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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: matt on December 17, 2006, 09:42 PM

Title: which bike
Post by: matt on December 17, 2006, 09:42 PM
im going to start racing again in 2007, i dont know which bike to use, i built both of these bikes to look at but im bored of just looking at them now and it seems criminal not to use them for what they were made to do, so my question is which one is stronger and has better angles etc  also where is the best place to buy body armour and lids from

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Title: Re: which bike
Post by: gmac on December 17, 2006, 09:54 PM
Be great to see that DY getting spanked round the track  :smitten:

But you ain't gonna win any races without chains  :crazy2:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: downhill3375 on December 17, 2006, 09:55 PM
they r both beauties :smitten: mate ya will have to try um both and see wich feels best for u :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: Zippy on December 17, 2006, 10:19 PM
JMC all the way it looks longer in the top tube for a start.

Darren rode Radmans DY at the Rad meet this year and loved it.
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: theRuler on December 17, 2006, 10:21 PM
use the goose

but even if you arent gonna ride them get some chains fitted!!!
bikes look super ugly without chains

deffo go with the goose though

it's a good all rounder

if it gets tweaked, use the jmc ;)
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: Bren Gunn on December 17, 2006, 10:43 PM
Got to be the DY...
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: DR VINOAH on December 17, 2006, 10:48 PM
u would obviously get more admiring glances if ya raced the DY

plus i wanna have a go this time :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: Mattdub on December 17, 2006, 11:18 PM
The Dy will feel better me thinks , the bars on the DY will deffo feel better than Pro Class bars  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: pkradman on December 18, 2006, 01:02 AM
cant belive u even asked this qestion matt ?? DY all the way ffs !!  .. good on ya matt cant wait to see u fall off !! :LolLolLolLol: ..only joking mate  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: Steve P on December 18, 2006, 02:34 AM
Yep, the JMC would be my ultimate option too  :daumenhoch:

Steve
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: theRuler on December 18, 2006, 02:40 AM
i have ridden a few gooses over the years

most recently being a supergoose 3, a few times at bones this year
thats why i say the goose ;)

the jmc would be "cool" option. but i have never ridden one and cant really comment on how it would ride. the goose i know would be sound
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: darren on December 18, 2006, 09:31 AM
dy without a doubt  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: MeddlE on December 18, 2006, 12:20 PM
Race the DY, get pads/armour etc from ChainReactionCycles.  Brand-X are very good.
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: jimwise68 on December 18, 2006, 03:09 PM
I'd say try them both too.

Never ridden a JMC so can't comment. But took Funmonster's Pro Class around MK and it was fooking lovely. Very solid.

Title: Re: which bike
Post by: selfpreservation on December 19, 2006, 12:33 AM
my mate had a pc when we were about 12 he broke it three times in a year at the toptube where it meets the seat tube the replaced the bike fair play but he was just an average kid who had a 1/4 in his back yard and his dad had a few quid  , they have tubes of varying thickness to save on weight , i think this is what makes it weak you wouldnt want to snap that sweet ride , id get one myself if it werent for this fact , ill stick to my sg3
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: HUTCHMAN on December 22, 2006, 03:10 PM
just dont forget the D.Y has a steep headtube angle which will make the steering very quick.
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: pkradman on December 24, 2006, 12:45 AM
well it will be the only thing that is quick  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: which bike
Post by: FuNMoNsTeR on December 28, 2006, 11:54 AM
I have ridden and raced loads of old school bikes... I straddled Aidey Kings JMC DY once bitd and cannot honestly remember how good it was  ;D  The Pro Class is the best frame i have raced. Light and responsive but also remarkably stiff and very stable.
  Like the guys say tho... try them both :)   They are beautiful builds m8... you will look princely riding either  :daumenhoch:
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