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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: Miley on January 09, 2014, 01:53 PM

Title: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Miley on January 09, 2014, 01:53 PM: 1993 Haro Megatube
Bought from eBay for Â£31, collected from Milton Keynes.
As it appeared when listed
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/C97B86B2-71E4-42CB-8207-C9F09679DAD4-21988-000010B27288BFC0_zps0965ad75.jpg)
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/31F832ED-C938-4936-B96A-46515E416988-21988-000010B273337444_zpse444dde1.jpg)
Returned home.
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/3A6DB43E-DAE0-4B7E-BA89-BC0E60B77D09-21988-000010B273C80787_zps0687fc93.jpg)
Stripped, coke and foil, wife unimpressed
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/A6FA7823-65E7-4319-B176-A0F4109D9FF5-21988-000010B400DC2CA6_zps980eeb7e.jpg)
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/A58EBABF-4991-4B28-926D-0B5E5328C0D7-21988-000010B4066F2218_zps7e22f13c.jpg)
Oversize eBay decals applied.
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/4857B084-4C3C-4D04-BAF4-F2A42F34DB36-21988-000010B4127F78EE_zpse13923db.jpg)
Tuffs added, fitted one of my favourite stems, bars swapped etc
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/B5A65EC1-3307-4809-8038-09B666D582FA-21988-000010B232FE4257_zpsa53241b4.jpg)
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/B277FAA9-B288-4542-93AB-D778D00BD581-21988-000010B238B653A1_zps9d427cd6.jpg)
(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/bmxmiley/219796ED-5CCE-48F6-BF46-3CE52875131F-21988-000010B22C7367E7_zpseb36de68.jpg)
Should be out for the London ride.
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: griff on January 09, 2014, 03:27 PM: mad looking bike!
looks like a toughened up shopper - look forward to seeing it next week :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Miley on January 09, 2014, 03:47 PM: Cheers Griff, yep it's an oddity, there's only a couple in the museum, ridiculously heavy as well as its mild steel.
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Julian347 on January 09, 2014, 03:57 PM: One of Bob's early Ikonix prototypes?
Like it, i think...
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Miley on January 09, 2014, 07:58 PM: Cheers Julian, it is a bit different from everything else I've got, but it's a grower
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: MADD DOGG on January 09, 2014, 09:12 PM: wow,,,that looks MEGA with the tuffs on
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Bfellows on January 09, 2014, 09:58 PM: This I like :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: newlovetattoos on January 10, 2014, 03:35 PM: Its a haro dv8 isnt it?
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Miley on January 10, 2014, 07:49 PM: Yes that's it's full name-haro megatube dv8 :slayer:
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: garran on January 11, 2014, 10:05 AM: i have that era catalogue somewhere i'll scan if i can find it
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Miley on January 11, 2014, 05:01 PM: That would be awesome

This is what there is on the museum
http://bmxmuseum.com/search'type=bikes&q=Haro+megatube
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: TORKER mick on January 11, 2014, 07:28 PM: I saw that on ebay mate :daumenhoch: looks much better now :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Heavy weight Haro
Post by: Miley on January 11, 2014, 09:31 PM: Cheers Mick, it look like a pos when I picked it up, but fusion stem and chainring would be 30£ easy and did a bit of shopping in MK so not a bad day out. Very happy with it now.