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New School BMX 2004 - Now => New School Park, Street & Dirt => Topic started by: Betty on October 28, 2011, 12:09 AM
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A mate did this to his Colony yesterday....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/ccf4e099.jpg)
Landed a flair too low on the ramp!
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:wtf: OOPS!!!! :wtf:
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BREAKING NEWS FLASH !!! :shocked:
Today Colony BMX have gone into liquidation
This follows a continuing trend of firms going bankrupt , after they've had the "Kiss of death bike review" by a certain Mark Webb of Darwen :D
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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BREAKING NEWS FLASH !!! :shocked:
Today Colony BMX have gone into liquidation
This follows a continuing trend of firms going bankrupt , after they've had the "Kiss of death bike review" by a certain Mark Webb of Darwen :D
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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I'd best stop mentioning names... :-X
He was trying to flip one of the big boxes at the arc the other night he kept over rotating and took some right slams.... kept getting up and having another go... :shocked:
We we're joking with him that he was gonna break it, it lasted 2 more days.... ;D
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:shocked: glad i wasn't on it :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: remind me never to lend him any of mine :LolLolLolLol:
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nice :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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:shocked: was the guy riding it OK?
send it to sawzall :daumenhoch:
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:shocked: was the guy riding it OK?
send it to sawzall :daumenhoch:
He was fine... :daumenhoch:
He'd have carried on riding if it hadn't snapped... :(
Borrowed a frame and was up n running 2 days later, would have been sooner but it took that long to find someone daft enough to lend him a frame... ;D
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Yikes. Seen a bloke snap a PK Ripper in the same place. Front triangle off when pulling out the gate at Crewe :shocked:
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I was next to him, it made a really odd sound, then the chap infront of me washed out landing the tripple, shat meself twice in one straight :LolLolLolLol:
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Aye, I saw and heard that one go at Crewe. I've seen a handful go since I've been back riding - probably not that many considering how many are used regularly.
I've never, ever broken a frame :daumenhoch: . Hubs, spokes, rims, chains, cranks, BBs, seats, chains, pedals, bars, chains, freewheels, sprockets, chains, tensioners, bearings and more chains all the time but never a frame (probably just cursed myself ::))
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I was next to him, it made a really odd sound, then the chap infront of me washed out landing the tripple, shat meself twice in one straight :LolLolLolLol:
would like to see that on you tube :daumenhoch:
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Cool pic :LolLolLolLol:
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Did someone say SE's snapping at the front triangle, but this time a Floval ::)
This was the best,I've seen ,, was there watching it too ,, It had to happen to TJ sooner or later :LolLolLolLol:
Mad and Rad as foook :4_17_5:
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Even big burly MTB frames
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At the end of the day Stress fractures, metal fatigue, corrosion, heat distortion will crack a frame/bars/forks/crank etc etc......if you go big expect your parts to fail quicker or if you’re a chunky Northern Monkey....expect the same :daumenhoch:
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Ash Davey's Ripper that broke at Crewe looked to be powdercoated, I'm pretty sure that the heat from the powdercoating process would have affected the heat treated alloy used on those frames, I'm sure someone will know for sure but I am told that owt above 120 oC aint good for heat treated aircraft alloy.
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That is true diggler as you could artificially age the aluminium if its a 7000 or a 6061 (which incidently bike frames are mostly). Its actually done post welding of alloys as the final part of a 3 stage heat treatment process, where the material is held at a temperature for a given time then cooled under controlled conditions to improve the material strength and im sure this wouldnt happen at a powder coaters during teh curing process. I myself would not recommend powder coating of aluminium bike frames if you intend to ride them hard. No problems with low alloy steels though of which chromoly is part of. :daumenhoch:
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Ash Davey's Ripper that broke at Crewe looked to be powdercoated, I'm pretty sure that the heat from the powdercoating process would have affected the heat treated alloy used on those frames, I'm sure someone will know for sure but I am told that owt above 120 oC aint good for heat treated aircraft alloy.
Bang on the money there Simon, if you heat the alloy up, it has already been solution treated and age hardened, raising back up to temperature again, would anneal the Aluminium ,taking away the heat treatment and making it go very soft , when I used to make aircraft parts in the RAF we would work harden the aluminium components and then anneal them in the oven to make them soft again so it could be worked more. Sorry fot the essay. ::)