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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: harris on November 10, 2007, 11:23 AM

Title: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: harris on November 10, 2007, 11:23 AM: this is the first time i have used 1pc crank set on a race bike or pretty much any bike bar my curtis.
do you like 1 pc or are you like me 3 piece on most builds.i did put 3s on btd so guess its what ever you fancy.
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/newnewnew003.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/newnewnew002.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/newnewnew001.jpg)
its a rider so parts are not era correct yet or new.
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: priv on November 10, 2007, 11:30 AM: i had 2 and bent them both,so went with 3pc plus i think 3pc look better

priv
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: RATTY on November 10, 2007, 11:33 AM: Bitd I only ever had 1 piece cranks, so I think they are much more era correct. It was only factory riders who got three piece..
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: Mattdub on November 10, 2007, 11:42 AM: Looks good Dan , there's a certain honesty about OPC builds & I'm looking to use one on a build in the future ;) .

Bitd I started on an OPC but saved for 401's and used the same set ( apart from one arm replaced under guarantee after cracking it over Coxmoor triples ) until I stopped racing .
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: OrgasmDonor on November 10, 2007, 11:42 AM: i got twin pinch's on this now but lookin at this pic i reckon the one piece looks better

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/haro/08052006149.jpg)
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: ron burgundy on November 10, 2007, 12:23 PM: If you look through the old BMX mags, you'll see a lot of racers used opc on cruisers...

Cool bike :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: stidds on November 10, 2007, 03:03 PM: Quote from: Ron Burgundy on November 10, 2007, 12:23 PM
If you look through the old BMX mags, you'll see a lot of racers used opc on cruisers...

Cool bike :daumenhoch:

Tis the truth, Tim March used to use a 1pc on his cruiser.
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: gossa on November 11, 2007, 01:48 AM: Harris, I might have an era correct set of pads for that cruiser as this is when I rode for Robinson, 88/89. If i can find some i'll chuck them in with the s&m ones to make up for the delay. Are you racing that sucker? I've got a couple of race jerseys left too.....
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: harris on November 11, 2007, 07:15 AM: it will be my oldschool cruiser when i get fit and these legs start working again.
just hope i dont bust it.
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: se on November 11, 2007, 06:21 PM: <<a certain honesty about OPC >>

Spoken like Shakespeare. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: nic968 on November 12, 2007, 05:08 PM: That's very nice....I'm partial to 1 piece cranks,(I never managed to step up to 401's BITD..)
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: Steve P on November 12, 2007, 05:14 PM: That's a great looking cruiser you've got there Dan :daumenhoch:

I've always preferred the 3-piece set up but I seem to be fitting and riding more and more OPC's now ???

Steve
Title: Re: my first 1pc crank race bike
Post by: dialledbikes on November 13, 2007, 01:53 PM: None of the people I rode with BITD had Flites or Profiles - they were too expensive!

I had some gold Suntour 3 piece cranks which had to tighten up before/after every ride. And the closest I got to proper 3 piece cranks were the Sugino cro-moly 3 piecers which had the spider that looked like Redlines, but the arms looked nothing like.

Even when I bought my first BMX bike as a wage earning "grown up" (S&M Holmes from Custom Riders) it had one piece cranks on there for a while until I went to the US and bought some Redline Flites from Trend Bike Source. Damn, I was almost 30 before I got my first set of Flite cranks!