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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: punkdSICO on June 23, 2011, 10:54 PM
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Hi all
Any thoughts on this mofo:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5864253861_481b62a8c4.jpg)
Looks pretty sexy, if you ignore the stupid seat post holder..
ta,
Paul
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Been discussed on here before as it was on ebay, there is one somewhere in the musuem, but i'll be fooked if i can reember whats its called
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Hi all
Any thoughts on this mofo:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5864253861_481b62a8c4.jpg)
Looks pretty sexy, if you ignore the stupid seat post holder..
ta,
Paul
hmmm, how you gonna ignore that though!!
wonder if its bent or even meant to be like that.....
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i think it's called FOOKING HORRIBLE!! ;D
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i think it's called FOOKING HORRIBLE!! ;D
I think it looks pretty hot.
Do you even recal if it is old-school?
I think something like this could be a cool "anything goes, unknown build project".
Surprised Im the only one that thinks it looks nice. :)
Ta,
Paul
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It's defo old school and there is def one in the museum. And there is a thread on here somewhere about it. CAb to search as using my phone. But will eek it out at some point
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It's defo old school and there is def one in the museum. And there is a thread on here somewhere about it. CAb to search as using my phone. But will eek it out at some point
Cool. I have been through 100's of images in BMX Museum, looking at 1981-1983 and 1984-1986, but no joy.. Assuming they are stored in submission order, I searched from the last page backwards..
There must be a better way to do the search?, but without even a slightest word to use, searching is pretty tough . :(
Hey ho - ill keep looking..
Ta,
Paul
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all i know is that if i sat my fat arse on that the whole frame would snap off where the seat post goes in.
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Skip Food.
8)
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Skip Food.
8)
x2 :daumenhoch:
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Hey ho - did not get the bike. I only wanted it as a cheap project to have fun with but, it went to £151 (my limit was £125).
Shame as I think it was a looker..
Anyone in hear get it?
Ta,
Paul
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I started a thread on the museum about it but no one could name it.
There's more pics of it on there.
It was bought by member Nevada, don't know if he's on here?
Steven
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I started a thread on the museum about it but no one could name it.
There's more pics of it on there.
It was bought by member Nevada, don't know if he's on here?
Steven
Damn those pictures!! They made me want it even more; I think it is gorgeous!!
Really miffed I did not get this one - I have the colour scheme and everything all worked out in my head..
Hey ho..
Paul
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it'll be back on, its like on of those turds that keep coming back `round the bend!!
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There was a thread over at BMXMuseum in the 'Name It' section with a bike like this sometime between now and when I joined back in Sept/October time - can't find it though. I remember 'cos it's (no offence) one of the fugliest freestylers I've seen ;)
If there was ever a bike that screamed 'do not use a layback in this seatpost' this is the one ;)
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Hey ho - did not get the bike. I only wanted it as a cheap project to have fun with but, it went to £151 (my limit was £125).
Shame as I think it was a looker..
Anyone in hear get it?
Ta,
Paul
Yeah sorry mate, that would be me (I started the bidding off at £100 days ago!) - i was after something unusual to take to the next radchester!
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Yeah sorry mate, that would be me (I started the bidding off at £100 days ago!) - i was after something unusual to take to the next radchester!
hehe - hey ho.. I think you got yourself a beauty.. If you ever get bored of it, or decide you cant be arse to do a restro, give me a lookup..
PLEASE post lots of pics as you progress and, let us know what you find out about it..
Have fun,
Paul
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If you squint (a lot) - it could be a disant relative of a Quadrangle...
...a Quadwrongle? :D
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If there was ever a bike that screamed 'do not use a layback in this seatpost' this is the one ;)
:LolLolLolLol:
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If you squint (a lot) - it could be a disant relative of a Quadrangle...
...a Quadwrongle? :D
Given what it looks like (bastard child of quadrangle and R&R), until I find out what it is I'll just call it the Quad R & Rangle
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Its not a foxbat freestyler is it?
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Its not a foxbat freestyler is it?
Nah I don't think it is, the top tube goes directly from the head tube to the rear dropouts on this thing, without any bends.
In other news it's all paid for and is being sent out Monday, so expect a mass of high quality pics come tuesday/wednesday!
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In other news it's all paid for and is being sent out Monday, so expect a mass of high quality pics come tuesday/wednesday!
I'll have tissues ready, Ai!
Paul
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Fugly
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I'm surprised nobody has realised what this is by now? :coolsmiley:
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I'm surprised nobody has realised what this is by now? :coolsmiley:
Are you saying you know? If so, please tell :D
Lovely day to be in a skate park rather than doing frickin DIY!!
Paul
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All this negativity towards this poor little frame. If I could get my hands on it I could turn that baby around and you would all stand aghast at it
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All this negativity towards this poor little frame. If I could get my hands on it I could turn that baby around and you would all stand aghast at it
No negativity here, I love it.
