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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: gossa on September 21, 2007, 08:12 PM
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Ok boys and girls, this is my cruiser. it's not old school, new school or mid school, it's just my cruiser. After riding for many teams and many years it's all I have left (apart from the now notorious pit bike in mums loft). This site has inspired me to do a bit of a project on it so i'm seeking opinions.
Firstly, I ride this bike and plan on racing next year (time/business/kids/fiance permitting). Right now it's a mish mash, 90's frame, 70's seatpost, 2006 seat etc so what do you think?
Right now i'm thinking of creating a slightlly retro look and feel but wilth all the peformance of a bike of today. How about polishing up the frame and cranks and fitting a lot of black/gold parts on it, if it wont polish up then maybe paint her black.
What would you do?
SPEC:
USA made floval/landing gears
Wheels: rear profile cassette/front crupi ti hubs on sun rims with dt spokes/blackwall comp3's
DRIVETRAIN: technique cranks, crupi chainring/pedals/sram chain and shimano cassette sprocket
SEAT: WTB power V on shimano DX post
BARS: Crupi cruiser bars and stem, avid v brakes
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/dd42/clivegossa/DSC02361.jpg)
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Ok boys and girls, this is my cruiser. it's mid school, it's just my cruiser. After riding for many teams and many years it's all I have left (apart from the now notorious pit bike in mums loft). This site has inspired me to do a bit of a project on it so i'm seeking opinions.
Firstly, I ride this bike and plan on racing next year (time/business/kids/fiance permitting). Right now it's a mish mash, 90's frame, 70's seatpost, 2006 seat etc so what do you think?
Right now i'm thinking of creating a slightlly retro look and feel but wilth all the peformance of a bike of today. How about polishing up the frame and cranks and fitting a lot of black/gold parts on it, if it wont polish up then maybe paint her black.
What would you do?
SPEC:
USA made floval/landing gears
Wheels: rear profile cassette/front crupi ti hubs on sun rims with dt spokes/blackwall comp3's
DRIVETRAIN: technique cranks, crupi chainring/pedals/sram chain and shimano cassette sprocket
SEAT: WTB power V on shimano DX post
BARS: Crupi cruiser bars and stem, avid v brakes
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/dd42/clivegossa/DSC02361.jpg)
thats a nice floval, proper SE too,
liking the technique cranks on there,
polished would be cool, why not do-it-yourself, its fairly straight forward,
try to keep some colour in the parts though, save it from the "silver dream racer" look :LolLolLolLol:
i'd race that , no probs :daumenhoch:
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Floval with techniques???
not sure about that :-\
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/floval024.jpg)
:) DINGO :)
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Bollox, i thought I had about the only pair of those cranks around! Have many people got them? I got mine at the WC in Michigan, I guess about 94/95?
No silver dream racer, quite the opposite. I emailed John Kovachi last night about a set of black Kovachi hubs built on black sun rims with gold Marwi ti spokes! on a polished frame with Dels infamous old school gold/black floval stickers, that could look sweet!
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Bollox, i thought I had about the only pair of those cranks around! Have many people got them? I got mine at the WC in Michigan, I guess about 94/95?
No silver dream racer, quite the opposite. I emailed John Kovachi last night about a set of black Kovachi hubs built on black sun rims with gold Marwi ti spokes! on a polished frame with Dels infamous old school gold/black floval stickers, that could look sweet!
Dont worry, my Techniques are now on this(with a bit of custom annodising thrown in) :-
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/winners003.jpg)
the Floval F&F was sold
Kovachi hubs are sweet though, I have some on my OS racer
:) DINGO :)
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Sweet dingo! If I go with the whole polished/blk/gld them my blue seatpost won't match, who make a light 22.2 seatpost with an integrated clamp?
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mmm techniques
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_0174.jpg)
that looks a nice colour in the blue :daumenhoch:
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Why not get a Gold DX?
It would keep some soul of the original build :coolsmiley:
:) DINGO
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who make a light 22.2 seatpost with an integrated clamp?
I was just asking the same question earlier today for a race bike Im building.
Dont keep it to yourself now!
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who make a light 22.2 seatpost with an integrated clamp?
I was just asking the same question earlier today for a race bike Im building.
Dont keep it to yourself now!
I dont think anyone does?
maybe a Renthal with VG guts or an Odyssey Robo clamp?
:) DINGO :)
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who make a light 22.2 seatpost with an integrated clamp?
I was just asking the same question earlier today for a race bike Im building.
Dont keep it to yourself now!
There are a few turning up on egay at the moment and I think you'll find GeneralLee had a few for sale in silver or black a short while back :daumenhoch:
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You can / could get Primo Rods in 22.2 (I got one of General Lee). They are micro adjust but they aint light!
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You can / could get Primo Rods in 22.2 (I got one of General Lee). They are micro adjust but they aint light!
my point exactly :knuppel2:
Renthal with a (rocking horse poo) VG clamp would be tops :daumenhoch:
or Shimano DX of course
:) DINGO :)
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did odyssey make the in-tac in 22.2mm?
thomson might make one too,
si your primo rod post chrome alex? :LolLolLolLol:
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Thomson only go down to 25.4, i'll find something.
Anyone got any gold ukai/araya cruiser rims? I know, shite out of a rocking horse................
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Clive, I think that Floval looks perfect as it is. Though I guess old habits die hard for the OS King of Bling!