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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: Dannywhac on September 29, 2014, 01:37 PM
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Some of you know (have seen) I've still got my Gen 1 black General Lee from 1997, still with original paint/decals. Well, thanks to a friend (cheers Si) I managed to pick up another with it's original orange paint and decals - 38th General Lee made n'all :)
I don't often pop up pics of my builds and as a rule they're all survivors, so bare with me - also excuse the rushed and shite pics as the missus had fooked off with the digi SLR so was limited to a phone camera.....and excuse the bike stands that I bought off Sen at MK as being a twat I realised I didn't have any (thanks again Sen).
My old black one I put back to how I first built it when I got it, took off the street/park bits and bobs I added in '98 (Profile SS cranks, Peregrine Phat Jacks, Pr1mo The Wall black walls and black '98 S&M Slam Bars) and popped it back to a lighter trails bike - although if I'm honest it should have red spray-bombed DX's and matching red Odi's on there (as was all the rage back then). The orange one I built up as well with ze trails in mind.
twatty spec list (how NOT Mid School is this :LolLolLolLol: ):
Orange General:
Frame: 1997 Gen 1 General Lee
Fork: DK Race
Bars: S&M Slam Dunkin Slam Bars
Grips: Odi Longnecks
Stem: DK Jumping
Headset: Shimano SE-1 Aheadset
Front Wheel: Araya Super 7X onto Peregrie Super Pro hub
Rear Wheel: Araya Super 7X onto MkII G-Sport Fat Shaft
Brake: Dia Compe AD990
Lever: Dia Compe Tech 77
Tyres: Mitsuboshi Competition III fat/thin Rainbow Label
Clamp: DK Two Piece
Seat post: Shite alloy one (did have a DK race one but didn't want to cut the fooker down)
Seat: Gen 1 Pr1mo Hemorrhoid
Crank: Profiles
Sprocket: Profile Whippet
Pedals: Shimano DX's
Black General:
Frame: 1997 Gen 1 General Lee
Fork: DK Street/Jumping
Bars: S&M Slam Dunkin Slam Bars
Grips: Odi Longnecks with XPosure Bar Ends
Stem: DK Jumping
Headset: Rond Needle Bearing
Wheelset: Peregrine Super Pros with Standard heat treated axles
Brake: Dia Compe AD990
Lever: Dia Compe Tech 77
Tyres: Mitsuboshi Competition III fat/thin Rainbow Label
Clamp: DK Two Piece
Seat post: DK Micro Adjust Chromoly
Seat: Gen 1 Pr1mo Hemorrhoid
Crank: Profiles
Sprocket: Profile Whippet
Pedals: Shimano DX's
Anyhow, there's a fook load of pics to follow - so apologies again :)
Pic of em together:
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/1Both_zps465132b9.jpg~original)
Orange General:
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/2Orange_zps8e9b9d7b.jpg~original)
Black General:
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/3Black_zps5e7c11bf.jpg~original)
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Sweet bikes dude :daumenhoch:
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Eeee-and more....apologies :LolLolLolLol:
90's Pr1mo seats (with the '1' instead of the later 'i' in Primo):
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/4Pr1mo_zpsdcbf2ba1.jpg~original)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/9Pr1mo_zpsad93c6bf.jpg~original)
G-Sport MKII Fat Shaft:
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/5GSport_zpsc1c5e670.jpg~original)
Perry Super Pro with Standard axles:
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/91SuperPro_zps29ffda34.jpg~original)
Jumping Stems (which were fooking ace at the time - you could flip em and still gyro friendly):
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/8Stem_zps52d19f30.jpg~original)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/94Stem_zpsc2782153.jpg~original)
Bar Ends (Proper Odi 90's ones n'that dontcha know):
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/7BarEnds_zps0be29e59.jpg~original)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/93BarEnds_zps0852dd01.jpg~original)
There's more but you'll be thankful to know I ain't posting em :LolLolLolLol:
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Both rad as :daumenhoch:
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Cheers lads - you should all be thankful - I was gonna dress up as Daisy Duke and stand in the middle of me bikes but the missus was out so no-one to take a piccy of me :LolLolLolLol:
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Really digging the Orange one Danny. And I like a spec list too.
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Cracking bikes Danny, definitely one my favourite mid bikes :coolsmiley:
Great info to boot everydays a school day :daumenhoch:
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Early 90's race bikes are my thing but really liking them General Lee's. :daumenhoch:
Would mind doing a late 90's build one day... a DK Legend perhaps. ???
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Gorra couple of Legends/ProXLs - the General Lee basically is one with burlier tubing :daumenhoch:
@Ben - the orange General's the one imho that defines 97/98 - go to a skate park back then and see about 10 of the buggers. I picked the black'n back then as Leigh Ramsdell and Adam Volk rode black'ns. Though it'd make me jump higher and be shitter at doing rails :LolLolLolLol:
Truefact - that's actually the second black General I had - got me first one from Hot Wheels (lived a few doors down from em) from Pod the miserable barsteward, built it up, and went to put the brakes on only to find the AD-lugs were solid - no thread.....
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Ohhhh that new orange edition is rather nice dan,hope you got permission to shot in the neighbors garden, :LolLolLolLol:
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Lovely bikes... I remember the Orange one when it came out... I was flirting with putting new school parts on my old Haro master at the time..... The days before ebay !
Top stuff :4_17_5:
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Lovely pair
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I wonder how many rear ends ramsdel tore off? He was the sketchiest rider ever
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Yeah, but fookin piss funny to watch - also with the added bonus of the black leather jacket/denim jacket with no sleeves combo.
Fook me it's quiet in Mid School. Do my pits smell or summit?