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Title: light
Post by: christian on July 18, 2007, 11:43 PM

hi ive alwaya wanted to know ...out of all he bmx's that were around in the 80's which was the lightest ?

Title: Re: light
Post by: MartyC on July 19, 2007, 12:18 AM

The Vitus Dural that Lee Alexander used to race on was pretty light, Race Inc's could come up light too and one of the mags did a sub 20lb mini, someone should have details of that  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: light
Post by: darkersomeday on July 19, 2007, 12:25 AM

for the time, the old ripper must have been up there :daumenhoch:

didnt craig "wheelie king" strong have a super light set-up?

thinking about it now i've actually no idea of the general bike weights back then!

does anyone have a race built pk ripper to weigh for me? :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: light
Post by: harris on July 19, 2007, 08:26 AM

i cant remember which make but i will ask jason scott -webb
but one was made for him at a silly weight of about 7LB

Title: Re: light
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on July 19, 2007, 08:29 AM

GT world tour with tuffs weighed in at over 28LB

Title: Re: light
Post by: theRuler on July 19, 2007, 12:26 PM

my brother's superfox weighed about 23.5 pounds iirc

it was featherweight

and flimsy ;)

i have one that i am building up. it weighs nothing without any wheels and cranks

Title: Re: light
Post by: jimwise68 on July 19, 2007, 03:52 PM

wasn't the lightest bike BITD the Piranha, complete with lightweight banana mags.  :laugh:

Title: Re: light
Post by: pickle on July 19, 2007, 03:53 PM

i know for one.....i was a lot lighter back then!  :-\

Title: Re: light
Post by: Trev on July 19, 2007, 04:06 PM

Quote from: jimwise68 on July 19, 2007, 03:52 PM

wasn't the lightest bike BITD the Piranha, complete with lightweight banana mags.  :laugh:

my piranha was fairly light compared to a lot of other cheap bmx's, but i wouldn't have thought it was the lightest compared to the expensive ones of the time.

Title: Re: light
Post by: adenough on July 19, 2007, 04:27 PM

mmmm piranas ehh? if u fell off one of those, itd take 3 people to lift it off  you :police:

Title: Re: light
Post by: rarman1 on July 21, 2007, 04:33 PM

i weighed a 84 performer frame a little while ago and it was just over 4lbs

then compared it to an 87 performer frame which weighed over 6lbs!!!!

Title: Re: light
Post by: jimmyp on July 21, 2007, 05:18 PM

Thought it was a Hutch Pro Star :-\

Title: Re: light
Post by: the_cyclops on July 21, 2007, 05:52 PM

In BMX Action Bike issue no2

There was a Race Inc that was totally drilled out!

It had hole drilled in the F&F, Bars, Seatpost,seat,Brakes,cranks etc so I reckon that would come in pretty damn light (Race Inc's were light enough to begin with!)

My old PK was the lightest bike I ever had (never weighed it though!)

Title: Re: light
Post by: animal on July 21, 2007, 11:40 PM

Had an MRD expert bitd that weighed 21 lb , was very light.

Title: Re: light
Post by: aerostylie on July 22, 2007, 01:18 AM

And what was the heaviest.....a wild guess....something Burner ish ::)  That's a genuine guess from me....not a p*ss take :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: light
Post by: Trev on July 22, 2007, 01:20 AM

Quote from: aerostylie on July 22, 2007, 01:18 AM

And what was the heaviest.....a wild guess....something Burner ish ::)  That's a genuine guess from me....not a p*ss take :coolsmiley:

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