Top tube length.......

[MONTE_CARLOW]

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for a bit of advice and info.   Are there any OS 80's bikes with a long TT, ideally 21" plus as I've tried a few and the 18.5/19" just seem too short as I'm 6' tall and 14 stone!!!

Thanks in advance!!

[Jon The Bassist]

Yup, there's TNT, ELF, Hyper and a few others that do 21" and above toptube.
It is possible on less though, my Haro is only about 20" TT, plenty of OS racers have bikes in the 19.5-20.5" toptube range, that includes those of us 6' tall and above.

[Bob_Acid]

He said old skool not mid skool 

[Jon The Bassist]

The ELF was around in the 80s, some of the other longer bikes also date from the 80s.

[moley]

He said old skool not mid skool 

Stop shit stirring Bob.....................you'll wake Dan Dare up for his two-penneth worth!! 

[mattfx81]

Im 6ft tall and 17.5stone. I had a 22" TNT which was too long and now Ive got a 21" Robinson which is just right. There is a thread with some OS toptube lengths somewhere on here if somebody can find it.

Matt

[Bob_Acid]

blah blah blah mid skool blah 

[kdw712]

free agent were making 21" TT limos from 87

[Jon The Bassist]

...granted the Hyper is a 90s bike 

[MY06RSVR]

This may help:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=74028.0

[ron burgundy]

TNT frames came out in 86...   from the same factory that made early Hutch and Thruster frame sets. 

[58 delray]

if old schoolers say that old school is early to mid eighties and mid schoolers say that mid school is 92 to 2000, whats the bit inbetween called?

[mattfx81]

I say anything 1970's and below=vintage, 80-89=old school, 90-99=mid school and 2000 onwards=new school. Thats just my opinion like

Matt

[58 delray]

I say anything 1970's and below=vintage, 80-89=old school, 90-99=mid school and 2000 onwards=new school. Thats just my opinion like

Matt

trouble with that is that in the mid school section they say 92 onwards and a lot of people say that old school stops in 86. i have 3 bikes that i regard as old school and they were all made in 90

[markyp]

the cw zxl apparently had a 21" top tube,but rare as rocking horse plop

[OrgasmDonor]

He said old skool not mid skool 

Stop shit stirring Bob.....................you'll wake Dan Dare up for his two-penneth worth!! 

he'l want a receipt 

[MONTE_CARLOW]

Thanks for the info guys.

So it looks like I need to look for an Old to Mid School bike to be on the safe side!  So my next question is, does anyone have a complete race ready bike for sale?  I haven't got a massive budget as the bike will most probably spend 90% of the time hung on the garage wall!!

[James Nada]

Thanks for the info guys.

So it looks like I need to look for an Old to Mid School bike to be on the safe side!  So my next question is, does anyone have a complete race ready bike for sale?  I haven't got a massive budget as the bike will most probably spend 90% of the time hung on the garage wall!!

Where are you based fella?

If you're thinking of racing in the North Region just come along to the next race and try a few of our bikes out - it may give you a rough idea of what or not to buy if a complete bike comes along.
And if you want to race before you get a bike just shout up - someone will be able to sort a loner out.

(Take a look in the Old School Series Racing section of the forum for details of the next races.  In't north it'll probs be Coppull in mid-November)