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Title: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Bigplinky on April 09, 2014, 08:24 PM
Getting old and I can't ride anything that doesn't have suspension anymore due to back problems. I hate riding my MTB around tracks as it has far too much suspension travel and gets on my nerves. I went looking for an alternative and quite by chance came across this frame which could be run single speed and only has 4" of travel. Here is the product of the build and it handles great and isn't like riding a space hopper on wheels. Hartlepool here I come  :daumenhoch:

Dobermann Le Pink Long / Marzocchi 4x forks / Vendetta cranks / DMR short block rear hub / Mavic 729 rims etc etc

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Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 09, 2014, 08:40 PM


Andrew that's just not cricket
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Bigplinky on April 09, 2014, 08:48 PM
Your right Peter it's not cricket it's a bike you plonker  :crazy2:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: mattfx81 on April 09, 2014, 11:59 PM
Tidy build that, Id love a full bouncer but at my weight they dont really have bounce...
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Mat on April 10, 2014, 12:09 AM
Looks ace that, summat different.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Dark Diggler on April 10, 2014, 01:11 PM
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Proper nice F.A.B, seen a few short travel full bouncers at the 4X national last weekend, whats the weight like?
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: mattfx81 on April 10, 2014, 04:38 PM
I really fancy one of these frames now, were is it from?
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Bigplinky on April 10, 2014, 05:55 PM
Thanks for the comments boys  :daumenhoch:

Si, it weighs in at 31lbs which could probabaly be cut down quite a bit as I haven't tried to keep it particularly light. Go on then what's a F.A.B.?

Matt, I bought that frame 2nd hand off eBay but the distributor is www.balfa.co.uk, although they don't seem to be listing that frame anymore. The DMR bolt is a very similar idea and quite a bit cheaper. Dobermann bikes themselves are from Canada and as far as I know only contactable through Facebook.

The frame does have one problem however and that is the BB acts as a great shit trap and when I got this one 2nd hand I had to strip this area completely, dip it in Oxalic Acid and then repaint it as the dirt that had got in a stayed acted as a great grinding paste.
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Dark Diggler on April 10, 2014, 06:52 PM
Fuck about bike  :LolLolLolLol:
I had sommat similar on the go here, weight was about 38lbs but was largely unimportant :daumenhoch:

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Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Bigplinky on April 10, 2014, 09:14 PM
F.A.B. describes it perfectly  :LolLolLolLol:  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: ron burgundy on April 10, 2014, 10:13 PM
Nice one Andy. I'll be good to see you at Hartlepool again :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Bigplinky on April 10, 2014, 10:43 PM
Really looking forward to riding the new track and catching up with everybody Bren. Gonna listen to some chilled out music on the way down so the usual first ride of the year dirt eating is avoided, nah fook it gonna put something nuts on  >:D. Just gotta figure out a way to drag Gary out of his new house project now.
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: hunterdubber on April 11, 2014, 07:36 AM
YEAAAAH !!!  :coolsmiley:

The Rinky dinker is back on it    8)


Plinksters power pumping projecttile  ,,, it looks a formidable weapon of choice Andre  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: OrgasmDonor on April 11, 2014, 02:14 PM
Really looking forward to riding the new track and catching up with everybody Bren. Gonna listen to some chilled out music on the way down so the usual first ride of the year dirt eating is avoided, nah fook it gonna put something nuts on  >:D. Just gotta figure out a way to drag Gary out of his new house project now.

when ya thinkin of coming down rinkydinks? post int 'artlepool thread so we know n th' init?

harry hills lookin forward to your first outing  :daumenhoch: :-X :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: Bigplinky on April 11, 2014, 03:40 PM
YEAAAAH !!!  :coolsmiley:
Plinksters power pumping projecttile

Think I might have a Tee Shirt made with that on Dubster  :daumenhoch:

Daz probably sometime over the easter weekend I'll keep an eye on the Hartlepool thread (and leave yer camera at home  :LolLolLolLol:)
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: OrgasmDonor on April 12, 2014, 10:23 AM
YEAAAAH !!!  :coolsmiley:
Plinksters power pumping projecttile

Think I might have a Tee Shirt made with that on Dubster  :daumenhoch:

Daz probably sometime over the easter weekend I'll keep an eye on the Hartlepool thread (and leave yer camera at home  :LolLolLolLol:)

I'll bring an elastaplast  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Too Fecked for BMX So...........
Post by: BMX1973 on April 12, 2014, 07:36 PM
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