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Offline oldtired

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Ready for the big wobble
« on: January 22, 2011, 11:25 AM »
don't know if this is in the right place but it has been a bit of a resto ,  been loads of fookin about making things fit together , sore thumbs and lots of  :tickedoff:  :tickedoff:,      :LolLolLolLol:,        my ride for the OSR ,     had all intentions of more of a real OS ride but its ended up mostly being early Mid schooly ,  which is the norm from what i can gather, aside from that a very limited budget has ment more OS parts are well out of the question , i have built it in an OS fasion though by getting hold of cheap bits and robbing bits of my other bikes  :LolLolLolLol:,  so just about ready for the big wobble  ;D


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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 11:29 AM »
looks cool to me matey now the pic angle looks a bit odd but bars look tad forward and dont race with seqat too high either it hurts ya ass lol
will be good to see ya at manchester next week i hope .greg

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 11:34 AM »
Great to see the MCS! Apart from the F & F, headset and stem etc that has to be OS spec, then a lot of it is "in the spirit of Old School". A lot of the kit will be mid-school or repop but if you don't cheat to gain a big advantage it's all good.

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2011, 11:34 AM »
What is it? cant tell from that angle

As Greg says lower the seat and pull the bars back a bit, try and get out on it before racing and see what feels right...  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2011, 11:37 AM »
its  my old  mcs magnum xlx frame and forks .loverly frame for old school racing

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 11:39 AM »
yeah look at the bike fron the side and try angle the bars in line with the forks .ride it round a bit see if you can get used to it like that as its the best way of steering stops front end twitchyness and you have more control over the bike/steering if done like i said
took me ages to get used to bars like this but trust me long term its way better

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2011, 11:41 AM »
its  my old  mcs magnum xlx frame and forks .loverly frame for old school racing

I was tempted myself as it's a lovely F&F that I remember from BiTD wth guys like Terry Tennet racing it -  but as it's the same size as my Haro OS racer I didn't think there was any point.

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2011, 11:48 AM »
cheers Greg    :daumenhoch:,   yeah angle make the bars look more for forward than they are , seat hight is just for rolling around will drop it a bit ,  undecided weather to cut it in half or not  :-\   ,   she's gained a few pounds too, swapped the forks , had a problem with crown bearing seat, it's that odd smaller size on the forks and i haven't got a bearing seat that fits , so rather than risk damaging the forks swapped for some DB ones for now, crank set is no light weight either ,although its bomb proof , or rather fatty proof  :LolLolLolLol: 

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2011, 11:55 AM »
mm the forks are original to the frame though what was the problem did u change the headset ?it worked okay for me .?

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2011, 12:01 PM »
That looks like a decent OS Racing Ride to me  :daumenhoch:

Nice and long so will be quite stable if you're worried about being "wobbly".

Don't about not using original OS parts. The vast majority of OS Series riders don't give a shit - so long as you are in the spirt of the event.

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2011, 12:35 PM »
not a problem at all Greg, the Bearing seat that fits on the forks wasn't a tight fit so when i nipped up the headset the forks would move as though the headset was loose  ? can just see the gap, the seat was loose ie i didn't have to pushed into place




 i swaped out the headset for chrome one and the seat was even bigger?   :uglystupid2:     ,its only temporary , might sort it before the 30th  , mind you i'm still hung over from sorting out the seat post shim, took me 8 tins to find the right one   :P    :LolLolLolLol:

slightly better photo




Thanks for the comments chaps   :daumenhoch:  i'm realy looking forward to it
« Last Edit: January 22, 2011, 12:42 PM by oldtired »

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2011, 06:12 PM »
that set up looks spot on dude :daumenhoch:,nice grippy pedals,decent cranks,strong lookin wheels :daumenhoch:
whats the gearing set up ???

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2011, 07:05 PM »
Cheers Rooski,     44 / 16  for no other reason than i like the chain ring,  got an imperial but it's only a 41  :'(

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2011, 08:33 PM »
standard gearing :daumenhoch:

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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2011, 08:47 PM »
those rear dropouts look like proper 'impalers'  >:D
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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2011, 09:04 PM »
it will be good to see you & your bike on the gate next week :)
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Re: Ready for the big wobble
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2011, 09:24 PM »
 cheers,  more like falling over the gate  :LolLolLolLol:   it'll be foot down start for me

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