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Good to see you Tobe.
It’s always amazing when you finally find a part you’ve been searching for.
Now three will show up at once lmao.
My saddle arrived. I’ll go down and get it shortly. It’s 140cm wide so will suit my sitting up riding position best. IE I’ll be sitting on it rather than if being jammed in my arse lol.
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It’s been a while, I hope that you are all good. The search is over! I’ve been looking for years for a Shimano SX front derailleur (fd-mx10). A mixed bundle turned up on eBay titled… Old Bike Lot 80s 90s MTB BMX Vintage Retro, listed as for parts not working. I noticed 2 Shimano SX double chainwheels, a Shimano SX shifting lever and what might be the Shimano SX front derailleur. So I asked the seller and he took a pic a sent it to me. It only bloody is. I put an offer in and the seller accepted, cool. I will have to wait to see if it’s complete, fingers crossed. Let’s see if it cleans up OK. Here’s the pic that confirmed my suspicion  
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Bought a Ti laid back seat post too.
Also decided to get a new actually comfy saddle. It’s all carbon tho so won’t weigh much.
I’ll put some pics up later.
BTW if you noticed the bars are quite narrow? They are. They were £51 shipped. 10cm wider are £130.
So I’m going to use the extenders to save £80.
Got some clear Ame flange less grips too.
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  Borrocks. YOLO. Edit. I got, of course, the short stem. Just hoping my shoulder can stand those bars. We shall see.
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« Last post by Mikku on May 01, 2026, 09:28 AM »
Fitted the new 2.35" Rant tyre to the front of my Sunday, with the 2.2" from the front moved to the rear. The bike now looks like a "proper" freestyle bike with its wider tyres. Definitely noticed the extra rubber when riding it too. Tbh, it's going to take some getting used to but that just gives me more of an excuse to go to the skate park! 
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« Last post by Mikku on April 27, 2026, 10:42 PM »
Raced at the Shonan Speedway Cup on Sunday. The track is in Chiba, just northeast of Tokyo and is popular enough that they run an over 50s class - a rare thing in Japan despite the comparatively large number of us older racers! This time there were 11 riders divided into two racks of six and five. I was in the second rack and went 3/4/4 over the three motos. At other tracks that would have qualified me for the main but here the top 7 go through and they run a “B” main for the rest, with the winner of that taking the final spot in the “A” main. Having qualified in 8th place, I had first gate pick and went for 3, with my main competition choosing 2. We were side by side for most of the first straight but I got beat into the first berm and slotted into second. Thereafter I couldn’t quite get close enough to make a move for the lead, so that’s how it finished. A little disappointing but at least I didn’t have to then race the “A” main, as my legs were shot!  Overall, a fun day of racing at what is going to be my local track from next month. Looking forward to it and also to returning to the Redline, as fun as the Quamen is to race.
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It's a strange material. Almost alien like. So glad I have it tbh.. So the issue with my current bars is they are carbon. The grip shifter bites into the surface to stay put. Obviously that is bad with carbon. So, I am using my Ti bars.  Issue is they are not wide enough. So.  They also look a bit odd. And, I would not really want to stand up and lean into them hard to pedal. As such I got these.  Just for the cross bar and clamp. £26. So with that out of the way I need a 25.4 compatible stem. Got this to match the cranks.  And then finally these.  I am quite a gentle fellow but apparently if you yank on these levers hard....  They tend to snap. Besides, they were like £20 so the £46 for the Paul copies is fine with me.
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« Last post by Mikku on April 24, 2026, 11:35 PM »
Am now in Tokyo and yesterday I swapped out the Maxxis tyres on my Quamen for the Vee Mk3s that were originally on my Sunday. That should better suit the track that I’ll hopefully be racing on tomorrow, though will see when I go for a practice session there this afternoon.
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« Last post by Mikku on April 24, 2026, 11:30 PM »
I watched a good vid a few weeks back on Ti BMX frames / parts - Brant Moore’s interview with Roscoe Siebers of WLDLFE Bikes. V. interesting and it seems like Ti is getting cheaper and therefore more and more popular in BMX. In other news, I’ve just bought a 2.35” Rant Squad tyre for my Sunday, which means that the Vee Mk3 tyres from that are now both on my Quamen in readiness for racing that on Sunday!! Confusing, eh!
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Thanks lads.
I’m just so glad I sold the bikes because that would have been a complete nightmare.
Talking of bikes…
I’m going to paint and fit my Ti bars to the road bike. I’ll post a pic soon. Basically the grip shifter is damaging the carbon due to the way it mounts.
I’ve also bought a Ti coloured stem to match the cranks, some bar extenders as they’re quite short and some knock off Paul levers from Ali express.
I do need to paint the bars as they are gold, but I have some “fire” flip paint and 2k clear left over from other projects.
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