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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Faze 3 on January 31, 2007, 03:57 PM

Title: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on January 31, 2007, 03:57 PM

Here's a pic of me from bitd (blimey I was thin then!) Can you spot the frame?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w92/faze3_photo/IMG_3648.jpg)
I'm sure this is way to easy for you guys.

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: LucyLastic on January 31, 2007, 04:27 PM

I'm crap at this but I'll give it a go, a Torker?  ::)

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: theRuler on January 31, 2007, 04:28 PM

DP

ace pic!

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: brass monkey! on January 31, 2007, 04:32 PM

cool pic, the skip in the background add a little panache !!  ;)

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: theRuler on January 31, 2007, 04:33 PM

hmmm
actually is it a trm?

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: gary4130 on January 31, 2007, 04:42 PM

yeah looks like a dp, maybe the gl model? cool air by the way :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on January 31, 2007, 04:54 PM

Thanks for your nice comments, glad you like the pic & yeah the skip does add to the ambience!! We did try moving it (ha ha).
We were lucky enough to live near a building site, so materials for ramps were everywhere.

I knew someone would guess the frame......the good ol TRM freestyler. Odd looking beast it was but tough as nails.

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: sawzall on February 01, 2007, 10:43 PM

is that romsey in hants on the bin??? 10 mins from me if it is :-\

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on February 02, 2007, 09:34 AM

I never noticed that before, but the picture was taken in Andover, Hants. Just up the road!

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: SaMAlex on February 02, 2007, 09:49 AM

I might have a TRM frame for sale soon. I spoke to a mate last night and he said he might get rid of it.

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on February 02, 2007, 11:37 AM

Its an unusual frame design, pretty strong and light. I've not seen any for sale since I got back into the old school thing.

Would have no idea what one would be worth now, I know mine cost £115 in 1983.

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: theRuler on February 04, 2007, 11:44 AM

this is what the trm should have been

(http://30cms.co.uk/temp/z/fox4_painted.jpg)

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on February 05, 2007, 09:31 AM

What's going on with that frame! When you say thats what a trm should look like, you mean they changed there plans?!

Mine never looked like that?

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: theRuler on February 05, 2007, 10:51 AM

nah it's a fox 4styler

similar kind of design to the trm but better geometry

remember the seat tube angle on the trm? i recall seeing people with reversed laybacks fitted
the fox had a quicker head angle too

the fox's platform wasn't liked by many though :D

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on February 05, 2007, 01:08 PM

Have to confess I never heard of the Fox 4 styler!! What year were they made?

Very similar design to the TRM, don't go a lot on all the holes, trm looked a bit nicer than that from memory, think I bought mine in late 82, early 83.

Even then I was near on 6' tall so a straight seat post was good for me, as was the shallow head tube, made for easier quarter pipe landings, compared to the Haro Master I moved on to next.

Was tough though the ol TRM, really did take a lot of abuse, all of my mates owned it at some point and it never broke!

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: theRuler on February 05, 2007, 05:22 PM

the 4styler come out in 1985

i broke mine in 87. they cracked in the usual old school frame place

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: Faze 3 on February 06, 2007, 09:00 AM

That explains why I've never seen one I stopped BMX in in 85, Got a job and they all took the piss at me turning up at work on a Haro Master!!

I've tried the same recently and got a similar reaction!!!! (FAT BLOKE, SMALL BIKE SYNDROME!)

Title: Re: Spot the frame
Post by: ORB on February 07, 2007, 12:27 AM

TRM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/BMX/ORBs%20BMX/PB010018.jpg)