ant1
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Jan 30, 2011 21:05:16 GMT
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gotten a new car recently and i really want to accesorize it with a cool retro bmx on a roofrack , then got thinking about the bmx and now i really want one anyway ! really want a chrome framed one with red mag wheels , but show me pictures of chrome ones , dunno weather to build one , or weather to just buy one and make it how i want it ( probably the cheaper option !) show me some inspiration guys  cheers Ant |
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Jan 30, 2011 21:48:40 GMT
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This is one I built. Had the frame and forks sat around, Set of copy CW bars and some black simplex's came soon after, Bought the red comps second hand from volksworld show, And the crank and bottom bracket adaptor from ebay... Budget build but came out well.. Was quick too with that gearing.. Shame I sold it  Its a 85 mk2 raleigh burner btw  |
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Last Edit: Jan 30, 2011 21:49:27 GMT by retrowagen1234
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ant1
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Jan 30, 2011 21:52:36 GMT
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mate thats exactly the sorta thing I'm after ! sweet! but maybe have red wheels and black , or white tyres! i want i want i want !
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Jan 30, 2011 21:55:59 GMT
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I built that when it was still sort of cheap to do so.... If you go join raleighburner.com or somthing, Someone might have a frame and forks knocking about , Add a set of ebay mags and shopper whitewalls and its done  Doesnt have to be big bucks to look cool ;D |
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tome30
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This GT Dyno compe has been all kinds of right and wrong in the 10 or so years I've had it. I tend to get 10 ideas at once and throw them at something, I think its a little too busy. Would love to sand back to chrome and pop some white walls on it, then leave alone.   |
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Last Edit: Feb 1, 2011 11:15:07 GMT by tome30
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GT proformer.  all as was minus front brake |
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ant1
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thanks retrowagen genna join some forums and see whats about ! i recently borrowed an old Gt bike off a mate with a chrome frame, looked very similar to the dyno comp above , he lent it to me and it was a kinda bike that everyone was using , but like all things now i want it no one seems to have it or now where it is  really want one now |
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heres mine its on the living room wall he he its a raleigh tuff burner 1982  |
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 DP racing firbird freestyle has this bike for yrs... |
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dowot
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got this one in the shed, no idea how old or what it is though??  |
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awoo
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looks like that ^^^might have oakley grips on, worth a few $$$ if so!
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dowot
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it is really light my son has an eastern ramrodder and this one is less than half the weight.. yep they are oakleys , well stuck to the bars .. |
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awoo
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safe as! i recon thats early 90s probably
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My near mint and totally original Andy Ruffell 'Team Burner' which I sold to a collector a few years back for a decent amount of money!   |
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This was a Raleigh 'Styler' Mag Burner which I bought my GF for Christmas to 'restore' how she wanted it.  Boxing day she stripped it down to a bare frame:   I ebayed off all the parts she didn't want (which was most of it!) which then gave a good enough budget to buy lots of NOS parts! I picked up a set of brand new Skyways for less than the 2nd hand Raleigh mags sold for! The same went for pretty much all of the other parts!! She wanted all the new parts to be either black or chrome. Nothing else. While I was doing all this I got her to choose a colour she wanted the frame & forks. Her answer was simple: Smeg Green. She wanted it the colour of our Smeg fridge and who was I to argue? I dropped the F&F in at Argos Racing Cycles who are just down the road from me. They blasted then stove enamelled them and the finish was perfect (can't recommend them enough!) Once the frame & forks were back from Argos, we had a complete pile of bits ready for assembling:  My GF got to work with a bit of help from me to get it all back together  Pretty much finished but I still want to design some authentic Raleigh stickers for it, but with a slight twist The colour in the flesh is awesome (it looks a bit bleached out/bland here) and really suits the bike. My girl haz taste ;D ;D   She sure loves this bike!   |
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haha, Thats smart... I used to lend my ex my restored mk2 mag.. But she crashed it so i had to RE restore it.. Hasnt been used much since...
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stuey
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my ocd bmx collection-   there are 4 more some where i cant find pics of.... |
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MonzaPhil
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I have one of these in a thousand (possibly less) pieces in my garage.....  (The bike not the Andy Ruffell) and one of these for riding about on:  |
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This is now a clicky linky!  |
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My old Skyway, had a few of these at the time but this was the one i kept for sunday best ;D Matching front brake was fitted soon after the photo btw....  |
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Buying a BMW or a Bentley & looking cool is easy, but the credit doesn't go to you.Taking an unloved car that cost £500 & making it good enough to get photos in magazines or stand out alongside cars that cost one hundred times more is a skill reserved for us loonies! |
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awoo
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there are so many nice bikes here i want to puke
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Doesnt have to be big bucks to look cool ;D
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