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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: thesku11s on July 22, 2008, 10:42 PM
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Was wondering if anyone has any experience with these?
Im thinking of buying some for a project, but I havent ever seen any in the flesh.
Is the spider bonded to the crankarm like sugino 3pc etc for example or is it more like a spider that you would get on a one piece crank?
Also can anyone rate them, and reccomend a good place to buy ?
Thanks.
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I think they did both styles, the early ones had the bonded on spider, the later one was removable.
I also think they are hard to get hold of?
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Im guessing these are the newer ones?
https://www.jrbicycles.com/storefront/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=113
really pushing my budget, but better value than some of the alternatives for this "project" ::)
Need something shiny, square taper and 165mm.
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http://sourcebmx.co.uk/dyn/_products/folder4/folder4/folder3/folder1/product1/product.shtml
Hope this helps...
James
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You mean something like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ODYSSEY-BLACK-WIDOW-CRANKS-BMX-FIXIE-SINGLE-SPEED-RETRO_W0QQitemZ320277740688QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320277740688&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318
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You mean something like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ODYSSEY-BLACK-WIDOW-CRANKS-BMX-FIXIE-SINGLE-SPEED-RETRO_W0QQitemZ320277740688QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320277740688&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318
yeah I saw those, thats what gave me the idea of using black widows.
But I need the polished ones.
thanks for the links anyway, will see If I can beat the Source price.
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I would say they are built more towards children. They flex alot for bigger riders. My nephew has them on his race bike and they work well for him but I can feel them "give" when I ride his bike.
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They look lovely cranks but I wouldn't use them for a rider as they seemed to flex quite a bit.
I had them on my robinson and although I never used them I fitted them on and you could feel the flex in them so i took them straight off.
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSCF0024.jpg)
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Black Widow cranks have been around for quite a while... the earlier 90's ones [i have a set here im using] didnt have a spider with them, thay are just square taper 3 piece cranks. the spider [bonded or unbonded] was a later addition to the cranks , so if youre going old mid shool, find ones without a spider or a removable spider i guess.
I think they look great no atter how people use them!
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I thought having a spider would be more old school than midschool?
I could use a sugino chainring like that robinson, and it would be a setup to alloy 3pc of the 80's like the sugino,takagi etc?
But with the midschool tech look of the hard edged polished crank arms?
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don't know which ones i've got,made in usa,bolt on spider,175mm and they use a hexagonal spindle with sealed bearings(the bearings are pressed into the cup from the back so when all fitted to a frame,the bearings can't be seen)any ideas? :-\
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don't know which ones i've got,made in usa,bolt on spider,175mm and they use a hexagonal spindle with sealed bearings(the bearings are pressed into the cup from the back so when all fitted to a frame,the bearings can't be seen)any ideas? :-\
You have the "phat" Black Widows I think, bigger spindle, fatter arms, twin pinch bolts, very nice cranks, they don't flex!
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just Google'd the phat black widows,but mine are not like them.the arms are still machined out like the b/w lites and only have one pinch bolt-spindle and bearings look the same.
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I think you might have the Black Widow Pro's. They are basically the same as the Phat only older.
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any idea from what era?
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I'm not positive but I would say 94 to 2000?