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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: 84profile on November 01, 2007, 03:30 AM
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Well, I have to say thanks to a few people on here, for helping me with the bits for this build. The hubs were actually my race hubs from about 83...The completed bike is amazingly light...from the best I can weigh it, it is 20.2 lbs
Actually, I'm not quite finished, I'm going to get the bars and forks translucent powdered in blue to match the frame...personally I love the welding on alloy Race Inc's... Hope you like...
Frame: Race Inc RA7 - Re Anodised
Forks: Race Inc Chrome Moly - Re Chromed
Handle Bars: GT Pro - Re Chromed
Grips: AME Tri - New
Stem: Pro Neck - Survivor
Headset: Tange Beartrap - NOS
Cranks: Shimano Dx - NOS
Pedals: Shimano DX - Polished
Chain: Izumi - NOS
Rims: Weinmann - NOS
Hubs: Campagnolo - Survivor
Tires: Comp IV/Alloy Valve Caps - NOS
Seat Clamp: Xcaliber - NOS
Seat Post: VDC - NOS
Seat: Kashimax Aero - NOS
Calipers: Dia-compe 901/Kool Stop Finned - NOS
Lever: Dia-compe Comp IV - Survivor
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f174/mervyk/032-2.jpg)
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Wow that is absolutely beautiful great job. I miss my Race Inc :'(
bodamus :daumenhoch:
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Bloody hell... that's fantastic :daumenhoch: nice one mate.
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beautiful, perfect dont change a thing :smitten: :smitten:
:) DINGO :)
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great build ,and bloody mint well done.
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Another great bike, look forward to bike of the year 2007. Gona be tight as a scotsman in a leotard.
Lovelly
Paul :Great_Britain:
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Very nice mate, makes me wanna build my frame set up!!! hand job on the pedals?? come up nice :4_17_5:
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:smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
Leave forks/bars as is for a nice contrast ;)
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spot on ! :daumenhoch:
what a gorgeous looking bike :smitten:
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Lovely looking bike and amazing restoration job. Perhaps show some before and after shots.
And as others have said, leave the forks as is cos chrome forks and bars on painted/anodised frames always looks rad.
Gotta be a contender for bike of the year 2008.
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Really liking that. :4_17_5:
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that is a work of art mate
very impressive!
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VERY IMPRESSIVE !!!
As dingo said perfect as is!
Where did you get the frame done?
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man i love that.
i'd leave that as is.
maybe a chrome seat post but nothing else.
them welds 8).
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Definitely an early favourite for BIKE OF THE YEAR 07... just beautiful... :4_17_5:
I fell in love with Stuntmasters Red Race Inc at MK06.... something about those welds... :coolsmiley: (maybe its because I am used to Burner welds that these just do it for me!! lol)
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Looks great, reminds me of my mate Kevin Riviere's old one, same colour, spec the lot. Almost a replica of his one. :daumenhoch:
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Thanks for the props guys...it was a fairly intensive project. The guy that normally does my polishing shut up his shop and I didn't trust anyone else to do it as I've seen some beautiful alloy welds completely smoothed over in the past! Didn't want that. So that left the job up to me, and I would have to say, I know why the polisher quit! What a b@tch of a job...but I wanted to make sure I polished it out, so that when the anodising was done it gave a nice shiney finish...My anodiser (here in Australia) is awesome..
I'm actually coming around to leaving the chrome front end...I might leave it for a bit and see if I change my mind.
I'm a little nervous of putting up a before shot, don't wanna get lynched. It was red before and was in very reasonable shape (well actually there were some dings that required some attention...but I wanted blue..so I did it.
I know some purists would shake there head at that but .....whatever..... the end result is pretty decent I thought...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f174/mervyk/RaceIncFFRed1.jpg)
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Quote: I know some purists would shake there head at that but .....whatever..... the end result is pretty decent I thought...
Nope not here in the UK - we live by only one rule!
"Botchit & Scarper" ;D
Again fantastic job!
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"Botchit & Scarper" not quite sure what that means, but sounds p*$$ funny....bit like Top Gear, don't get half the jokes, but that is the funniest show on TV...just a cracker...
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that is stunning mate :smitten:
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thats sex on wheels
i do have a preference to anno blue :coolsmiley:
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sweet build mate, I do lie a good Raceinc !!! love those cranks too !!!
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as a rule i dont like race incs but that is absolutly stunning one of the best builds i have seen this year
well done mate :4_17_5:
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amazing bike :daumenhoch:
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that is sooooo nice.top quality resto/build. :4_17_5:
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lovely bike. shame about losing that original finish, but i'm not your dad so you can do what the hell you like. :LolLolLolLol: i am one of them purists who will keep a decent finish on a bike if it has one and keep it survivor.
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I know what your saying JT, however there were a few dings in it that had to be repaired, drop outs need cleaning up. I'm also coming around to the survivor finish thing....I've built about 10 bikes and they have all been restored to as new condition, however I just received a Cook Bros which is in unbeleivable survivor condition, so it is getting a polish and a new decal set and that is it.
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SHIT HOT !!!!!!! i want a race inc :yahoo_silent:
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phat bike that dude!! :daumenhoch:
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Very sweet build, I had one the same colour and with chrome forks too for a while bitd - the frame cracked :(.
Changing to skinwall Comp 3's (Tioga or Cheng Shin) would save a bit from the weight as those gumwalls must weigh some :daumenhoch:
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Really nice build and probably a pretty rare frame now, nice to see something without flites or Profiles and the chrome forks and bars look the mutts nuts so I would leave them alone :daumenhoch:
I had 2 of those BITD but both went behind the headstock gusset, nice bikes when they were in one piece though.
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stunning stunnin stunning. The nicest bike ive seen this year. Well done!!!
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WoW ... that's simply stunning. Very nice indeed :4_17_5:
Steve
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I had one that colour bitd that only weighed 18 lbs as a complete bike, but it still cracked, and to make matters worse the importer of the time, which I think was Gecko, didn`t give any warranty on alloy frames :(
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As you can see I had the forks that were the same colour as the frame, although I think I prefer the chrome :daumenhoch:
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Thanks for your old photo's, it's nice to see one in action. Shame it cracked, but they are exceptionally light.
I can see how you would get down to 18lbs, mine has full sized GT bars and kashimax seat and DX cranks. I think if I swapped them out for a UNI seat, alloy bars and some sugino cranks, it would also be around 18lbs! I think you guys have convinced me to keep the chrome fork/bar combo...
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Well impressed, those DX cranks go sweet... awesome... :4_17_5: