RADBMX.CO.UK

BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: kusam on September 01, 2007, 09:01 PM

Title: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: kusam on September 01, 2007, 09:01 PM: Just had a few days away at the east coast and on the way back home, spent the day at Flamingo Land theme park.
After doing the major coasters....we went on this

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y119/KuSam/Flam.landride.jpg)

which had these on most of them

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y119/KuSam/phone081.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y119/KuSam/phone080.jpg)
Tried to get pics of some of the handlebars, which were CW style (orange ones above) but was getting a couple of odd glances.
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: harris on September 01, 2007, 09:02 PM: good spot lol
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: MartyC on September 01, 2007, 09:04 PM: I'm guessing you didn't have a toolkit handy either :LolLolLolLol:

That's a long looking SR stem ;)
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: the_cyclops on September 01, 2007, 09:06 PM: Thats quite amusing!

On a similar theme, I was doing a 3 point turn the other day after making a wrong turn and noticed an oldschool GT racebike with a few nice bits on it (Tuff neck stem, Pro class wheels) chained up against a tennis club fence.....the bike was in poor nick and seemed to have a mudgaurd fashioned out of chicken wire on it.

I considered leaving a note on it asking if it was for sale but I couldn't be bothered in the end! Was nice to see though :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: Lazarou on September 01, 2007, 09:07 PM: Those quills are pretty long!
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: rob on September 01, 2007, 09:12 PM: i have one of those stems but it dont fit any of my bikes :-\
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: sawzall on September 01, 2007, 09:33 PM: Quote from: rob on September 01, 2007, 09:12 PM
i have one of those stems but it dont fit any of my bikes :-\

me too shaft is a bit bigger in diameter >:(
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: SaMAlex on September 01, 2007, 09:41 PM: its an MTB stem. you can see the hole for the front cantil brake cable
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: rob on September 01, 2007, 09:43 PM: Quote from: S&MAlex on September 01, 2007, 09:41 PM
its an MTB stem. you can see the hole for the front cantil brake cable

it dont fit my old gt tho :idiot2:
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: SaMAlex on September 01, 2007, 09:47 PM: Quote from: rob on September 01, 2007, 09:43 PM
Quote from: S&MAlex on September 01, 2007, 09:41 PM
its an MTB stem. you can see the hole for the front cantil brake cable

it dont fit my old gt tho :idiot2:

old SR and Suntour stems come in 2 sizes. They are both "1inch" but BMX (USA) 1inch is slightly diferent to Euro / UK 1inch. Its the same with headset cups, BMX ones are a slightly different size to other bike ones, even tho they are "1inch".
Title: Re: BMX parts in strange places
Post by: MeddlE on September 01, 2007, 10:01 PM: This is not the thread and those are not the pictures that I was expecting, what a tease. ;)