Post by: thebigdog on October 03, 2017, 06:03 PM
Collection pics
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Had a nice chat with the original owner, he took a holiday back in the 80s to Canada and ended up not to far from a bmx race track, there were some people practice racing there and he got chatting & ended up racing on a challenger bmx , and buying a f&f from the guy who built them.
Came back to the UK and raced , he told me he won many races in the UK and Europe.
He fitted some great parts to the bike.
Pro neck bars , titron pedals , araya aeros, tuf neck stem etc.
His reason for sale was due to emigrating , he just couldn't take it with him.
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Post by: thebigdog on October 03, 2017, 06:23 PM
The saddle had a wopping great big crack in the top, the seat post is solid steel one and was badly damaged , the grips are perished & the
tyres are newer type ones.
So a small list to sort but I had a spare cromo post so sorted there, and even the angle is exactly same.
I put a wanted up for some survivor grips but then ended up finding some in my spare bike box!
Blue Ame cams
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Then sourced a nice rider kashimax
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Tyres, wow what a hard one , trying to find old rider survivors is near impossible.!! Then i stumbled across some nos Michelin cobra comp 3s .
Im normally a amber wall guy, but I really liked the look of the all black on the first pic, i think it looks a bit harder.
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Post by: thebigdog on October 03, 2017, 06:30 PM
Although the hubs are sealed , the brgs were shot to bits , the axles had been cut down? And somone had wound on the wrong tpi nuts.!
So new sealed brgs and axles have been fitted & sadly the spokes wont clean up they are to far gone , so the wheels have been dropped off for a rebuild with new spokes.
Some current clean up pics -
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Post by: thebigdog on October 03, 2017, 06:37 PM
The frame number =
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5=5 Bar 83=year 124=# made.
I got in talks with the guy on the bmxmuseum who has the other 20" challenger , he still talks to the guy who owned challenger racing (hes about 80 now) , the owner said he only ever sent one frame to the UK and that went to a factory shop? So that cant be this one , as the guy brought this one back himself from Canada.
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Post by: CustardLips on October 03, 2017, 07:30 PM
Got a pair of survivor Cheng Shin comp 3's if ya need em. ???
Post by: thebigdog on October 03, 2017, 10:14 PM
Nice work... looking forward to seeing this cleaned up. :daumenhoch:Ohh sounds good mate
Got a pair of survivor Cheng Shin comp 3's if ya need em. ???
Can you send me some pics?
Just so i can see what they look like
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Post by: Mr B on October 03, 2017, 10:22 PM
Post by: thebigdog on October 06, 2017, 07:33 AM
Funny what you find ,since 83 hes run no spacer washer on the drive side so the power disc was rubbing on the bb
I also found hairline cracks in the bb cups ,guessing it had all been too tight over the years ,causing stress on the cups and bearings.
So spare washer and cups from the stock box were used.
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Post by: Mikku on October 06, 2017, 11:00 AM
Post by: griff on October 06, 2017, 12:50 PM
Post by: Bigplinky on October 07, 2017, 02:16 PM
Post by: MartyC on October 08, 2017, 10:38 AM
Post by: thebigdog on October 22, 2017, 03:08 PM
Thanks to Nick too for the survivor comp3s great addition.
Everything has just been so filthy!
So its just been a case of deep cleaning stuff.
Happy with how it's turning out although possibly needs black grips.?
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Post by: thebigdog on October 22, 2017, 04:06 PM
Looks flipping lovely but aren't those grips on back to front?No? Right way , other way & you would struggle to grip.
Well thats how i have been having them anyway
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Post by: Avro on October 22, 2017, 05:07 PM
Post by: thebigdog on October 22, 2017, 05:25 PM
Looks excellent; black grips are A +1 from me or swap out the brake lever for a black one but, looking at the whole, I love it.I hear ya , the tyres, saddle and grips are the only new (well old ) parts want try and keep as many og bits as i can if poss
Trying to find og rider bits is hard lol
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Post by: Midschoolfool on October 26, 2017, 06:35 PM
Post by: CustardLips on October 26, 2017, 06:45 PM
Post by: thebigdog on October 29, 2017, 05:16 PM
Was getting a bit dark so will get some better pics of it soon
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Post by: deeman on October 29, 2017, 07:50 PM
Post by: thebigdog on October 29, 2017, 07:53 PM
Love this...love the design, love the rarity :daumenhoch:Thanks
Dont think I've ever sat on such a roomy and comfortable 20" lol
If next weekend is ok ill take it out for a blast , it just needs to dirty up a bit!
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Post by: rooski on October 30, 2017, 12:29 PM
Post by: MartyC on November 01, 2017, 01:31 PM
Post by: sawzall on November 01, 2017, 08:17 PM
Post by: thebigdog on November 03, 2017, 09:26 AM
that's looking great matt :daumenhoch:
Thanks Phil hopefully you can see this one soon, I know you like interesting frame sets :daumenhoch:
Post by: thebigdog on November 03, 2017, 09:27 AM
Post by: In2bmx on November 03, 2017, 10:02 AM