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Title: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: JT Smooth on August 28, 2012, 09:07 PM
SO this year at MK my personal challange was to build a bike on the saturday for under a ton and
race it on the sunday and make the A final.......

I met Xgoose Dan on the Saturday morning and he told me about a rough FnF he had for Joff so I
had a look and asked to borrow it before he gave it to Joff, said FnF is a PHS Duster rough, ugly and heavy as!


Next..... Dan Harris

Rusty crank, one side slightly bent, odd pedals, chain disc, grim brake, shitty stem and a BB, what you want for that...... £2 er ok  :daumenhoch:

Then I start looking for wheels, found a pile of stuff near heli pas, jar saying pay what you want...... heavy as fook rear with rusty freewheel £2

Another guy had a front wheel, wanted £10, settled on a fiver and he gave me some grips FOC  :daumenhoch:

Back to Dan Harris, pair of tyres....... £2 ? er ok  ;D

Bars, lever and brake blocks £10, real nice bars to ride aswell, sorry dude cant remember your RAD name.

Seat post, a dude has a pile of bits FOC....... :4_17_5:

Seat clamp....... rolled up to a stall near heli pad, asked for a £1 seat clamp but he only had a £2 one, he took the £1 I offered, thanks dude. He then asked me for a £1 for a seat, thanks  :4_17_5:

Tubes £4, cheers Jai

Cable and chain are the only things I had used in my tool box.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j269/jtsmooth/duster.jpg)

1st moto was a struggle on it but managed 4th, 2nd moto got 2nd, 3rd moto got 4th, semi 4th, A Final......4th  ;D

Thanks to everyone who sold me bits for very little dosh, great you got in the spirit of what I was trying to do  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Jaymz on August 28, 2012, 09:10 PM
Awesome fella, you were flying on it on the day

I did a day build @ MK too for well under a ton for the budget build off, was great fun
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: That Swan Guy on August 28, 2012, 09:10 PM
Glad my seat post went to a 'good' home  :LolLolLolLol:

Result on the racing, well done :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: xGoose on August 28, 2012, 09:10 PM
 :daumenhoch:

Quality John, was a great idea and Im stunned you raced 3 motos, a semi, and a final and didnt snap it let alone come 4th  :shocked:


Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: diesel on August 28, 2012, 09:12 PM
I heard all about your build during the weekend, and then finally got to see it on the Sunday

Great Stuff, really enjoyed this one  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: poolysheriff on August 28, 2012, 09:13 PM
First bike i,ve ever seen where the seatclamp is worth more than the whole bike  :coolsmiley:

And to think you got 4th on that  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Devilock on August 28, 2012, 09:13 PM
Sterling work John!  :daumenhoch:

A real Herbie!  ;)
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: brummie on August 28, 2012, 09:14 PM
was thoroughly entertained by this all weekend
very well done John
£27 next year eh
:)
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: harris on August 28, 2012, 09:14 PM
glad you survived.
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: JT Smooth on August 28, 2012, 09:14 PM
Oh and thanks to Dandare, Ron Burgandy, Gish and Moley for the decals that were added after the picture was taken......

P1ss king headset
Bum me seat post
G A Y stem
Tallys wacker bars
Black wanger chain disc
And many more
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: oldschoolace on August 28, 2012, 09:17 PM
Quality  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: xGoose on August 28, 2012, 09:17 PM
Oh and thanks to Dandare, Ron Burgandy, Gish and Moley for the decals that were added after the picture was taken......

P1ss king headset
Bum me seat post
G A Y stem
Tallys wacker bars
Black wanger chain disc
And many more

Pics of the above to follow in the video ;)


Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: SaMAlex on August 28, 2012, 09:19 PM
Wow, thats Way cool.

Shows such a good spirit of the whole thing. Nice one   :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Gish on August 28, 2012, 09:21 PM
quality bike building that was JT  :daumenhoch:

and to jump the two sets of doubles on it at the bottom of the start hill was awesome  :daumenhoch:

proper laugh that weekend & hope to catch up with ya at hartlepool if you can make it dude  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Munnyella on August 28, 2012, 09:36 PM
Told you them grips were lucky!!!

Mark M
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: JT Smooth on August 28, 2012, 09:37 PM
Told you them grips were lucky!!!

Mark M

They made my hands fkin black and sticky  ;D
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Betty on August 28, 2012, 09:47 PM
Mint  :4_17_5:

Spotted the black donger sticker on the sprocket  ;D
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: monkian on August 28, 2012, 10:17 PM
Cool as fook 8) :daumenhoch:
 :4_17_5:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Peter J on August 28, 2012, 10:22 PM
Bang tidy  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: NORTY40 on August 29, 2012, 12:25 AM
 :LolLolLolLol: Quality this JT, had a few laughs over this at MK  :D

To build it for £27 was a feat in itself ! to then ride it to 4th in the A final shows you just how good this frame and forks is  :D

How you managed to get it to leave the ground let alone jump the doubles and survive is beyond me  8)

Good stuff John  :daumenhoch:


First bike i,ve ever seen where the seatclamp is worth more than the whole bike  :coolsmiley:


 ;D  Got to be one of the bargains of MK that  :shocked:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: pickle on August 29, 2012, 07:17 AM
superb!  it was great calling you up and seeing your face as you wheeled it to the gate  ;D  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Jon The Bassist on August 29, 2012, 07:20 AM
Good work John :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Mattdub on August 29, 2012, 08:32 AM

Great work Jon , was indeed a giggle to see  ;) ;D
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: steve69 on August 29, 2012, 11:09 AM


Then I start looking for wheels, found a pile of stuff near heli pas, jar saying pay what you want...... heavy as fook rear with rusty freewheel £2




You could have built it for £25 if you didn't put any money in the jar like most people  ::)

Well done for completing the task  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: bobafett on August 29, 2012, 06:35 PM

It was great watching you go through everyone's sh!t piles hunting for parts for that build John  ;D

It was an amazing achievement just building it but what you did with it on the track was simply amazing mate  :coolsmiley:

 :4_17_5:


Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: James Nada on August 29, 2012, 07:16 PM
Brilliant JT  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: rooski on August 29, 2012, 07:20 PM
Full credit dude :daumenhoch:

She made the odd banging n clanking noise on some of those landings though :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: In2 bmx on August 29, 2012, 07:22 PM
4th ...   :4_17_5:  best Rat look I saw all weekend ...  :daumenhoch:


The seat clamp was a bargain ...Great work John  ..  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Dark Diggler on August 29, 2012, 07:26 PM
She made the odd banging n clanking noise on some of those landings though :LolLolLolLol:

that was his knees ;D
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: JT Smooth on August 29, 2012, 07:34 PM
Need to think of a challenge for next year ..............
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Gish on August 29, 2012, 07:35 PM
Need to think of a challenge for next year ..............

complete the course on a unicycle  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: meticulous on August 29, 2012, 07:38 PM
thought this was a thread about how far you could piss....   ???
Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: bobafett on August 29, 2012, 10:22 PM
Need to think of a challenge for next year ..............

complete the course on a unicycle  :LolLolLolLol:

I reckon John could go round on a Flick Trix  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: MK 2012, my wee challange.......
Post by: Swivel on August 30, 2012, 12:03 PM
Great stuff John  :daumenhoch:
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