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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: harris on July 11, 2007, 08:17 PM

Title: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 08:17 PM

the taj   what is the story with this frame   ???
is it designed for jumping/dirt ...street.its long, its beefy.
i just built one up and it feels odd   very odd.us early model
alex the one you found.
i just am not sure the best way to build it up .

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: Stodgy on July 11, 2007, 08:19 PM

Um, I think you mean the one I found!

FFS what's a man gotta do to get credit around here?!


It's a dirt jump bike - but tough enough for anything!

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 08:21 PM

 :-*  sorry lover you .i thought schuey found it
just feels so loooooooooong   lol

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: Stodgy on July 11, 2007, 08:23 PM

I thought you liked it long?

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 08:25 PM

i like to see the front  i need a telescope  :shocked:

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: Stodgy on July 11, 2007, 08:27 PM

LOL

Have you alined the bars with the forks?

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 08:30 PM

lol ye its still kinda sweet ride ,its not been restored just a bolt together to mess around on.
couldnt find any bolts to fit pegs on forks ,so fitted to axles but might remove all 4.

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: YGT on July 11, 2007, 08:30 PM

is it a us or tai frame?

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 08:31 PM

us frame with the crushed tubing like the condor

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: darkersomeday on July 11, 2007, 08:52 PM

sounds a bit extreme but i'd be looking at getting an early spooky made T1 barcode and building both them up as taj replica's :LolLolLolLol:

the fiola,dominguez, itson,haro,etc replicas that have been built are some of the best bikes i've seen built :daumenhoch:

not exactly nos but with a little patina?

its not easy to say what kind of build to go for as taj was riding everything at the time, a dirt build would seem more appropriate to me,

e-mail taj and ask him :LolLolLolLol:
straight up! :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: MartyC on July 11, 2007, 09:07 PM

doesn't the TAJ stand for Totally Awesome Jumper?  Think I read that somewhere recently but can't remember where  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 09:09 PM

he is a bad ass rider.i always remembered him on street doing manuals for like ever and cool stuff
but the dirt thing ,i dont remember alot about that,bar a few indoor racing meets were they did mad flips
during the interval.
its a mishmash of bits at the minuite .it will re build soon
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_0579.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_0578.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_0580.jpg)
now i look, the more i want to go outside an pull it all to pieces.

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: darkersomeday on July 11, 2007, 09:22 PM

why dan :LolLolLolLol:
thats fooking spot on mate :daumenhoch:

peregrines,tenderizers,it all works,

is that a gack chainwheel? :shocked:

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 11, 2007, 09:25 PM

cant remember the chainwheel make
im of to melbourne trails friday so wanted something i didnt mind lobbing about .so of with pegs

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: Lazarou on July 11, 2007, 09:26 PM

TAJ also stood for 'Todd's a Jerk' i think referring to Todd Huffman. I think some were released with those stickers.

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: Stodgy on July 12, 2007, 12:00 PM

I believe all those names for the 'TAJ' were put on after Taj left Hoffman...as they wanted to keep it in the range, but not keep it as a signature bike.

Dan - pull those bars back a bit (in line with the forks) and you'll find it much nicer mate. And BTW, love it. Very raw.

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 12, 2007, 12:02 PM

ok boss is there any hoff tax to pay on this one   :D

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: Stodgy on July 12, 2007, 12:08 PM

Quote from: harris on July 12, 2007, 12:02 PM

ok boss is there any hoff tax to pay on this one   :D

Nope, I believe you taxed me on this one.  ;)  Or, perhaps we taxed each other?  ???

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: showtime on July 16, 2007, 06:50 AM

cool another chrome USA Taj on here  :coolsmiley:

mines got all the stickers on & the main 3 all have daft little statements using the T_A_J initials

Todds a Jerk (i also read this was aimed at Huffman ;))
Totally Awesome Jumper
and a bit of a Random one - tasty Alligator Jelly  :idiot2:

it was made as a dirt jumping frame that was strong enough for street & vert if needed
built mine for dirt bitd hence no front brake or gyro, just a long flapping cable & cut down slams  :daumenhoch:
full spec in Hoffman section of museum

my favourite BMX frame of alltime :daumenhoch:

(http://server2.uploadit.org/files/adamshowtime-bmx007.jpg)

(http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL23/1877918/8354558/112136875.jpg)

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: theRuler on July 16, 2007, 07:39 AM

when taj rode his signature hoffman, he rode most things. he ripped on vert, street and park as well as jumping

a kid i knew had one of them, one of the early ones in 1997.

i couldn't get on with it at all. the front end was really long, and the bottom bracket felt too low for me.

cool bikes though and i would like to ride one again

Title: Re: totaly confused
Post by: harris on July 16, 2007, 07:41 AM

you can a mk   ;)