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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: mi16kie on September 07, 2007, 07:59 PM
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Would you class my S+M Chris Bennet as mid or is it just not damn old enough?
I will put pics up if it is mid but dont want to say "hey look at my bike" if its not!
Pictures on hold........
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i'd say it creeps in there! if its an early one.
the bennet frame kicked of around 98 ish i think. s&m alex will know for definate. but it certainly isn't a new school job thats wafer thin to keep weight down, really low top tube for whips and a maximum chainring of about 33, so i'd entertain it! used to come in a nice beige if i remember right.
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i concur,
mid in nature but entering via the back door,
bring forth the photographs post haste!
besides,
bennet fooking rocks!
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Id say it is Mid. I try to stick to the 1" S&Ms cos they were the "early years" but the bennet wasnt light weight so it werent NS. Mid is bound to cover A-head as that was smack in the middle of the 90s. Mid has gotta spill into the 2000s a little.
I had a bennet for a while and I really didnt like it. It was that frame (and the Next Gen Dirtbike I had before it) that started me think about the weight of my bike as it was so heavy. I also didnt like the chain stays being below the rear axle and I hated that droopey withbone. I had a PBR after that and that wasnt much better. After those 3 beasts I went back to riding my Challenger, intill the LAF came along and answered everything! I think I got mine in 2000ish but they had been out a while. I dont know when they came out tho.
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Ok you twisted my arm ;)
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I bought the frame from new when they first came out i had to wait a month or so for seventies to import them and have ridden it ever since.It even still has the original paint
Its the one i rode at hayle a couple of weeks back with you alex.
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Ive always liked that spoke mod you did with the U brake hanger. I was checkin that out again the other week.
Looking good!!!!
(I thought mi16kie was you, but I wasnt sure. Bloooody "user names" :LolLolLolLol:)
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nice, looks heavy :smitten:
the tt wishbone is like a big fat droopy dick,
i loved the big box section dt wishbones on these too,
check out the brake mods, tech shit!
milk bars?
standard stem on an s&m though wtf were you thinking!?
you know what you've made it with that dont you......?
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nice solid ride,strange mix of parts but looks bomb proof
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hey Harris, you gotta be lovin that gyro. Someone other than you has got one!
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:LolLolLolLol: i just binned 2 off mine as i couldnt stand the flack over the last year :-[
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Dont diss the UFO!!!!! I have got a blue one at work as a key fob :daumenhoch:
The stem was from my standard sta before the s+m and the rest has just kind of evolved.It wasnt built as a mid bike it is just what has happened. If it aint broke dont fix it. Or as my mate says "if it aint broke fix it till it is!"
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I've got an S&M stem on a Standard, didn't realise there was a stigma attached!
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wow there Laz. Next thing you are going to say you have a profile chainring on primo cranks! That will push DSD over the edge! :2funny:
I am a bit of a sucker for having everything S&M but I think it shows more thought if you use a frame from one company but like a stem or forks from another. In the mid 90s I saw a girl cycle past who had an early A-head dirtbike and standard stem. I imagined that she had put loads of thought into the stem, and the fact that she wanted a bit more rise that a redneck gave, and as a result, I was madly in love with her. When I eventualy got to know her it turned out that the shop she got the bike from didnt have any other A-head stems so she had to get the standard one! (I was still madly in love with her for ages! ha ha)
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mixing parts :shocked: no i wouldnt even concider that ;)
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mixing parts :shocked: no i wouldnt even concider that ;)
:LolLolLolLol: Of course not Dan!
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that was rather subtle laz cheers :daumenhoch:
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i've used a standard frame with some generation of redneck for the last 7 years. best combo i've found!
unfortunately if you don't dis the ufo, theres not really a lot else that can be said about them. harris, congratulations on binning said item :daumenhoch:
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I like the style of that, very chunky but effective :daumenhoch: