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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: southern andy on September 18, 2010, 01:33 PM
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Yep arrived today. :LolLolLolLol:
Anyone that knows anything about me and my bike building will know i don't do easy :LolLolLolLol: I'm not one to buy bling and build bling.
I buy crap that needs work basically. I'm not a BMX snob so i'll pretty much renovate anything that falls my way, hence my Nishiki, Falcon Pro cruiser and my 2 Halfords Turbo builds.
Anyhow i saw this on the bay with 20mins to go and ummed and arrrreddd.
Didn't know too much about it as the pictures were shocking, sadly the description was correct. ;D
what i didn't expect was the superb wrapping :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/haha2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/haha1.jpg)
I really don't want to unwrap it...... it's quality.
Hoping to take it round Phils this afternoon for him to look at. :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
What have i let myself in for ?????? :idiot2: :idiot2:
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what is it
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what is it
Its a cardboard freestyler.... with parcel tape decals!
Uber rare bubble wrap bars n all.... :D
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Is it a Bucking Bronco ::)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foilman/4196735573/
:D
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it's one of those hutch super fastest bike in the world, you'd have thought they would've rapped it :buck2:
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is it K-9 andy? :crazy2:
and yes im at my dads writing this :'(
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is it that bike that was damaged in a shed fire? Cannot remember what BIKE it was now, but I was tempted also. :(
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Looks like one of those Raleigh Vektors
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pirahna?
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if it was the one damaged in the shed fire....rickman race?
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if it was the one damaged in the shed fire....rickman race?
thats it rickman race!!!!! Got to be that one... ;)
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Yep a couple of clever chaps on here. :4_17_5:
I thought the :Great_Britain: flag may have given it away. :LolLolLolLol:
Yep a Rickman Pro :smitten:
Took it round Sawzalls today still wrapped, i hadn't even seen it when i got round Phils, didn't take him long to cut away the tiny wrapping. Phil got his Rickman book out that had all the serial numbers, i read the number he checked, bang Rickman Pro.
Happy as larry.
Quick check over and pretty much no damage to the frame. Obviously there are burn marks but they'll come off as we did a tiny bit of the top tube.
Off with the parts then, first up was the doughnut seat clamp, is it Hutch ????? not stamped Hutch so could be an early unstamped one. Next were the Redline forklifter bars, then the DK stem. Sadly the corners are shagged on the top cap but the rest looks ok. Next off was the stem lock thing, looks like a DK one ?????
We then removed the GT Epoch headset, freakin nightmare that was but between the two of us job done and out fell the forks.
Dia Compe MX900 fell off aswell, pretty shagged but we'll see what Mr polish can do. New semi adjuster required obviously. ;D ;D Fire and plastic don't mix.
Seat post left then :tickedoff: :tickedoff: Not a chance, didn't want to move with the two of us and a vice. Obviously we were worried about splitting any of the Brazed welds on the frame so it was drilling time.
Solid Ali all the way down, thankfully Phil has the king of drills and after cutting it down we got the first drill through, at least 5-6" inside post.
6 different size drills later and we have a paper thin seat post. A screwdriver down the sides for a few mins and a set of long nose liers and the bitch pulls out. :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
Obviously i can't thank Phil enough, i didn't expect him to go to work on it for 2hrs. Whilst i assisted with what i could i sort of felt useless.
Many thanks again Phil, so glad i live local to you. :LolLolLolLol:
More photos to come but i'm knackered with all my pushing and pulling. ;D ;D
If you like :Great_Britain: builds then you're gonna love this puppy.
Best £54 i ever spent in my life. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
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A few piccys then
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie8.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie7.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie6.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie5.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie4.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie9.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/rickie2.jpg)
and some from working round Phil's this afternoon.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1715.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1716.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1717.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1718.jpg)
The lump of metal is the stuck seatpost. :tickedoff:
If anyone can tell me about the seat clamp and the stem lock thing i'd appreciate it, The cap of the stem is still round Phils as it looks like i'll have to get a cap remade.
The other bits will clean up nice. No structural damage at all to the frame, the chrome has turned a nice Blue/gold under the flame marks.
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looked better in the box ... put it back lol :D
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:LolLolLolLol:
I agree, that box wrapping was something else.
Best i can find at the moment. :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/rickmann_racing/2923
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Its a cardboard freestyler.... with parcel tape decals!
Uber rare bubble wrap bars n all.... :D
Just write Haro on it with a Bic biro and see if Matt the loon Swivel falls for it :coolsmiley: :coolsmiley: :2funny: >:D
Good score Andy - keep me posted on the progress bud :daumenhoch:
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Nice find Andy :daumenhoch: That packaging is up there with the best of them ::) :LolLolLolLol:
Much more rewarding to build a bike from this as opposed to bolting a few NOS parts to an NOS frame imo ;)
Looking forward to seeing the progress on this mate :daumenhoch:
What's the plans for it , re chrome/colour etc ?
Nice work by Phil too , bloody handy having someone like that on your doorstep !
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What's the plans for it , re chrome/colour etc ?
I'm thinking White Joff although a Rechrome isn't out of the question mate. The stripping of the chrome would sort the scorch marks out.
Nice work by Phil too , bloody handy having someone like that on your doorstep !
You aint wrong, bloody handy when he just loves doing what he does aswell. My other build is still round there. Just waiting on an afternoon when both have time spare to crack on with that one.
There are peoples frames everywhere round there, a right old list of work to do.
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I can't wait to see this develop. We visted the Rickman factory BiTD :Great_Britain:
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Cool,I like that. I think the head lock is a DK, not sure about the seat clamp, though.
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cant wait to see how this develops 8)
top drilling Mr Sawzall,like a good bit of drilling :daumenhoch:
that headlock is a DK ;)
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That's gunna look pukka Andy :4_17_5:
But can you tell Phil to pull his bloody finger out and stop working on other peoples bikes and concentrate on my Ripper ffs :tickedoff:
:-*
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Nice, hopefully that will clean up very well :daumenhoch:
Re-chrome or a colour?
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Re-chrome or a colour?
Still undecided Marty, i need to clean up the frame as best i can to see what it's like underneath. I fancy white to be honest.
That's gunna look pukka Andy :4_17_5:
But can you tell Phil to pull his bloody finger out and stop working on other peoples bikes and concentrate on my Ripper ffs :tickedoff:
It's all about Nationality with Phil Nick, he's not a racist but when there's a :Great_Britain: bike in his hands everything else sort of becomes less important to him :LolLolLolLol: I won't tell you who's bike he was working on and what is was but it was slung over the over side of his garage quite quickly when this Rickman arrived. :angel:
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Good stuff Andy - you'll do it proud mate :Great_Britain: :daumenhoch:
As for the packaging :shocked: :wtf: :LolLolLolLol:
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please...loads of "during resto" pics...i love threads like this. If the stem and seatclamp turn out to be 5/16 and need re-tapping(and you have'nt got a tap), give us a shout.
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Bloody bunch of gypo's you lot down on the south coast :tickedoff:
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:LolLolLolLol:
English gypos though.
Nice Ripper mate, saw it there, won't be long now. Should be done for MK11.
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:yahoo_silent:
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might be gypo nickers but im from the right side of the border ;D
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looked better in the box ... put it back lol :D
Lol. That's a good project man!
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might be gypo nickers but im from the right side of the border ;D
France ?
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Spence ya sod ;D :LolLolLolLol:
Andy Phil is a total legend isn't he, top bloke also, looking good fella.
Now give me 1st dib dobs on those bars :D :daumenhoch:
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Redline Forklifter bars sold to Matt, :LolLolLolLol: the rest is staying put for major resto.
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Bargain, Great project......good luck with it :daumenhoch:
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That is so so nice fella ;) Gone 2 a good home aswell :daumenhoch:
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You just gotta find a nos set of these Rickman Pro Bars to put on her now :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b270/daz1969/Marchsales016.jpg)
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Keep burning them Daz and they'll match the frame. :LolLolLolLol:
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Whats this bike looking like now then?
Matt
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Hi Matt,
I'll try and get some pictures up soon for you mate, it's sort of in pieces at the moment ready for the 30yrs of Bournemouth BMX club this Saturday. I've also changed the plate number as someone wanted some Haro numbers and i had them, sadly one of them was on this bike :LolLolLolLol: but i had a few spare so it wasn't a problem.