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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: MONTE_CARLOW on October 28, 2010, 03:52 PM
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Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a bit of advice and info. Are there any OS 80's bikes with a long TT, ideally 21" plus as I've tried a few and the 18.5/19" just seem too short as I'm 6' tall and 14 stone!!!
Thanks in advance!!
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Yup, there's TNT, ELF, Hyper and a few others that do 21" and above toptube.
It is possible on less though, my Haro is only about 20" TT, plenty of OS racers have bikes in the 19.5-20.5" toptube range, that includes those of us 6' tall and above.
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He said old skool not mid skool ::)
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The ELF was around in the 80s, some of the other longer bikes also date from the 80s.
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He said old skool not mid skool ::)
Stop shit stirring Bob.....................you'll wake Dan Dare up for his two-penneth worth!! :LolLolLolLol:
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Im 6ft tall and 17.5stone. I had a 22" TNT which was too long and now Ive got a 21" Robinson which is just right. There is a thread with some OS toptube lengths somewhere on here if somebody can find it.
Matt
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blah blah blah mid skool blah :yahoo_silent:
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free agent were making 21" TT limos from 87
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...granted the Hyper is a 90s bike ;)
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This may help:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=74028.0
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TNT frames came out in 86... from the same factory that made early Hutch and Thruster frame sets. :P
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if old schoolers say that old school is early to mid eighties and mid schoolers say that mid school is 92 to 2000, whats the bit inbetween called?
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I say anything 1970's and below=vintage, 80-89=old school, 90-99=mid school and 2000 onwards=new school. Thats just my opinion like
Matt
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I say anything 1970's and below=vintage, 80-89=old school, 90-99=mid school and 2000 onwards=new school. Thats just my opinion like
Matt
trouble with that is that in the mid school section they say 92 onwards and a lot of people say that old school stops in 86. i have 3 bikes that i regard as old school and they were all made in 90
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the cw zxl apparently had a 21" top tube,but rare as rocking horse plop
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He said old skool not mid skool ::)
Stop shit stirring Bob.....................you'll wake Dan Dare up for his two-penneth worth!! :LolLolLolLol:
he'l want a receipt :D
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Thanks for the info guys.
So it looks like I need to look for an Old to Mid School bike to be on the safe side! So my next question is, does anyone have a complete race ready bike for sale? I haven't got a massive budget as the bike will most probably spend 90% of the time hung on the garage wall!!
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Thanks for the info guys.
So it looks like I need to look for an Old to Mid School bike to be on the safe side! So my next question is, does anyone have a complete race ready bike for sale? I haven't got a massive budget as the bike will most probably spend 90% of the time hung on the garage wall!!
Where are you based fella?
If you're thinking of racing in the North Region just come along to the next race and try a few of our bikes out - it may give you a rough idea of what or not to buy if a complete bike comes along.
And if you want to race before you get a bike just shout up - someone will be able to sort a loner out.
(Take a look in the Old School Series Racing section of the forum for details of the next races. In't north it'll probs be Coppull in mid-November)