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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: glenboy on August 15, 2010, 04:19 PM
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i have some ukai rims 1 /38 and wondering if anybody else is using them on a full size bike not an expert or junior , i have a black loopy ripper f & F coming, but i just can't make my mind up whether it looks good on the narrower wheels or a bit (http://www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk/images/smilies/gay.gif) , found this on museum http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/se_racing/2336 (http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/se_racing/2336)
NOW GOT THEM ON PK RIPPER SEE PAGE 3 http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=112864.msg1106448#msg1106448 (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=112864.msg1106448#msg1106448)
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae90/ceegar1973/DSC00088.jpg)
on a 1982 gt pro
dave :daumenhoch:
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yeh they look good dave i like it , sort of sleek gives it the full race spec look, did they use these on full size bikes originally as well as the junior and expert ones
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You really need to run 1 3/8th tyres on them, I think they look OK. Fiola ran them at the 1985 KOS at Del Mar :shocked:
Lots of people used them on full sized bikes back in the day, I even ran them on a ProCraft and that was huge ;D
Th GT Brummie has posted looks like it has 1 1/8 tyres on it, but that could be a lack of air in them :D
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thanks yes i quite like the look of it and a bit different and it will also save me a few bob having to get some wheels , this is one of mine, it needs cleaning up but decent nick has 1 3/8ths tyre as well
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/ukai.jpg)
thought i'd look up fiola on youtube and here he is on 1 3/8th wheels, they are obviously tough even though they don't look it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrH1e-BQ0Y0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrH1e-BQ0Y0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=nrH1e-BQ0Y0&vq=medium#t=16
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Noice, radial spoked, sealed hubs and blue and green label Comp 3's; yum yum :daumenhoch:
They will look sweet on a Ripper ;)
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thanks marty yes i think i will go with these wheels i have then , i never noticed the spokes weren't crossed :idiot2: and they have been staring at me in the kitchen for the past few days, the hubs are "mavic" i had never heard of them but they look quality
edit: thought i'd do a test fitting on my 90's pk and they look pretty good i think
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5150023.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5150024.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5150025.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5150026.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5150027.jpg)
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We all used them back in the day, even Gary Llewelyn who was 6ft plus used them. Charlie Reynolds even used 24x1"3/8 on his VDC Gorilla cruiser at Wigan.
Araya 3/8's are wider and look a bit less 'kiddie' than Ukai's and obviously it has to be comp 3's.
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Just found this pic of me on my old Robinson Pro running Araya 1"3/8's.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/dd42/clivegossa/scan0017.jpg)
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nice one gossa and good pic :daumenhoch: when was that taken
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nice one gossa and good pic :daumenhoch: when was that taken
Milton Keynes old downhill track, I guess it must have been 1983? That pic was in Dave Spurdens book of BMX, too funny.....
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amazing how time goes by eh , have you kept any of that gear worth a few quid now :daumenhoch:, what was the seat post ?
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amazing how time goes by eh , have you kept any of that gear worth a few quid now :daumenhoch:, what was the seat post ?
I'd guess at a Uni Seat ;)
Mavic make and have always made top quality road gear, they look like Mavic 506 Hubs from a distance, I used to run them on my old Vitus Road bike back in the late 80's early 90's , full Mavic Groupset and ZAP electric gear change ;)
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae90/ceegar1973/DSC00088.jpg)
on a 1982 gt pro
dave :daumenhoch:
ive got some red gumwall panaracer 1 3/8ths had 2 laps of gosport track which would look good on that gt £12posted?
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/spesh1967/bikes/138tyres001.jpg)
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those wheels are long gone dude, thanks for the offer tho :daumenhoch:
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amazing how time goes by eh , have you kept any of that gear worth a few quid now :daumenhoch:, what was the seat post ?
Still got an exact Robinson Jersey like that but nothing else. An eagle eyed oldster might spot Skyway velcro on goggles in that pic, I got them off Andy Patterson at Bike 83 after waiting two hours and buying a crappy t shirt!
And yes, Uniseat, hammerhead with camo cali lite cover.
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j87/townytownsend/P9190008-1.jpg)
on my dec 82 ex factory rider laserlite. Still not built after 5 years :-[
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liking it j.t. the narrow rims are growing on me i must admit , and gossa bet you wish you had them goggles now , you'd get brewsters on fleabay nowadays :shocked:
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liking it j.t. the narrow rims are growing on me i must admit , and gossa bet you wish you had them goggles now , you'd get brewsters on fleabay nowadays :shocked:
Wish I had a lot of my old stuff! Sonlites, ESP's, GHP's, you name it I probably had it but I just can't remember where it all went! ;D
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I'm going to fit my Curtis if it ever returns from the chromers lol with ukai 1 1/8 black with polished sides and some nos comp 3's from Alan. I love the skinny look makes the bikes look semi cruiser ish and really racey !
And I then get to use a sexy campag reab brake!
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yes as above i really like the skinny wheels now on an old school racer as said it sort of makes the bike look bigger and a bit different to the norm :daumenhoch:
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Jason Mellors on a PK ripper 84? maybe
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/qq153/prime8motorsport/Others/DerbyGreyhoundScorpion.jpg)
Torker 280 83?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/qq153/prime8motorsport/Others/TorkeratGreyhoundStadium.jpg)
Alan Pointing, me on Spondon Engineering with Mavic 1.5's, Hutch on 1 3/8ths
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/qq153/prime8motorsport/Others/BMX.jpg)
Torker again, Bulwell
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/qq153/prime8motorsport/Bullwell/TorkeratBulwell.jpg)
had them on my Steve Watson cruiser when i first got it too. Pic is Robby Hill (just in shot on the left), me in fila BJ and AGV pro shooter helmet and some strange Renthal like clamped bars?, Neil McKennernay 741. Anyone put a name to the No1 plate rider on a Curtis, the name Simon Fox comes to my mind but not sure why or who Simon Fox was really? year older than me so born in 1969, this is 1984, i was in 14's, Curtis rider would have been in 15's. I'm sure Gossa might know?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/qq153/prime8motorsport/Others/13-15CruisersDerby.jpg)
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Loving the pics and so pleased I'm going for this look! Break from the norm!
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Glenboy ,
This are classic pics & should swing it , SE Factory rider bitd Bubba Hayes ran 1 3/8th's on his Ripper ;) .
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/bubbahayes.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/bubbahayes2.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/Bubba_Hays_Nov_83_BMXA.jpg)
;)
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like the interview, his dog reminds me of mine. 8)
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yeh thats the ticket matt :daumenhoch: i'm going full bubba spec :daumenhoch:, once i get all my stuff together in the next few days should be able to get this puppy together, black loopy ripper f and f ,troxel seat and post , 1 3/8ths ukai rims with comp 3 blue/green label tyres,blue shimano dx cranks ,crap pedals for now :(, bars i have a few to try some anonymous race bars chrome,cw pro bars or some crazy vector freestyle bars,hutch deep h stem , hutch doughnut seat clamp,no brake yet will have to get blue to match the cranks, grips i have some used black oakley b2's for now to whack on for now, looking forward to getting my adjustable spanner out
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Sounds cool , keep us updated :daumenhoch:
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will do matt :daumenhoch:, i wouldn't mind one of them zeronine race plates like on the one :shocked: above that would just finish nicely :yahoo_silent:
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right made a start big thanks to steve p for the frame and bits and bats, will put some better pics up once i put the dx cranks on tomorrow and some propa bars these are expert size bars i had floating about, its lightweight really lightweight :daumenhoch:
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5240010.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5240011.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5240012.jpg)
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That's nice dude!
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Looks very nice, might want to move that seat clamp up though so that it's flush with the top of the seat tube ;)
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i'll move the seatclamp marty it was just fastly bolted together , whats the allen key size for the hutch stuff is it in imperial rather than metric as my allen key seems a bit baggy when in the bolt hole on the hutch stem and seat post clamp
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i'll move the seatclamp marty it was just fastly bolted together , whats the allen key size for the hutch stuff is it in imperial rather than metric as my allen key seems a bit baggy when in the bolt hole on the hutch stem and seat post clamp
As it's US I'm pretty sure that it's imperial. The only reason it needs to go up higher is that too low and you risk stressing the frame around the seatpost split which could result in it cracking.
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HERE IN MY TITAN PRO
AS RACED AT PRESTON BY MY 9 YR OLD WITH JUNIOR PARTS FITTED
RUSS
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h56/spikeybonce/titan001-1.jpg)
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cheers mad dogg, i like it :daumenhoch:
right here it is near finished but needs brake and i have some aluminium powerlite probend bars coming which should keep the weight down , just needs wheels cleaning and polishing, overall i'm happy with it and its turned out just as i thought and finally got the dx cranks, (excuse the pedals its all i had for now) on which had the euro bb so i had to get an adapter to convert to usa bb size which was a bit more complicated than i thought
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5250019.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5250020.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5250021.jpg)
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(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5250017.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.co.uk/bmx2/P5250018.jpg)
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Love it!
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x2..
looks surprisingly good! :)
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Looks cool that :daumenhoch:
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Here are a couple of mine built it last night !!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc146/warehamlee/7d986cd6.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc146/warehamlee/133bb5bb.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc146/warehamlee/6161e39c.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc146/warehamlee/89858365.jpg)
My first build!! quite happy!!
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That PK is soooooooooooooooo foookin lush.....
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Only thing I'd change is the pedals for some XCII's...................
PM if you want :coolsmiley:
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thanks a lot guys you never know how its going to turn out till you do it , and its exactly how i imagined , can't wait to get my powerlite powerbend aluminium pro bars on which only weigh 1 pound and are pretty rare in pro size in aluminium so that'll lighten it a bit more, just need a few bits and bobs now including pedals thanks peter (Pm incoming :daumenhoch:) brake and the chain is a touch short came off the expert frame which some of the other bits came off
moochalargo thats looking slik, love the seatpost height as well is it on VIAGRA, i think the skinnies really suit the race frames, lovely chrome on that as well you old bufty :daumenhoch:
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Very nice Glen - Looks like my CW's went to a good home :coolsmiley:
:daumenhoch: