bike 8) .
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ee43/jp_rebel/My%20Bikes/brum%20wheels%20bmx/IMGP3111.jpg)
Birmingham Wheels Project Frame :Great_Britain: &Tange TRX Forks both near mint original Chrome.
New Retro Donut Seat clamp.
Seat Post- un-branded.
Brookes Seat :Great_Britain: .
A'me Grips.
Unknown Bars.
Suntour Power Stem.
Black Pad Set-Were a Faded Blue Set off Ebay, Dyed Black.
Hatta Mx-10 Headset.
Dia-compe MX1000,Pre-Bent Lever,Clips & Cable,
SR 3 piece Crank.
Sugino Chainwheel.
Tioga Beartrap Bottom Bracket.
TTK Cycle Pro Pedals
Chain KMC Devil 101
Used Spencer Wheels :Great_Britain: Given the Shine Side treatment.
Rainbow Comp III Tyres.
Decals By Del.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ee43/jp_rebel/My%20Bikes/brum%20wheels%20bmx/IMGP3118.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ee43/jp_rebel/My%20Bikes/brum%20wheels%20bmx/IMGP3117.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ee43/jp_rebel/My%20Bikes/brum%20wheels%20bmx/IMGP3116.jpg)
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Glad you got it sorted fella, what year is the frame? Those decals look really late 70's in style, the kind of neon writing shapes, cant wait to see the finished bike now
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Glad you got it sorted fella, what year is the frame? Those decals look really late 70's in style, the kind of neon writing shapes, cant wait to see the finished bike now
Yeah they do look very retro dont they ;) not sure on the age of the Frame but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be around 83-85 as I think they made the first in 83 and stopped some time mid 80's ,The Wheels logo has not changed much through the years, check the link:
http://www.birminghamwheelspark.org/birminghamwheelsbikeclub/tracks.html
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thats brilliant, it looks like thold days of print when you had to lay up everything first!!
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Cool :daumenhoch:
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Cool x 2 ;)
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24/7/11 Finshed Bike Pics added at start of thread-let me know what you think ;)
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Very nice mate :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
rare as hell that is and it's good to see you've used Spencer rims instead of the more common choices. :4_17_5:
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love it mate :smitten:
just reminded me of when i was a kid,a few of us,of all age groups used to ride around the area,and one of the lads was a wheels factory rider
top stuff :4_17_5:
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that's a cracking bike, glad to have been some help on this. :daumenhoch:
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:4_17_5: love it
I still remember how excited I was to go to the wheels track - only went there a couple of times BITD (as it was way over the other side of brum) but even though I never raced on it was great fun trying out the jumps! with MK a couple of weeks away memories have been coming back :)
hadn't heard of a wheels frame before joining up here, this is the first one I've seen and it looks 8)
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cracking build :Great_Britain:,glad you got the decals sorted :daumenhoch:
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:Great_Britain: splendid :daumenhoch:
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Great build,well done mate,well worth it in the end :4_17_5:
PS...what hubs are on the spencers? are they made by pelliser (think thats how they spell it?)
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Great build,well done mate,well worth it in the end :4_17_5:
PS...what hubs are on the spencers? are they made by pelliser (think thats how they spell it?)
Yeah well pleased with the decals 8) I trust you got yours back o.k.
The hubs are Pelissier made in France and original to the Rims.
Cheers for all the comments chaps :coolsmiley: , I was a regular down Wheels myself Bitd.
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Thats a beauty that. Real piece of my local history right there :daumenhoch:
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that's a cracking bike, glad to have been some help on this. :daumenhoch:
Glad you like it mate, as said before I appreciate the work you did on the Decals :daumenhoch:
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Great stuff :Great_Britain: :daumenhoch:
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A rare beauty :smitten:
its acracking frame,likin the :Great_Britain: parts too :)
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Just Gorgeous mate, lovin it :daumenhoch:
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Cracking build mate :daumenhoch:
Some different parts from the norm on there too 8)
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Nice one JP, great selection of parts :coolsmiley:
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Really like that,quality looking :Great_Britain:frame :4_17_5:
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Bump for a lovely bike! :bow:
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Yup, gorgeous!!
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Hells Yeah! Love this :4_17_5:
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I love the shape of a Birmingham Wheels. Really loopy looptail (if that makes sense). Trev: 'what's a looptail?' :LolLolLolLol: