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Welcome! => Welcome => Topic started by: mattbloke on November 18, 2011, 12:26 PM
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hey all, signed up on here a few years ago with a flurry of enthusiasm but no job and no funds :D its now the time to rebuild/restore my DP firebird freestyler that i rode bitd.
spec as is. DPfirebird freestyler frame stamped 0999 so its pretty early, fitted with a set of kuwahara exhibitionist forks, and a mix of mid school brakes (dia-comp bulldog) and bars (cut down GT bars- not by me though.) i built this up when i was a kid, sold it when in secondary school, then tracked it down about ten years later and bought it back! been sat in the shed for a few years now, but have decided to pull my finger out and restore it (its chrome not white/coloured) really want a set of wheels for it, and dont know wether to go for repro skyways, or 80's acorns (or even some Z rims) its not a big bucks build, just for sentimental value. any recommendations on wheels would be very welcome.
Matt :)
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Love a good DP restore :daumenhoch:
I have Arayas on my DP GL but Skyways are equally as nice or Z's. I am hot a fan of acorns but maybe some OGK's or Peregrine Graphites would be nice. What wheels you have BITD is a good way to go and may be more sentimental to you. :smitten:
Welcome to Rad :4_17_5:
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Hello Matt!
Sounds like a fun project.
Whereabouts are you?
As for wheels, can't go wrong with a set of old 36 spoke alloys, especially if you are gonna ride it.
Get it built up, and head along to RAD meet and put it through its paces!
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cheers for the welcome guys :) i used to have a set of silver ARAYA aero wheels with black suntour sealed hubs. well, still got the front one, but loaned the bike to my younger brother. he got a puncture and thought he was doing me a favour by putting a new wheel off of a later bike on to it!!! so the rear is missing. suppose a set of 7X rims would do too also (way back) had a set of rims think they came off of a mongoose? looked like 7X araya's but with holes drilled between each spoke? do half decent spoked wheels come up often? liek i said, its not going to be a museum piece or anything, just a tidy fairly period looking ride (been checking out the mx1000 re issues on ebay too... lol)
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oh and im london based. live in north london, work in south london
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Get on the london ride on the fourth.
Rims with holes in are Proclass :daumenhoch:
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Howdy :daumenhoch:
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Sort of welcome ;)
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Get on the london ride on the fourth.
Rims with holes in are Proclass :daumenhoch:
would love to make it for the ride but the bike is completely stripped down so unable to ride..
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Welcome mate good luck with the build and lets see some pics :daumenhoch:
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Welcome to RAD Matt :daumenhoch:
Cool you have your bike from bitd 8)
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welcome aboard fella