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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 10:39 AM

Title: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 10:39 AM

Found these and some others bits and pieces in an old folder last night, which I figured may be of interest to some of you guys on here.

Enjoy.

(Anyone on here have an RF1?)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/holeshot-01.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/masterspec-01.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/masterspec-02.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/curtis-01.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/curtis-02.jpg)

Bp.

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: ronnie360 on July 20, 2006, 10:49 AM

nice bit of history you scaned there  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: Stodgy on July 20, 2006, 10:57 AM

Love that HoleShot one with all the Ruffels on!!!! Cool!

Never seen one of those Holeshot frames since I've been back into BMX - rare as thai virgin.

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: ronnie360 on July 20, 2006, 11:00 AM

stodgy now they are rare  :2funny:

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 11:17 AM

Quote from: Stodgy on July 20, 2006, 10:57 AM

Never seen one of those Holeshot frames since I've been back into BMX - rare as thai virgin.

 :LolLolLolLol: ...ladyboy's or regulars?

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 20, 2006, 11:22 AM

nice.

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: ronnie360 on July 20, 2006, 11:34 AM

oberon what the lady boys or regulars   :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: theRuler on July 20, 2006, 02:47 PM

what does that sticky out bit on the rf1 headtube do?

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 03:06 PM

That's a predecessor to the welded on gyro tabs you get on frames nowadays, only this one is a stop for a lower rotor cable, so u didn't have to use the headset cup with the tab, or the seriously bulky cable stop supplied with the rotor.

Bp.

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: theRuler on July 20, 2006, 03:19 PM

you sure?

looks an odd shape!

them single cabled rotors were shizznit.

i guess thats all it could be though.

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 03:36 PM

yep. from what i remember about it, it was like a solid bit of bar welded / brazed on and it had a hole in it to pass the cable through, just like the stop on frame downtube / toptubes now for your back brake cable.

yep, shizznit² actually...

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: Trev on July 20, 2006, 08:15 PM

If I recall the RF1 was out way before the odyssey gyro's with the two cables.  I think the only ones out at the time were the ACS Rotor and the Skyway Spinmaster which both had only one cable.

Title: Re: scans of some old flyers, etc. u might be interested in seeing.
Post by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 08:47 PM

Yep, exactly right. That's the reason for there only being one cable stop (probably).

Although the gyro wasn't far behind. it was first listed in the mags in approx mid 1986 (ish).

Using this single cable stop on ur rotor / spinmaster lower cable along with one of the stems out at the time along with a hole drilled to take the top cable from your lever (or a custom mod on ur own stem...) meant you could discard the brackets normally supplied with the rotors and you got a more solid feeling brake with less flex.
And less chance of wrecking your knackers on all this lot... (what were they thinking?)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/acsrot85.jpg)

Bp.