Author Topic: Hoffman Sugar Baby (Read 18793 times)

ED209 · « **on:** November 09, 2010, 10:05 PM »

Brought this Hoffman off Ebay not really knowing what it was.

Feedback from you lovely people said it was a 96/97 Sugar Baby... and pretty decent.

Very similar one on the museum

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/hoffman/41583

So I decided this should be my new rider and got down to stripping and cleaning it.

Its been pretty well kept but rather rusty in places - the frame has a few scrapes but nothing to write home about - it cleaned and polished up lovely.

The only pi$$er was that the previous owner had chopped the bars stupidly short - they are getting sent to Sawzall for extensions

Just need a layback seatpost ( going for a Odesssy one ) a front brake ( DC Bulldog ) and a seat ( not sure I like the Hoffman ones

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gary4130 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2010, 10:31 PM »

looking good so far ed

let me know if you want to part with those oddy bermuda tyres mate

pickle · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2010, 03:04 PM »

looking well Nice Edwardo!

i've got a nice silver bulldog front brake if you want it?

also i'd stay well clear of the Oddy laybacks, they're made of butter and bend way to easy!

oh, with regards the front brake. i've got a nice mid school DNA ADD brake plate if you wanted to put that on it??

ED209 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2010, 05:23 PM »

Update - bars being extended & sorted by Sir Phil of Sawzall

Had the oven pride on the pegs and got them back to alloy

Kept the original seat and cleaned it up to go on an alloy painted layback - repainted the DC back brake the same colour to...

Got black, pink and baby blue ame rounds but not sure what to go with yet - seat is black so...

Got shot of the GT stem and cleaned up the original stem... much better.

Anyway - more pics soon as I get my bars back

Just need a copy of HB decals for the seat tube... gonna ask Del.

Munnyella · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2010, 05:44 PM »

Black seat - Black grips, no brainer, save the pastels for your grandkids bikes in the future!!

pickle · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2010, 08:38 AM »

just love those decals!! for me they are THE best decals ever made on a frame and forks

ED209 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2010, 05:15 PM »

Quote from: munnyella on November 24, 2010, 05:44 PM

Black seat - Black grips, no brainer, save the pastels for your grandkids bikes in the future!!

says Mr Union Jack seat

you need a 'Busby' on to ride that

Mr Costa can rock this on his Performer seat

ED209 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 05, 2010, 08:29 PM »

Sir Phil of Sawzall has been on the case with me shitterly short bars... RESULT

gonna be riding this reel soon now

skidmark · « **Reply #8 on:** December 05, 2010, 09:57 PM »

Nice work on the bars

pickle · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2010, 07:45 AM »

top work on those bars Ed, Phils a master! but who the fook cut them down that much in the first place!

ED209 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 06, 2010, 11:37 AM »

Quote from: pickle on December 06, 2010, 07:45 AM

top work on those bars Ed, Phils a master! but who the fook cut them down that much in the first place!

I know what you are thinking but it wasn't me

Must have been ridden by a T-Rex or something

gobshite · « **Reply #11 on:** December 06, 2010, 01:24 PM »

are the bar extensions solid bar?

sugar baby is cool apart from the tyres,

2-hip pork is a classic ruined though.....ewww.

ED209 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 06, 2010, 02:11 PM »

Quote from: darksunday on December 06, 2010, 01:24 PM

are the bar extensions solid bar?

sugar baby is cool apart from the tyres,

2-hip pork is a classic ruined though.....ewww.

They are Odyssey Flatland Bermuda Day Smith Signature tyres from 96... I kinda like 'em what would you suggest instead?

and yep... the Pork is over

pickle · « **Reply #13 on:** December 06, 2010, 09:08 PM »

As far as tyres go Ed I'd go for skin walled lamellos.

