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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: sparkysx on December 13, 2011, 10:17 PM
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Are one of these different varients better than the other, which bars should I buy? and which ones do you guys prefer?
Cheers
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz180/Drac0nyx/2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz180/Drac0nyx/1.jpg)
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don't know about any better than the other but the bottom ones for me, they look closer to the old ones.
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These are both original haro nos
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what do you need them for?
neither are the shape of the early 90s ones :-\
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/BMX/P1020586.jpg)
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Yeah ive seen those bars aswell, think i had those on my 1991 edge.
they will be going on a 2011 haro 200.3
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Those bars do look better
Except for the knurling on the top bar, pointless
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The bottom bars are larger diameter tubing. You can see where it shrinks down to the normal size where the levers and grips will go on.
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They are all haro, the top one are Haro Nyquist apparently. The other set I posted are kneesavers but a different gen.
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Why would you wanna put them on a new bike?
They'll probably weigh 5 times more than the ones you take off and make the bike feel awful.... :-\
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I have a set of the oversize kneesavers that I want to get rid off (the ones in the bottom pic) they are nos chrome never been fitted. Looking for £30 inc postage if your interested :daumenhoch:
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Those bars do look better
Except for the knurling on the top bar, pointless
it wasn't pointless if you were doing 'surfers' or 'xerox machines' in 91 :daumenhoch:
its there for foot grip :)
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Those bars do look better
Except for the knurling on the top bar, pointless
it wasn't pointless if you were doing 'surfers' or 'xerox machines' in 91 :daumenhoch:
its there for foot grip :)
And good for striking matches on to light your tabs at the park, or for filing your other halfs finger nails down if they chip 'em :)
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Yeah i'm interested, how wide are they? and do yo know how much they weigh?
They are better looking bars
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The ones that ED209º posted yeah?
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you might want to try a set first if it's for a rider, had them on my ground master and thought they were horrible bars to be honest
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What didn't you like about them, I had them on a Haro Edge, but this was in 1993, so my memory could be colouring the past, as it does!
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too wide, not enough sweep and basically just the all round look of them :LolLolLolLol:
But horses for courses, if you like em then that's cool :daumenhoch:
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Discostu,
I am interested, , how wide are they? and do yo know how much they weigh?
Thanks
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During the weekend I will look them out and have a measure up. I wouldn't say they are that much heavier than the earlier kneesavers. They are a lot stronger though :daumenhoch:
I will also take some pics if you want. Cheers stu
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Interesting. I would have said the top ones were Dave Mirra bars - I'm sure that's what I had on my Condor for a good while.
Very strong, very cheap bars at the time. Took some good bails from me over the years and remained dead straight.
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too wide, not enough sweep and basically just the all round look of them :LolLolLolLol:
But horses for courses, if you like em then that's cool :daumenhoch:
not enough sweep! some of them have a load of sweep Rob.. the flatter ones are loads better. My Low drags are nearly flat - remind me of my ladder bars :)
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Yeah pics would be nice, I don't think they are much heavier either, plus I'm not going to be doing any stuff on this bike that would make the weight difference relevant anyway!
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top ones are haro jackhammers, bottoms ones are kneesaver IIs :daumenhoch:
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discostu, still interested in the bars m8!
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Here's some pics of the bars :daumenhoch:
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/rad-discostu/4173866f.jpg)
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/rad-discostu/2dd83e7d.jpg)
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/rad-discostu/74a26122.jpg)
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/rad-discostu/f77b1674.jpg)
They are 685mm or 27" wide.
To be honest the weight isn't really that much heavier than a standard set.
Let me know if you want them. :daumenhoch:
Cheers stu
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Pretty sure I will buy these off you, how do I go about it?
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pm sent :daumenhoch:
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Bought these from Discostu now, top man, bars were as described, and he dropped them off to me! :daumenhoch: