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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: chubby on November 29, 2012, 09:59 PM
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my mum rang today she'd been in the loft looking for some old pics "I've found something in an envelope marked xmas 1984 that you'd like" she said......
popped in after work & foooook me it's the list i wrote when i was 13 for my freestyler !!!!!!!!!!!
(http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r559/chubby1971/2012-06-12200411.jpg)
i couldn't believe it when i saw it, all the parts listed & priced up !! must have taken me ages....
it never got built up this way,obviously 2 paper rounds didn't pay well enough ! i just ended up using bits i could beg,borrow or swap ( not steal )....
quite a difference between my 13 year old & 40 year olds self that finally rebuilt it...
(http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r559/chubby1971/2012-05-30145233.jpg)
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Best thread in ages mate, great story and awesome build. :4_17_5:
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Great story ... You see :) .... true dreams never lost.
:daumenhoch:
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now thats so cool , :daumenhoch:
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Thats great to look back on. :daumenhoch:
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Thats brill :smitten:
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That's a precise list for a 13 year old . Good story :)
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If only the price list!!!! :'(
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What a great find & its really cool you finally built your Christmas bike. :daumenhoch:
Happy Christmas! ;)
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Great find mama chubby :daumenhoch:
Bikes cool aswell :coolsmiley:
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You were spot on with the prices,but that gearing is miles out,42/18 :D
Great post :daumenhoch:
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thanks fellas been on at mum to clear the loft & bung it out for ages...... glad she didn't now !!
(most of it should still be burnt though)
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Brilliant :daumenhoch:
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Richard!!your challenge should you choose to accept it!!!-You have GOT TO now tweak that bike to the exact spec which you desired in 1984!!no ifs,no buts!!You owe it to yourself!You need to lose that stem and that 'orrible seat anyway!!DO IT!!DO IT!!It would be soooooo cool.My first build is still evolving a year on!If only prices were the same now! :daumenhoch:
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You were spot on with the prices,but that gearing is miles out,42/18 :D
Great post :daumenhoch:
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Ha ha! Yeah great find that, spot on about the gearingtho, you must've had skinnier legs than me dude. :-[
Now get some photos of the current set up and go build it to your spec sheet. :)
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Top thread :daumenhoch:
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Love the gearing, 42T -18T
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Kashimav Aero £5 , that's a killer :shocked:
Great find Chubby 8) :)
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Great thread and lovely build :daumenhoch:
Shimano dx pedals £10.00 :shocked:
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Brilliant :daumenhoch:
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Richard!!your challenge should you choose to accept it!!!-You have GOT TO now tweak that bike to the exact spec which you desired in 1984!!no ifs,no buts!!You owe it to yourself!You need to lose that stem and that 'orrible seat anyway!!DO IT!!DO IT!!It would be soooooo cool.My first build is still evolving a year on!If only prices were the same now! :daumenhoch:
aaahhhh Mr deeman I've been expecting you.....
Stick your challenge somewhere warm n smelly :LolLolLolLol:
no way Im taking it to bits again ,though the stem does grate me a bit now & couldn't help laughing when i noticed
Kashi aero on the list ......
Stays as it is end of ;D
though if someone has a nice blue freestyle proneck stem for the same money ??? ??? :LolLolLolLol:
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You were spot on with the prices,but that gearing is miles out,42/18 :D
Great post :daumenhoch:
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Ha ha! Yeah great find that, spot on about the gearingtho, you must've had skinnier legs than me dude. :-[
Now get some photos of the current set up and go build it to your spec sheet. :)
There were some big hills on them paper rounds ;D :yahoo_silent:
didn't know about gearing then & not much has changed nowadays :-[ :LolLolLolLol:
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Cool, that was a pretty detailed list! Mine just said 'a BMX'! (Should've been more specific as I ended up with a Mag Burner, loved it though :daumenhoch:)
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Great thread. :4_17_5:
I think you should re-do the list, but put in today's prices. It would be good to see the differences. :daumenhoch:
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Great thread. :4_17_5:
I think you should re-do the list, but put in today's prices. It would be good to see the differences. :daumenhoch:
just multiply it by 10 should cover it :LolLolLolLol:
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Richard!!your challenge should you choose to accept it!!!-You have GOT TO now tweak that bike to the exact spec which you desired in 1984!!no ifs,no buts!!You owe it to yourself!You need to lose that stem and that 'orrible seat anyway!!DO IT!!DO IT!!It would be soooooo cool.My first build is still evolving a year on!If only prices were the same now! :daumenhoch:
aaahhhh Mr deeman I've been expecting you.....
Stick your challenge somewhere warm n smelly :LolLolLolLol:
no way Im taking it to bits again ,though the stem does grate me a bit now & couldn't help laughing when i noticed
Kashi aero on the list ......
Stays as it is end of ;D
though if someone has a nice blue freestyle proneck stem for the same money ??? ??? :LolLolLolLol:
Awww!that was a bit harsh!!i was only winding you up!!I don't blame you though as the bike is beautiful as it is.I'm glad the stem bugs you though,and i hope it gets changed!Replace that seat with an aero and it's job done!! :daumenhoch: :smitten:
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Great thread!!! :daumenhoch:
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Richard!!your challenge should you choose to accept it!!!-You have GOT TO now tweak that bike to the exact spec which you desired in 1984!!no ifs,no buts!!You owe it to yourself!You need to lose that stem and that 'orrible seat anyway!!DO IT!!DO IT!!It would be soooooo cool.My first build is still evolving a year on!If only prices were the same now! :daumenhoch:
aaahhhh Mr deeman I've been expecting you.....
Stick your challenge somewhere warm n smelly :LolLolLolLol:
no way Im taking it to bits again ,though the stem does grate me a bit now & couldn't help laughing when i noticed
Kashi aero on the list ......
Stays as it is end of ;D
though if someone has a nice blue freestyle proneck stem for the same money ??? ??? :LolLolLolLol:
Awww!that was a bit harsh!!i was only winding you up!!I don't blame you though as the bike is beautiful as it is.I'm glad the stem bugs you though,and i hope it gets changed!Replace that seat with an aero and it's job done!! :daumenhoch: :smitten:
Good news is I've got a power stem to fit once it's resto'd
that should cheer you up damo :4_17_5:
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ace :daumenhoch:
i remember doing a list like that bitd ... would love to find it .. would be framed and up on the wall :4_17_5:
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top post mate spot on :) :) :)
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ace :daumenhoch:
i remember doing a list like that bitd ... would love to find it .. would be framed and up on the wall :4_17_5:
got a frame today gonna hang above the bike in the front room :daumenhoch:
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Nice one.
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Mum's are great arn't they :smitten: nice find and story
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Wow that's really cool, I still find it amazing that people have got stuff from 28+ years ago!,
I was 4 months old when you wrote that list lol
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Wow that's really cool, I still find it amazing that people have got stuff from 28+ years ago!,
I was 4 months old when you wrote that list lol
that makes me feel really fookin old now :LolLolLolLol:
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That's coz you are! :LolLolLolLol:
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That's coz you are! :LolLolLolLol:
(http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r559/chubby1971/ugly_old_man.jpg)
still a fookin looker though :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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brilliant.