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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: SaMAlex on September 05, 2007, 03:04 PM
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I just went out for a little lunchtime ride at a park just round the corner from me. A long time riding mate of mine, who I now work with, brought his bike in too so I took a few pics of it. It a total "mid school" classic and has remained pretty much unchanged, and occasionally ridden, for the last 10 or so years. This will help answer some of the questions as to what people rode in the 90s, cos its all here!
The man himself, Crowman, sat on his trusty bike
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/09thecrowman.jpg)
What a beaut! 1" dirtbike with pitchforks. Hand painted white and black with a Holmes sticker set.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/01Crowmanclassic.jpg)
P.E. Hubs front and rear with chrome peregrine rims and V monster tyres. P.E. steel pegs, the right diameter to be level with the bottom of the drop outs and the same diameter as the steel hub cones. Both wheels laced "all to the outside"
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/03Crowmanclassic.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/02Crowmanclassic.jpg)
Sprocket Pocket with a chunk cut out to clear the crank arm. Shitty spider with a home made power disk behind it for strength (power disk made from a reflective "cycle path" sign). Cranks, DX pedals and spider hand painted black ... several years ago
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/05Crowmanclassic.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/04Crowmanclassic.jpg)
Nice high flagpole of a seatpost with some kind of padded seat. Home made seatclamp (from cutting off the top of a MTB seat tube with a built in seat clamp
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/07Crowmanclassic.jpg)
Green shafted redneck and Kris Bennet bars. 2/3s of an S&M padset.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/08Crowmanclassic.jpg)
One of my old chain adjusters. The adjustment pushes fowards so its not in the way for grinds. Can be used with or without a peg. Cut to be flush with peg and drop outs. Machined inside face that sits inside the drop slot out to stop it closing up during grinds.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/06Crowmanclassic.jpg)
Dont Mess with the Crowbar!!!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/10thecrowman.jpg)
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I'd say 'classic' about sums it up!
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wicked.
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:)
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True Classic ;)
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must of been 1 of the first left hand side sprockets then?
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grungy as fook :daumenhoch:
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Love it. Proper Mid-school. :smitten:
He's gotta loose the beard though.
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cool as. tell the crow to watch them cranks , weak as f##k :)
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thats a fantastic old holmes right there :daumenhoch:
genuine rider, great to see that he kept it in one pirce for all those years too,
nice one crow!
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must of been 1 of the first left hand side sprockets then?
Yep. P.E. hubs were the first to do Left Hand Drive (as far as I know).
The only ones before that were the 2 prototypes I made.
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Love it. Proper Mid-school. :smitten:
He's gotta loose the beard though.
What's wrong with his beard? I think he looks quite the dapper chap! :)
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Love it. Proper Mid-school. :smitten:
He's gotta loose the beard though.
What's wrong with his beard? I think he looks quite the dapper chap! :)
Laz, funny you said that. When I met you at MK I thought of crowman. I wouldnt wanna try and blag into a club with you 2 on the door!
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the chain tensioners are a good idea, i could never understand why companies didnt make them to fit in the slot like that,
fly have used the idea on their frame havent they? but on the inside?
thats some front peg he's rocking there like :daumenhoch:
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Flys one is similar but the adjuster is on the frame, and on the inside. I think there are some problems with it if you use a hub that doesnt match, but the biggest problem I can see is that you have to "de adjust" it to get the chain slack enough to take the wheel out. with my one, you just loosen the wheelnut, and move the washer out. Later, I moved the design on so the adjuster was on the frame (like the fly one but on the outside) it pushed on the peg, or on a big ally washer, so again, all you had to do was loosen the wheelnut and the wheel could slide forwards. The adjuster remains in the set place when you tighten it up again.