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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: wildwood1971 on October 02, 2007, 07:17 PM

Title: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 02, 2007, 07:17 PM: Thought id start a new thread on what our old school BMX's weigh - not very scientific this but i have used my bathroom scales and converted it to pounds via a web converter. I'll start it of - please post a pic and then the weight - should be quiet interesting as im sure you will all remember weight or should i say lightness being a big issue back in the day.

So heres mine - i have left the number plates and pads on as this would be the racing weight

83 GT PRO = 20.9 lb

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z164/wildwood1971/ABCD0010-1.jpg)

Raleigh Team Replica Aero Pro 25th Anniversary (custom) = 24.3 lb

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z164/wildwood1971/ABCD0014-1.jpg)

Have fun - my kids looked at me as if i was daft as a brush when they caught me weighing my bikes :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: OrgasmDonor on October 02, 2007, 07:29 PM: nice gt :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: login_user on October 03, 2007, 09:56 PM: I think your scales are out. :LolLolLolLol: i was just weighing some of mine, my proclass weighs somewhere between 21lb and 24lb bloody scales aren't that good. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 03, 2007, 10:08 PM: dude i had a right proper nightmare doing mine - even roped the kids in to help :LolLolLolLol: i ended up taking three readings and reseting after each on - iv got digital scales so they should be fairly accurate - more worrying is that of the online converters i used came back with different conversions :wtf:

Anyways its all good fun and me kids had a good story to tell at school :LolLolLolLol:

Paul
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: login_user on October 03, 2007, 10:34 PM: Quote from: wildwood1971 on October 03, 2007, 10:08 PM
dude i had a right proper nightmare doing mine - even roped the kids in to help :LolLolLolLol: i ended up taking three readings and reseting after each on - iv got digital scales so they should be fairly accurate - more worrying is that of the online converters i used came back with different conversions :wtf:

Anyways its all good fun and me kids had a good story to tell at school :LolLolLolLol:

Paul

Mine are digital with lbs on them. but they did vary.i will try and smuggle the proclass in to work on nights to weigh them on the scales there,they are calibrated every day to +/- 0.1g so should get a good reading. :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 03, 2007, 11:12 PM: love it covert proclass smuggling :LolLolLolLol: now thats dedication - mind you dont get stopped by the police :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: DR VINOAH on October 04, 2007, 05:51 PM: plus pads set & # plate
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f278/vin501/db-1.gif)

tipping the scales @ 19lbs 3oz exact-a-mondo :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 04, 2007, 06:02 PM: Nice looking diamond back and a feather weight to - im gonna have to start drilling holes in the GT :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: DR VINOAH on October 04, 2007, 06:06 PM: ;D
ace

i forgot to add
it has bullseye hubs
& a mx900

as opposed to the heavier mx1000
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: digitaltransfer on October 04, 2007, 06:41 PM: Quote from: OrgasmDonor on October 02, 2007, 07:29 PM
nice gt :daumenhoch:

Thats my olds GT :'(

Wish I had kept it now :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 04, 2007, 07:02 PM: Russ

You got PM mate

Paul
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: Gary72 on October 04, 2007, 08:19 PM: Tange Hot Heart tipped the scales at 26lb and 1 oz, although after riding my new school park bike at 29.9 lbs it feels like a feather.
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 04, 2007, 08:53 PM: I was surprised when i got back into BMX just how heavy a lot of the new school bikes are - but i guess thats largely a consequence of most being flat land and vert bikes so i guess they need to be beefier - and a lot of our bikes were race orientated bikes. Wonder a what a hi-spec new school race bike weighs - im sure someone out there will let me know.

I quiet like the GT Power series with aluminum frames - would have thought they are quiet light.
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: reilley1 on October 04, 2007, 09:50 PM: About 46 lbs (21 Kilos...) :)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w303/reilley1/ROYCE1.jpg)
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 04, 2007, 09:59 PM: That looks a beast to ride - bet its comfy tho :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: Gary72 on October 04, 2007, 10:14 PM: Quote from: wildwood1971 on October 04, 2007, 08:53 PM

I quiet like the GT Power series with aluminum frames - would have thought they are quiet light.
I have the xl with the box stays but couldn't be bothered to unpadlock it and weigh it tonight. Will try and do it at the weekend
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: wildwood1971 on October 08, 2007, 08:58 PM: any one else gona weigh there bikes then ?
Title: Re: WHAT DOES YOUR OS BMX WEIGH!!!
Post by: OrgasmDonor on October 09, 2007, 01:45 PM: that is so crap its cool ;D