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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: oldtired on January 22, 2011, 11:25 AM
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don't know if this is in the right place but it has been a bit of a resto , been loads of fookin about making things fit together , sore thumbs and lots of :tickedoff: :tickedoff:, :LolLolLolLol:, my ride for the OSR , had all intentions of more of a real OS ride but its ended up mostly being early Mid schooly , which is the norm from what i can gather, aside from that a very limited budget has ment more OS parts are well out of the question , i have built it in an OS fasion though by getting hold of cheap bits and robbing bits of my other bikes :LolLolLolLol:, so just about ready for the big wobble ;D
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff98/jimjdld/bmx/wobbleready.jpg)
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looks cool to me matey now the pic angle looks a bit odd but bars look tad forward and dont race with seqat too high either it hurts ya ass lol
will be good to see ya at manchester next week i hope .greg
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Great to see the MCS! Apart from the F & F, headset and stem etc that has to be OS spec, then a lot of it is "in the spirit of Old School". A lot of the kit will be mid-school or repop but if you don't cheat to gain a big advantage it's all good.
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What is it? cant tell from that angle
As Greg says lower the seat and pull the bars back a bit, try and get out on it before racing and see what feels right... :daumenhoch:
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its my old mcs magnum xlx frame and forks .loverly frame for old school racing
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yeah look at the bike fron the side and try angle the bars in line with the forks .ride it round a bit see if you can get used to it like that as its the best way of steering stops front end twitchyness and you have more control over the bike/steering if done like i said
took me ages to get used to bars like this but trust me long term its way better
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its my old mcs magnum xlx frame and forks .loverly frame for old school racing
I was tempted myself as it's a lovely F&F that I remember from BiTD wth guys like Terry Tennet racing it - but as it's the same size as my Haro OS racer I didn't think there was any point.
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cheers Greg :daumenhoch:, yeah angle make the bars look more for forward than they are , seat hight is just for rolling around will drop it a bit , undecided weather to cut it in half or not :-\ , she's gained a few pounds too, swapped the forks , had a problem with crown bearing seat, it's that odd smaller size on the forks and i haven't got a bearing seat that fits , so rather than risk damaging the forks swapped for some DB ones for now, crank set is no light weight either ,although its bomb proof , or rather fatty proof :LolLolLolLol:
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mm the forks are original to the frame though what was the problem did u change the headset ?it worked okay for me .?
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That looks like a decent OS Racing Ride to me :daumenhoch:
Nice and long so will be quite stable if you're worried about being "wobbly".
Don't about not using original OS parts. The vast majority of OS Series riders don't give a shit - so long as you are in the spirt of the event.
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not a problem at all Greg, the Bearing seat that fits on the forks wasn't a tight fit so when i nipped up the headset the forks would move as though the headset was loose ? can just see the gap, the seat was loose ie i didn't have to pushed into place
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff98/jimjdld/bmx/hsseat.jpg)
i swaped out the headset for chrome one and the seat was even bigger? :uglystupid2: ,its only temporary , might sort it before the 30th , mind you i'm still hung over from sorting out the seat post shim, took me 8 tins to find the right one :P :LolLolLolLol:
slightly better photo
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff98/jimjdld/bmx/wobble2.jpg)
Thanks for the comments chaps :daumenhoch: i'm realy looking forward to it
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that set up looks spot on dude :daumenhoch:,nice grippy pedals,decent cranks,strong lookin wheels :daumenhoch:
whats the gearing set up ???
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Cheers Rooski, 44 / 16 for no other reason than i like the chain ring, got an imperial but it's only a 41 :'(
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standard gearing :daumenhoch:
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those rear dropouts look like proper 'impalers' >:D
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it will be good to see you & your bike on the gate next week :)
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cheers, more like falling over the gate :LolLolLolLol: it'll be foot down start for me