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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Peanut on October 24, 2005, 12:21 PM
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So I managed to design possibly the ugliest frame in the world.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/frame.jpg)
Ok, so it wasn't supposed to be hideous but I think it's ugly.
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thats awesome
:D
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Make that a looptail and I will take one!
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I'm thinking of dropping the twin downtube as it makes it look a bit like a girly shopping bike. I might make it a fat downtube that the top tube and head tube run through, I'll try it lunchtime and see what it looks like.
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me too.
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What programe did you use?
Cimema 4D?
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21st Century clothes horse has arrived!!!! Just kidding, i like it ;)
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3D Studio Max
Here's the aggressive version.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/frame2.jpg)
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LOL
it just gets better.
how about an actual 3d model of a real frame - measure your burner and draw that!!!
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what d'ya mean? it is a real frame see?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/canholder.jpg)
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LOL sell it on ebay.
or go over to vintagebmx.com with an "id my bike" thread.
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that first design is amazing itsw trm come quad id take one mate with longer top tube though lol
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very nice, im doing my ripper in solidworks (3d cad) at the moment :D
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go over to vintagebmx.com with an "id my bike" thread.
LOL ;D
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lol
not being disrespectful or anything
there are some right bmx masterminds on there, who can ID virtually anything.
except the peanut/acorn freestyler.
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im frankly, shocked. thats some mighty fine work.
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I'm toying with the idea of a front coaster, taking the coaster arm and using it as a lever connected to the brake cable, does anyone know if this has been done?
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I'm toying with the idea of a front coaster, taking the coaster arm and using it as a lever connected to the brake cable, does anyone know if this has been done?
i guess thats the basic theory behind a hub brake
yes sadly it was done
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As the ruler says, yup.
I've got a pic somewhere and I also got a scanner now so when I hook the thing up and work out how to use it I'll post some pics.
Regards
Paul
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unfortunatley the brake arm doesnt work like a handbrake, its purely an anchor, its the pedalling backwards that expands the brake shoes onto the inside of the hub.....
but yes, drum brakes were fitted to push bikes decades ago
Dave
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LOL sell it on ebay.
or go over to vintagebmx.com with an "id my bike" thread.
ha ha ha. yeah, and I bet someone will say they have one. That's well cool. Wish i could do that. There's no way i can use CAD software. It took me 3 months just to figure out how to post bleedin' pictures on this site
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when we all got bmx's in 83, a mate of mine who lived at a big pub had some hand me down contraption
it was kinda bmx-ish, but had suspension, and drum brakes. i think it was made by yamaha.
anyway he didnt like it (he was 10, the bike weighed a good 60 pounds) so it went to the tip - DOH
then he had some piece of crap thing in metallic red and white, with kuwahara ET stickers on it.
that went to the tip too - double DOH
after that he got a scorpion brakedancer. doh again.
anyway the point being was that his springer machine had a front drum brake. it worked well, but the bike was so heavy.
wish i could go back in time and stop him throwing that and the kuwi ET away.
the scorpion brakedancer was a rubbish bike btw. super heavy with crap components.
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but yes, drum brakes were fitted to push bikes decades ago
How do you push a bike with a drum brake? ;)
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Peanut,
Here is the picture I mentioned abot a coaster used on a front wheel!!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/Chroming/Front_coaster1.jpg)
Regards
Paul
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This photo doesn't really show it, but the Felt cruisers have a front hub brake. Looks quite neat in the flesh..
(http://www.feltracing.com/06/06_cruiser/images/little_bastard.jpg)
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That's exactly what I was thinking about, mind you, you wouldn't want to slam one on at speed!
Thanx guys.
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your endos would be improved!!!
got a u brake plate yet?
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no, decided to put the caliper back on the top of the seat stays, that way I don't cane my trousers and my ankles, then discovered i'd cut the outer cable too short, put some inner cable wire through my finger in the process of trying to re-thread the cable into a new outer, toe'd in the brake shoes and now all's hunky dory,
brakes are still sh!te tho.
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that v brake on the front should work ok.
if that cable keeps pulling through sack that curvy bit and just use a caliper adjuster in there. that wont slip
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thats a drum brake for sure...not a coaster
Dave