aij29
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Hi Guys Just a few pictures of my latest custom bicycle build, 1976 Dawes Kingpin folding bike cost £25.00 I`ve removed all extra brackets and braze ons,Resprayed it red, Fitted Carbon bars,Nitto stem,Unknown Aftermarket forks,Shimano brake levers. 5 speed Sturmey Archer hub and shifter,Ukai alloy bmx rims,Oldschool Shimano 600 brake calipers, Charge Spoon saddle,Schwalbe 20x1 1/8 100psi tyres,Unknown Alloy chainset,Mks pedals Cheers Adrian
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2014 13:37:05 GMT by aij29
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Very nicely done, looks great now!
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TS
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Wow, thats really nice. Good work.
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Did something similar myself this summer. You've got to love a trick folder!!
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1994 Rover Metro 1994 Peugeot 405 Estate 1991 Rover Metro Gti 16v 2001 Fiat Seicento Sporting 1999 Fiat Punto 1.2 1994 Peugeot 106 Xnd (x3) 1991 Westfield 7 2004 Landrover 110 SW 2003 Seat Ibiza 1.9Tdi Sport 1959 Ford 107e Prefect 1992 Suzuki Vitara 2008 Skoda Fabia
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Dec 18, 2013 20:28:21 GMT
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I've got my mums old kingpin stuck in the shed What sort of money do all those parts come to roughly if I had to go and buy them all Ta
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aij29
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Dec 19, 2013 14:24:15 GMT
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I've got my mums old kingpin stuck in the shed What sort of money do all those parts come to roughly if I had to go and buy them all Ta Hi Far more than the bike is really worth probably about £450 I suppose (hard to tell as I work in a cycle shop so have collected the parts over 4 years) Thanks Adrian
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retrolegends
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Dec 19, 2013 16:20:37 GMT
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Me and a mate bought this pair from Billing in the summer for £15 each Love a folder!
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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dw1603
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Jan 13, 2014 17:08:57 GMT
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Thats the way to do it, simplificate and add WoW! - beautiful.
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retrolegends
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Jan 13, 2014 20:51:24 GMT
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Heres a more recent picture of mine The frame is going to be metallic purple, hopefully ready for Billing Aquadrome Raleigh bike and Custon bike show at the end of May.
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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Jan 13, 2014 21:20:21 GMT
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That looks absolutely beautiful! What a transformation! Could you do one to order!?
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Last Edit: Jan 13, 2014 21:21:08 GMT by alolympic
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Jan 13, 2014 22:34:25 GMT
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My mum's had a Raleigh Hercules folder for years. She'd leave it lying about for yonks, then suddenly want to use it so I'd have to 'recommission' it to make it useable. Must have done that about three or four times now. It's been stuck in an outside shed for years, so has gone rather manky in places.
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retrolegends
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Winging it.....Since 1971.
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Jan 13, 2014 23:01:14 GMT
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My mum's had a Raleigh Hercules folder for years. She'd leave it lying about for yonks, then suddenly want to use it so I'd have to 'recommission' it to make it useable. Must have done that about three or four times now. It's been stuck in an outside shed for years, so has gone rather manky in places. The Hercules is a quality bike, a folding Shopper.
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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Adrian,
Firstly, great job, looks awesome. A couple questions... Did the 5 speed Sturmey Archer go straight in, or did you have to stretch the back triangle? What make fork did you use and did it shorten the wheelbase at all?
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aij29
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Sept 3, 2014 12:49:10 GMT
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Hi Guys
Kingpin is now for sale (only been used a few times) £375 posted
Cheers Adrian
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Hi Guys Kingpin is now for sale (only been used a few times) £375 posted Cheers Adrian Do me a favour and ask UPS (the courier of choice!) what shipping would be. I've been looking for something like this, but here they've all got 90 gears and made from cheese. Given that Manila is flat as a witches wossnames, 5 speed looks good to me. Would be a direct bank transfer.
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aij29
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Sept 8, 2014 20:48:52 GMT
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Hi Sorry for not replying earlier, I`ve tried the Couriers we use at work first but they say the box is to large to ship to the Philippines, So i`m going to try and make the box smaller then try and get a price from UPS Adrian
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Sept 8, 2014 22:19:50 GMT
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Hi Sorry for not replying earlier, I`ve tried the Couriers we use at work first but they say the box is to large to ship to the Philippines, So i`m going to try and make the box smaller then try and get a price from UPS Adrian Thanks Adrian, I know UPS will take fairly large packages for delivery here. The box my RR exhaust came in wasn't exactly small! It normally winds up pretty expensive, but they'll ship and out of all the couriers that have been used for moving parts to me, UPS have been the best. I'll wait to hear. George.
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