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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: retrogeezer on October 26, 2005, 08:01 PM

Title: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: retrogeezer on October 26, 2005, 08:01 PM
well chunky crossbars....


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Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: Rombloke on October 26, 2005, 08:04 PM
si are they cw freestyle bars????

Dave
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: retrogeezer on October 26, 2005, 08:06 PM
i wondered that....never seen any tho'  (apart from these - if thats what they are!)
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: ORB on October 26, 2005, 08:13 PM
the only others i can think of is Raleigh Styler bars? some of the later ones had em.

are the caps on the end metal??
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: weston on October 26, 2005, 08:21 PM
there were plenty of bars that looked like them in the late 80's early 90's on all the budget bikes... hope they are tig welded
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: retrogeezer on October 26, 2005, 08:47 PM
the crossbars are much fatter than the burner ones (I have some of those too!)

Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: ORB on October 26, 2005, 08:48 PM
if the caps are metel, they are genuine CW (i think)
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: Peanut on October 27, 2005, 11:21 AM
I had a pair of white cw's that looked like that, again metal caps.
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: RADHAB on October 27, 2005, 01:08 PM
Let me get this right....Cw make a freestyle frame that resembles a Clothes horse and then they make bars that resemble a Mangle ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: spinmaster on October 27, 2005, 08:52 PM
could be these, just spotted them on egay

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Tioga-Handlebar-Green_W0QQitemZ7192416429QQcategoryZ64644QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: retrogeezer on October 27, 2005, 09:23 PM
well spotted - looks just like em!

Ta
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: theRuler on October 27, 2005, 09:36 PM
i had some in white, in about 1988
the double bars were as thick as the main tubes

but they were budget bars, i'm sure
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: spooky on October 27, 2005, 10:00 PM
yeah! !   i remmember those bars i sat on them and rode the bmx backwards. bbut im not to keen on the mangle!!!!!!!!! reffrence  after sitting on em!.. oh those days back in the 80,s :D
Title: Re: anyone know what these bars are???
Post by: FIL EBZ on October 27, 2005, 10:32 PM
I bought a pair like them probably Raleigh ones nos from the 2002 Bike Show for a whole £1.
If they are the Tioga they where probably made to match that all time classic the Tioga Dragon Woo hoo...............
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