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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: oldschoolace on July 11, 2011, 05:25 PM
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... for a full Cro-mo, custom, twin top and down tube frame?
I ask as i have just got an email back from a company with whom i inquired about this topic. They initially quoted me around £900 which included the jigs, heat treating and having to buy full lengths of tubing at 3m. They can do them for around £415 if bought in batches of 25.
This is a long standing idea i have had as i'm sure a few of you have but ultimately if your saw a limited edition frame of this type for sale at £415 and you liked it, would you spend that amount?
i'm not looking for orders or anything, its just a hypothetical question just in case one day i am tempted to have a go :daumenhoch:
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If I had the money and it was my dream, i'd be all over it like a fat bird over brad pitt
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Subrosa have already done a twin top tube frame, the DTT it didn't sell well and was only around £250... :-\
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Subrosa have already done a twin top tube frame, the DTT it didn't sell well and was only around £250... :-\
but not a twin top AND twin down tube, now thats unusual can only think of a couple of bikes with a twin down tube
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what are the benefits of having a twin down tube as well as twin top tube :-\
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Yeah i know the DTT only had a twin top tube, subrosa dropped it cos it didn't sell well and was only £250
Can't see that twin top and down tubes would make anyone want to pay around £400 for a frame.... :-\
If we're talking new school £400 is high end price wise for a frame, can't see many people going for something that may be regarded as a bit gimmicky, take a look at the new VDC stuff as an example... :crazy2:
But we all have different tastes get some designs posted up... :daumenhoch:
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No, I don't get why you would want one. It's not as if it's a retro JMC or National Pro look alike with modern materials and specifications, what you have described is a Meteorlite.
Post up some designs.
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I must confess £415 is more than i would want to pay. It is only the second company i have asked so i guess there would be plenty of scope to get the price down.
I have some very preliminary 3dstudio max concepts but nothing is done with any real measurements :-[
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It's called a Kuwahara Exhibitionist
(http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j406/Londonhellboy/kuwi4.jpg)
but to be honest, I would prob buy the Kuwahara solely for the fact it's 80's bmx and not 2000's :daumenhoch:
Sorry dude but good idea on paper :-\
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Sorry dude but good idea on paper :-\
Yeah starting to think that, oh well will just make myself one, some day :-\
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/marshalldt.jpg)
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/marshalldt2jpg.jpg)
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That reminds me, i must get the washing in :-X
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Has Voris been at the crystal meth again
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That reminds me, i must get the washing in :-X
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Sorry dude but good idea on paper :-\
Yeah starting to think that, oh well will just make myself one, some day :-\
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/marshalldt.jpg)
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/marshalldt2jpg.jpg)
tbh thats pretty cool looking, at least it has a 80's thin tubing appeal, I like it
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Cheers Jaymz,
the proportions are not exact, its mainly a concept as i say. The tubes in reality would probably be around 16mm diameter, they look a touch thin on this concept :-[
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Looks ok but................would you be prone to banging your knee's on the top tube "bulge" near the seat post :-\
or is it that I'm just a crap rider :daumenhoch:
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or is it that I'm just a crap rider
Pete, you knew the answer to that question before you asked it, didn't you ??? ??? ::)
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or is it that I'm just a crap rider
Pete, you knew the answer to that question before you asked it, didn't you ??? ??? ::)
yer :'(
:daumenhoch: