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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: deeman on August 15, 2018, 09:52 PM

Title: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: deeman on August 15, 2018, 09:52 PM: Just seen some repop locking Tech V levers on ebay from Oz. I was just wondering if they actually made them bitd as I don't remember them!!!
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: gary4130 on August 15, 2018, 11:00 PM: pretty sure they did,Ive got a couple of pairs of weinman tech 5 locking levers from bitd and i'm sure they copied dia compe ones
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: deeman on August 16, 2018, 01:10 AM: Quote from: gary4130 on August 15, 2018, 11:00 PM
pretty sure they did,Ive got a couple of pairs of weinman tech 5 locking levers from bitd and i'm sure they copied dia compe ones

Oh right, nice one Gary. I saw a nos pair of those fairly cheap recently...
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: gary4130 on August 16, 2018, 09:23 PM: Got a spare pair of Weinmann levers going cheap as one of locking buttons is missing.
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: tfi_friday on August 19, 2018, 08:16 PM: Quote from: deeman on August 15, 2018, 09:52 PM
Just seen some repop locking Tech V levers on ebay from Oz. I was just wondering if they actually made them bitd as I don't remember them!!!

There’s two types of locking Tech 5s, one with the usual locking buttons and an earlier version with a rotating wire hoop.

Spec on 86 Masters if I recall right
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: tfi_friday on August 19, 2018, 08:24 PM: Quote from: tfi_friday on August 19, 2018, 08:16 PM
Quote from: deeman on August 15, 2018, 09:52 PM
Just seen some repop locking Tech V levers on ebay from Oz. I was just wondering if they actually made them bitd as I don't remember them!!!

There’s two types of locking Tech 5s, one with the usual locking buttons and an earlier version with a rotating wire hoop.

Spec on 86 Masters if I recall right

Locking button Type

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sEa7hU1DIic/W3nDc0NB-tI/AAAAAAAAE88/WKb4aN8i5XYWK5AXRCVZcnBsBPjBWIRoACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D)

Wire type

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6ydx-FwRZqY/W3nDcydkFwI/AAAAAAAAE9A/8nXDl_Vz6wYuvgvZ7c8yZBu-fgbLpc2FACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D)
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: deeman on August 20, 2018, 12:55 AM: Thanks for the info Alan, that's fantastic......just got to find a pair of OG's now!! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: tfi_friday on August 20, 2018, 07:06 AM: Quote from: deeman on August 20, 2018, 12:55 AM
Thanks for the info Alan, that's fantastic......just got to find a pair of OG's now!! :daumenhoch:

The wire ones tend to go for silly money... I gave up looking and “settled” with Tech 7s on my Master :-)
Title: Re: LOCKING TECH 5 ??
Post by: deeman on August 20, 2018, 03:22 PM: Quote from: tfi_friday on August 20, 2018, 07:06 AM
Quote from: deeman on August 20, 2018, 12:55 AM
Thanks for the info Alan, that's fantastic......just got to find a pair of OG's now!! :daumenhoch:

The wire ones tend to go for silly money... I gave up looking and “settled” with Tech 7s on my Master :-)

haha 'settled'.....never seen the wire ones before...… seem pretty rare to find lockers in general......