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Retrodan72:
So we go again.

As some of you (Ant/Andy) will be pleased to see, the familiar sight of my build bench is back.

This is my first build in well over a year, and will be the product of a conversation between myself and Johnnygoose at MK16, a build spoke about in jest, but the more I though about it, the better it looked in my head, time will tell.

We discussed a donor frame and forks. I knew it had to be a freestyler, I don't know why, it just seems the correct way to go with it. John suggested a Mongoose Decade (obvs) but in all honesty, I'm not a Decade fan and really think it needs to be a frame that's anonymous and bears no relevance to its brand. This reminded me of Andy DTTDB's Adidas build in which he'd taken a cheapish DB Venom mid 90's frame and debranded it using some careful welding, grinding and smoothing. I decided that this was the way for me too, then luckily Bash (forum member Ash) had a full bike for sale for £65, but wasn't shifting so I pm'd Ash and asked if he'd do a deal on the frame and forks only and he kindly said yes, so I got my donor Venom frame for a great price and it arrived yesterday - Thanks Ash.

Here are a few before pics.













What's next then? Well, Andy has given me a contact in Warrington that will do the work on the frame for me, if Andy recommends him, then he must be good, but I've also got a mate in work who is one of the Engineers who also comes very recommended, so after a little chat with him (Rob) I may give it to him, it will save on postage costs and Rob is really interested in my builds, so will be happy to get involved.

When the work is done, it will be down to SBD for a fresh white powder job.

It feels good to have my hands back on the Ame's I can tell you.


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dancetothedrummersbeat:
 :D  :D  :D  explosion

..and he's back in the game!!
Excellent Dan - i can't wait for this. Nice to see that bench again  :4_17_5:

kungfunky:
Welcome back son

Jaymz:
 explosion

Taipan:
QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQuatro!  fistblump

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