Don't really care if others here think it looks nasty, opinions are like anuses and so on.
I'll just be glad to see it gleaming and clean, and being ridden again!
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If it was mine i'd cut that seat tube down, bang a set of mini bars on it, seat of 1"1/8 skiinies and a uni seat 150mm crank and make my myself a mini race quadangle, with some custom mini quadangle decals, would look awesome
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i like it
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i bet the welding was quality on it :buck2:
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i bet the welding was quality on it :buck2:
Nope,. the welding is piss poor :2funny:
Arrived about 15 min ago.
Just a few things to note : It wasn't originally white, it's been hand-painted, and i don't mean a home spraycan job, i mean emulsion and brush :uglystupid2:
Seatpost is definately bent, theres a kink at the bottom where some fat basards made it fold back on itself, i'm tempted to bend it straight and cut the post down so seat posts slide all the the way in to the lower section (i.e. so they wont bend the pipe in half).
the skyways are in good nick though, has a pair of MX brake levers but given their condition compared to the rest, and the fact the brake calipers themselves are 'Super Rapid's, i'm going to assume theyre aftermarket replicas.
Also has an old set of diamondback bars on it too, given away by the front pad on the crossbar.
Looks as if someone with little restoring skill has attempted to breath new life in to an old bike and ended up coughing up some phlem, i do however think stripped down, cleaned up and sprayed properly it would look quite nice, even with the crappy welds. (though i'm half tempted to strip the frame back to metal then clean them up with some power tools, most of the "ugly" in the welds is how they're too thick, grinded back a little they wouldn't look too bad, and still hold just as well).
Will take some pictures later if anyones interested.
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oh yeah nice big pics please
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So, just an update, i'm a bit of an impatient bastard so I've already stripped the thing down to the bare frame and set about taking off the 1mm thick layer of white immulsion. (i am 100% serious, someone genuinely painted it with immulsion).
I've also straightened the seatpost and cut off the seat tube at around 2" high, taking off the other 7 inches because whichever asshat that owned it prior had clearly thought a more modern seatpost could be made to fit it with a little force, as a result the tube i cut off was stretched, it would appear because they failed with that they went and put in a slip of metal (from appearance, a smaller seatpost with a notch cut down the back the entire way) and were using it as a shim so the original smaller seatpost would fit.
While i'd have rather left the frame in it's original form the seattube was beyond saving, at least now a seatpost slips in and down in to the bottom half of the tube too, should be much stronger.
I'll get some pics later, went riding this morning and screwed up my back something rotten, which wasn't helped by faffing around with the newly arrived bmx in the shed for an hour. so i'm just relaxing on the bed right now waiting for it to stop hurting.
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get some pics up man.
love these sort of threads.
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(http://i.imgur.com/m8Sfk.jpg)
This is the new height of the seatpost, I figure a seatpost passing through the gusset should be a whole lot stronger than the obsurdly long seat tube that was there originally, also been scraping off the layers of crap paint, seems the bike was originally a tealy-blue color, might use that color for it.
I plan on paint stripping it, sanding it down till it's smooth, taking some filler and tidying up the sloppy welds and ugly joins here and there, then basecoating.
(http://i.imgur.com/pSWCq.jpg)
Under the layers of paint on the bottom bracket I found the serial number, if anyone wants to have a stab at ID'ing this thing by all means go ahead - if you find out let me know!
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Im still super miffed I did not get that beauty!!
Boy, that is a lot of paint!! Looks like you just made the bike 1/2kg lighter!
Thanks for the pictures - really excited to see what you do with it..
Paul
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i do like that, deffo put skinnies on and a mini uni and mini race bars.
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Looks like someones took a frame that was broken at the headtube and welded that front end on.... badly... :wtf:
Just hope those welds look better when you get all the paint off... :-\
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falcon pro serial?
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looking great, the mini quadangle race bike is taking shape, awesome
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:LolLolLolLol: at the quality of the stamping - did it come from Barnsley? :police:
Looking forward to seeing this finished - really interested to see if you can improve the look of those welds. :daumenhoch:
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Looks like someones took a frame that was broken at the headtube and welded that front end on.... badly... :wtf:
I think you're right!
What's the Top Tube(s) length? Has it had an inch or two grafted on?
Interesting project though :daumenhoch: I like this sort of thing
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The SP1 is a Salisbury postcode. Although when i googled the code there is no such Road, are you sure they're the correct digits. Obviously the house number was 26.
EDIT>>>> Looks like the headtube has been rewelded back on upside down.
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EDIT>>>> Looks like the headtube has been rewelded back on upside down.
That's what I thought. But I turned the monitor upside down and the "donor frame" would have to have had a head angle that was seriously shallow.
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I've had a good look at it and as far as i can tell, as ugly as the front welds are, the headtube is original, the original color beneath the white immulsion paint is exactly the same, also the headtube has draining holes in the correct locations for the attaching tubes too.
I kind of regret cutting down the seatpost tube, but given the state it was in, i didn't have much choice.
Hopefully i can clean up the welds and with some creativity, make the best of whatever else needs sorting using filler before i primer it.
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Ive spent a lot of time researching the serial number you've got there and one manufacturer kept on popping up time and time again, that was cycle pro. They used the odd gusset above the BB. Ive probably read 50 odd threads and most pointed to that style of serial being cycle pro
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Ive spent a lot of time researching the serial number you've got there and one manufacturer kept on popping up time and time again, that was cycle pro. They used the odd gusset above the BB. Ive probably read 50 odd threads and most pointed to that style of serial being cycle pro
Much appreciated, i've had a look around at cycle pro's but can't seem to find anything remotely similar.
I've asked the ebay seller i got it from for more information, or if he could point me towards someone who may know more (prev owner), so we'll see where that goes.
Also now have the phone number for 26 Moberly Road, Salisbury, considering calling up and seeing if the current occupier has any recollection about it, assuming of course the original owners havent moved out since.
Theres a small crack in the rear left tubing where the larger tubing meets the smaller tubing right after the loop, it's only about 1/4th of the way around but i'm going to get it welded as soon as i'm done stripping the paint, so i can set about it with a dremel, some filler and lots of free time, to see if i can smarten her up a little!
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looking forward to seeing it finished can't beat a ruff project to get your teeth into , :daumenhoch:
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Having had a closer look at this - with a seattube that high I wonder if it was originally designed to have a banana seat?
Also looking at it it seems that the welds for the headtube are cruder than the welds on the rest of the bike. I wonder if in the 80's someones stripped a muscle bike frame, and rewelded the headtube at a more 'bmx' angle, lost the banana seat, resprayed blue and added mags etc?
Oh yeah - and the DSBM is a Japanese/Tiawanese frame manufacturer - built bikes for several companies including Redline, Falcon etc etc
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Having had a closer look at this - with a seattube that high I wonder if it was originally designed to have a banana seat?
Also looking at it it seems that the welds for the headtube are cruder than the welds on the rest of the bike. I wonder if in the 80's someones stripped a muscle bike frame, and rewelded the headtube at a more 'bmx' angle, lost the banana seat, resprayed blue and added mags etc?
Oh yeah - and the DSBM is a Japanese/Tiawanese frame manufacturer - built bikes for several companies including Redline, Falcon etc etc
Definitely a cut and shut by the looks of things. The twin top tubes are much thicker tubing than the looped rear end. The thicker tubing has been welded on just above the rear dropouts and that head tube looks like it's been welded on the wrong way up so what you're seeing is the downtube from another frame (IMO) (a proper looptail uses one piece of tubing per side and it should be the same thickness from the BB to where it joins the top of the seat tube)
That would explain the hideous welding at the front end - I still think you should try to tidy it up though...
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I come bearing gifts (kind of)
(http://i.imgur.com/3WdtN.jpg)
Finally got that damn paint off, as well as the original blue paint underneath.
(http://i.imgur.com/t21d8.jpg)
Welds are a bit cleaner with the paint gone, still gammy though, and theres a random patch of brass too, the plan is to grind these suckers back and use my degree in art to make them pretty with filler before primer, god help me.
(http://i.imgur.com/MSMBn.jpg)
You can see the original greenish-blue in the bottom bracket, confusingly there was this original color on ALL parts (which sort of rules out a cut and shut, unless whoever did it stripped it back to the metal all-over too).
(http://i.imgur.com/zBqUk.jpg)
Here's a view of that crack on the left loop, i'm going to have it rewelded on both sides then ground down so the transition between large and small tube is smooth and symetrical.
(http://i.imgur.com/VqFSy.jpg)
Top tubes and bottom sections are more or less perfectly in line with each other, making the frame a perfect elongated triangle from above.
Wont be getting the bits welded till monday at the earliest, but i'll give cleaning up the welds a go tomorrow, for now i'm going to kick back and wait for the smell of nitromors to leave my nostrils. :2funny:
I'm thinking once the frames done and primed, i'll be doing the frame a light greenish blue, the forks and bars a soft creme, and restoring the wheels back to their original yellow (then using yellow for seat, grips and possibly pedals) with the same blue for levers and the same creme for brake cables, then up the front forks a progressive line pattern from dense bars of the same blue to thin and more spaced out (pattern will go from dropouts to about 1/3rd up the fork).
I don't really have anything to work with since i've no idea how it was meant to look, or if the bikes even a proper model, but on the off chance that it's something someones cobbled together, i'm going to fix her up and make it beautiful =)
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Definitely a cut and shut by the looks of things.
Not wrong there, looks like something we'd knock up at MK on the piss at the 4am club! :crazy2:
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I like it. A bit of hard graft, a nice paint job and some understated custom decals that thing could be sweet :)
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now all that dulux iff it doesnt look half as bad as it previously did :daumenhoch: