Author Topic: Raw Streetbeat - What to do? (Read 3574 times)

PHIPPSIO · « **on:** December 30, 2009, 09:37 PM »

I know there were a few of these around a couple of years ago but this is the first one that i have seen in a raw state. Quite interesting to see that the rust has formed predominantly on the mild steel tubes, not the chromoly. Im guessing so anyway....

So this turned up in the post just before xmas from the states in trade for a late nineties haro frame. I was tempting myself to build a streetbeat for a while as it does feel like you have "license" to be bold with these bikes where i cant bring myself to with my other stuff

Was thinking maybe chroming it? any ideas?

dordymush · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2009, 09:49 PM »

martin 20/20mad has a chrome one and it looks the dogs balls

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might be in the museum if ya look.

poolysheriff · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2009, 09:53 PM »

Quote from: dordymush on December 30, 2009, 09:49 PM

martin 20/20mad has a chrome one and it looks the dogs balls .

might be in the museum if ya look.

It does

But Dave your orange one was also

brummie · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2009, 10:01 PM »

have always fancied a chrome one. have seen one and it looked

lodge · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2009, 10:12 PM »

light polish and clearcoat, black tuffs and parts

winnit93 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2009, 10:15 PM »

chrome or clear coat would be my only choice's on that

HEYWOOD BMX · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2009, 10:37 PM »

Forgive me if I`m a dullard,but are these not all 4130 then?

lodge · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2009, 10:46 PM »

Quote from: HEYWOOD BMX on December 30, 2009, 10:37 PM

Forgive me if I`m a dullard,but are these not all 4130 then?

If I remember correctly the streetbeats were full chr-mo and the streetstylers only had chr-mo main tubes.

Swivel · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2009, 10:48 PM »

Nice Dom

how about wild colours the yanks tend to go for i.e. lime greens, pinks, purples, neon colours etc... but chrome would be very nice I must say as Martin's at MK looked the nuts

Zippy · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2009, 12:29 AM »

Sell it to me

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2009, 06:04 AM »

send it here

pickle · « **Reply #11 on:** December 31, 2009, 08:51 AM »

Clear coat and black parts

Moose · « **Reply #12 on:** December 31, 2009, 09:22 AM »

My minds gone blank at the minute, but who had a pink one with grey tuffs?

A replica of that would be sweet

lodge · « **Reply #13 on:** December 31, 2009, 10:10 AM »

Quote from: Moose on December 31, 2009, 09:22 AM

My minds gone blank at the minute, but who had a pink one with grey tuffs?

A replica of that would be sweet

Carlos Griggs, it was a streetstyler.

dordymush · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2009, 10:23 AM »

if it aint gonna be chrome it deffo wants to be something mega bright and deffo not green

pickle · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2009, 10:25 AM »

nothing wrong with a green beat

loved my old one $:-\$

dordymush · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2009, 10:28 AM »

i know i sold it ya lol.
i love any beat rob but if i had i nice clean surface to start from i'd deffo do something different than a factory colour.

pickle · « **Reply #17 on:** December 31, 2009, 10:37 AM »

yeah i know what you mean mate...........they are great frames

Moose · « **Reply #18 on:** December 31, 2009, 10:50 AM »

Quote from: S&Mc Bicycle Co on December 31, 2009, 10:10 AM

Quote from: Moose on December 31, 2009, 09:22 AM
My minds gone blank at the minute, but who had a pink one with grey tuffs?

A replica of that would be sweet

Carlos Griggs, it was a streetstyler.

That's the one I was thinking of, it looked the nuts. I have a 'beat still hanging around, I might strip it and do one.

monkian · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2009, 11:09 AM »

I'd go 2 Tone

I think SBD has done a few. I thought I read somewhere about him taking measurements for the correct stripe angles etc

Anyone got pics of or link to these?

mark 2 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 31, 2009, 11:11 AM »

Do you remember in Action Bike, in the Curb Dogs issue there was a prototype Street Beat in chrome? That looked the biz, was Martin's based on that? It could be among the mk08 pics. If it were mine I'd be going for chrome, mk 1 ez bars, mk 1 spinmaster and the pre-wacky era colours, parts and styling.