ED209 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2010, 10:04 PM »

Got any pics... links... please Rob

ED209 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2010, 10:07 PM »

oh yes...

pickle · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:55 AM »

ED209 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:31 PM »

Got my bars back in the post from Sawzall Phil this morning ... he did an amazing job - you would honestly never know they had been fixxed unless you saw them before... so good. CHEERS PHIL

Got the bars on tonight and after a while got the AD style brake sorted... ( how do you make them snap back? mine doesn't ) - gotta get some new tyres like Rob said

So heres a sh*t phone pic to be going on with ... so chuffed to have a rideable bike again

- roll on next Saturday down the Boardroom

gobshite · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2010, 02:23 AM »

Quote from: ED209 on December 09, 2010, 11:31 PM

Got my bars back in the post from Sawzall Phil this morning ... he did an amazing job - you would honestly never know they had been fixxed unless you actually rode them.. so heavy. CHEERS PHIL

Got the bars on tonight and after a while got the AD style brake sorted... ( how do you make them snap back? mine doesn't ) - gotta get some new tyres like Rob said

So heres a sh*t phone pic to be going on with ... so chuffed to have a rideable bike again - roll on next Saturday down the Boardroom

there......i fixed that for you....

ED209 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2010, 07:26 AM »

Quote from: darksunday on December 10, 2010, 02:23 AM

Quote from: ED209 on December 09, 2010, 11:31 PM
Got my bars back in the post from Sawzall Phil this morning ... he did an amazing job - you would honestly never know they had been fixxed unless you actually rode them.. so heavy. CHEERS PHIL

Got the bars on tonight and after a while got the AD style brake sorted... ( how do you make them snap back? mine doesn't ) - gotta get some new tyres like Rob said

So heres a sh*t phone pic to be going on with ... so chuffed to have a rideable bike again - roll on next Saturday down the Boardroom

there......i fixed that for you....

sorry dude - lost track that you suggested the tyre change - duh... its weird as I really liked the tyres then after you said and I had a scout around for Robs suggestion, they started looking 'small'... gotta get some ordered.

pickle · « **Reply #20 on:** December 10, 2010, 08:09 AM »

looks super sweet that Ed!! love those!

with regards the rear AD brake snapping back? you need to load the spring tensions on each side (not too much though) slacken off the allen key nut, then with a spanner turn the spring cap so it pulls the caliper off the rim, then tighten the allen key while holding the spring tension. do both sides and bobs your uncle

ED209 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 10, 2010, 01:20 PM »

Quote from: pickle on December 10, 2010, 08:09 AM

looks super sweet that Ed!! love those!

with regards the rear AD brake snapping back? you need to load the spring tensions on each side (not too much though) slacken off the allen key nut, then with a spanner turn the spring cap so it pulls the caliper off the rim, then tighten the allen key while holding the spring tension. do both sides and bobs your uncle

Rob - I tried that and they are pretty springy but when you put the cables on they loose all the snap... I'll keep fiddling.

( Gary - you got a PM on those tyres

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steve.4130 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 13, 2010, 04:24 PM »

Good work! would be awesome to cruze round on that thing

Im hooked on HB's now

nomad · « **Reply #23 on:** December 15, 2010, 02:10 AM »

looking forward to looking at this on sat. i think you will be shocked at how much nicer it is to ride than the old school stuff. hopefully i will be bringing my new bike too

gobshite · « **Reply #24 on:** December 15, 2010, 03:46 AM »

it was the bar extensions that perplexed me the most, they certainly look neat and would be fine for a show bike but i personally wouldnt advise riding with them,
if they are indeed solid then putting that much weight so far out on the bars would feel very weird to ride to me,
plus the fact that the insert is so close to the major stress area, fatigue over time could well end up in catasrophic failure and a sharp handlebar end to the face/throat/chest.
just buy some uncut bars, hoffman love handles,patriots,chocolates, castillo's, moes bars, would all work

the odyssey tyres are fine, they just look so thin on a chunky mid school ride, aesthetic taste i guess,

without sounding a twat, have you got the springs on their respective correct sides?
they are right and left specific,

do the arms bind on the posts at all?
try fitting the brake without the springs to check that the tensioner washer and bolt are working freely,

sweet bike.....
sugar baby........erm...........ok $:-\$

Author Topic: Hoffman Sugar Baby (Read 18793 times)

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