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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: PK.RIPPER on May 25, 2011, 09:10 PM
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Thought id share with you my second to last build ever :( :'( of a very rare bent down tube 2007 GT Performer with some 1984 Gt Performer attitude,Eddie Fiola rep if you like.
i will stick my neck out and say that this new school bent down tube performer is the only one of its kind on the planet i know that mr Costa built a similar 2007 performer in white but i have gone one step further not just by removing all the brake cable guides but i have removed the gyro brackets on the head tube and the brake mech anchers on the frame and the forks i wanted a strong new school frame and fork set to take the abuse but i wanted the actual finished bike to look old school as i hate new school bikes as they all look the same :(.
Please let me know what you think of it ;)
All the best Baz :daumenhoch:
Before
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g295/powerhouse_01/KGrHqMOKo4E0WWw-6LiBNEnOt1WQ_12.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g295/powerhouse_01/046.jpg)
After
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g295/powerhouse_01/006-6.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g295/powerhouse_01/007-5.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g295/powerhouse_01/012-3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g295/powerhouse_01/004-7.jpg)
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good job, you've certainly got the contrasting pair there with the haro
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i hate new school bikes as they all look the same
They don't though... ::)
Same could be said about old school bikes
A bmx is a bmx to the uneducated... ever asked the mrs what she thinks of your bikes... ;D
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i hate new school bikes as they all look the same :(.
I used to think that way also, so I built this (very similar to yours but a race version) way back in 2004 now when Rad was 1st starting out. Bloody hell that is 7 years ago now, doesn't time fly.
Actually don't think that about newschool bikes, they are really nice.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/newgt1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/newgt2.jpg)
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i hate new school bikes as they all look the same :(.
I used to think that way also, so I built this (very similar to yours but a race version) way back in 2004 now when Rad was 1st starting out. Bloody hell that is 7 years ago now, doesn't time fly.
Actually don't think that about newschool bikes, they are really nice.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/newgt1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/newgt2.jpg)
Bloody hell , remember that mate ! ;)
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love the gt :smitten: not so sure about the wheels on that haro though imo :-\
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love the gt :smitten: not so sure about the wheels on that haro though imo :-\
The Hutch mag wheels on the haro have grown on me over time i originaly wanted a set of turquise peragrin master graphites for it but i couldnt find any in that colour :'(,i only bought them because they where being sold for peanuts plus they are exactly the same colour as the frame set ;)
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Very nice stidds i like that :daumenhoch:
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Fun builds - bit of something different - I like 'em :)
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I'm really liking that 8) when i saw the first pic i thought oh here we go some thing like you would find on ebay by some newbie - but i was blown away on how nice and sweet this ride looks - it seems to flow and i always like the performer in yellow and this modern take on it wins for me
top job :4_17_5:
cheers B ;)
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i hate new school bikes as they all look the same :(.
I used to think that way also, so I built this (very similar to yours but a race version) way back in 2004 now when Rad was 1st starting out. Bloody hell that is 7 years ago now, doesn't time fly.
Actually don't think that about newschool bikes, they are really nice.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/newgt1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/newgt2.jpg)
Bloody hell , remember that mate ! ;)
Only just though Matt, I think we both had hair in those days ;)
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I'm really liking that 8) when i saw the first pic i thought oh here we go some thing like you would find on ebay by some newbie - but i was blown away on how nice and sweet this ride looks - it seems to flow and i always like the performer in yellow and this modern take on it wins for me
top job :4_17_5:
cheers B ;)
Thanks B :) :daumenhoch:
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GT looks awesome mate :daumenhoch:
I also like your sport i've got the same one which i need some ideas for modding
i must admit i do like the idea of fitting the older style brakes etc
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GT looks awesome mate :daumenhoch:
I also like your sport i've got the same one which i need some ideas for modding
i must admit i do like the idea of fitting the older style brakes etc
Thank you for the comment benno :daumenhoch:.
I personaly think that it looks better with the calipers rather than having those big chuncky lugs sticking out of the frame and forks but it was a royal pain in the backside chopping the lugs off with a grinder then filling with filler,the worst bits to chop off where the two gyro brackets on the head tube,Night Mare :D.
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looks 8) mate althoe i would have put an mx type seat on it, have you tried riding it the weigh a ton :LolLolLolLol:
totaly agree new shool look all the same with a slamed seat and 2" wide bars fcking hate em and cant ride them, but me new school flatland rides like a dream :smitten:
Im glad you like it steve :daumenhoch:. im still looking for a seat that will suit the bike as the kashimax "handler" thats on it just doesnt look right ,a yellow dominator would look cool thats if they made them in yellow :-\, i personaly dont think that it weighs that heavy as i have rode bikes a lot worse.