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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: BrianP on September 21, 2009, 05:24 PM
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Afternoon all,
I've two daughters here who have been starting to show a bit of interest in bmx. My eldest daughter has taken my bike out a few times, and I had been talking to her about building her one of her own, as she's finding mine a wee bit difficult to get on with. She's seen the wee stash of parts I have in the attic and had her eye on my mongoose f&f but when I showed her an old GT performer frameset I had and told her she could fix it up whatever way she wanted, her eyes kinda lit up a bit ;D.
Anyway, here's a few pics of the build at different stages. It's quite a mixture of old and new school parts, but she's well pleased with it, and that's the main thing. She'll also be well stoked at seeing it online later when I show her this thread.
The frame came from ebay.de about two years ago, with about half a dozen layers of rattle-can spray and cost me 99 euros. Most of the other parts I had here, except pedals and seat.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/pb-raw-frames.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/pb_gt-04.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/PerformerPrimer02.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/PerformerLara01.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/PerformerPainted01.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/PerformerComplete01.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/gt/PerformerComplete03.jpg)
Brian (and Lara) :daumenhoch:
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Love the colour of the f+f :daumenhoch:
sweet ride ;)
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Hi brian,
sweet mate.
Perfect looks like you both enjoyed doing this build.
All the best Gary
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Super cool!
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Good team work :daumenhoch:
Looks like you had fun - and looks like a funky rider 8)
Building a minigoose for my daughter at the moment :)
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i think you should have been a little less conservative on the colour scheme. :2funny:great build ,defo a one off!!!bet shes made up with that beauty
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Cool colours! good work :daumenhoch: looks like a packet of smarties on wheels :D :daumenhoch:
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it doesn't matter what the bike looks like, its spending time with your kids, me and my 6 yr old daughter went for a ride on are bikes tonight :smitten:
never ever rode anywhere with my parents :'(
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Lucky girl! and nice bike! :4_17_5:
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sick( I iz down wiv da kidz) :daumenhoch:
its good to do things with your kids, as has been said my parents didnt do anything with us, nice1 mate
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Woooooooooh ........... That's one cool ride Lara :coolsmiley: I bet you are the envy of all the kids in the street :daumenhoch:
The fact you helped build and spray it too :shocked: makes it even more special :4_17_5:
Where did you get the idea for the colours from Lara :D
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superb! any time spent with the littluns is time well spent, roll os bmx into the mix & life doesn't get any better than that :daumenhoch:
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My first performer bitd was that colour, love it. I keep promising myself I'll recreate it.....if your daughter ever wants to swap it for a wendy house or a pony...... ;)
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I'm a parent ... I know what really happened.
"Brian... BRIAN ... Lara is driving me MAD... can you do something with her please..."
"I was just going to the pub... what are you going that's so important?"
"Look Brian, I COOK... I CLEAN...I....
"OK OK...jesus"
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real good team work .... not long before she is doing car repair,s :LolLolLolLol: great looking bmx there bet you,s are well happy with the result
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Cool , I bet she's well stoked with that ;)
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Fantastic :daumenhoch:
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Awesome!! The value in memories you'll both get out of that bike will always be worth a lot more than the money value of it!
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That's how to bring 'em up, I nominate you for a medal in the field of good parenting.
The bike's pretty cool, I should add.
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Thanks for all the comments guys, they all mean a lot, both the bike related ones, and the others :)
I never expected the girls to understand my addiction to BMX, let's face it, girls never did when I was a younger ;D but they've always been into their bikes, so I guess it was maybe inevitable.
Now, if only Becks, the youngest, didn't find BMX dvd's "boring", I'd get to watch them when I'm getting her settled for bed at night, although those" High 5" dvd's of hers aren't bad... (google it ;))
I've just showed Lara the thread and she just gave me her shy smile and dandered outside. That'll mean she's pleased with the comments ;)
Brian :daumenhoch:
(next build is my mongoose motomag - but this one's for me heh heh)
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wicked n funky :daumenhoch: