Author Topic: 84 Redline Prostyler (Read 4052 times)

splodge · « **on:** November 12, 2011, 06:04 PM »

I have always wanted one of these since I was 14. Bought the frame & forks a couple of months ago & the powder coat wasnt perfect but I intend to use it so not to worried. When i restored my Kuw ET a couple of years ago most of the bits wernt suitable to make the Kuw original, id changed them over the years as & when things broke. So in the shed i have a rusty old set of mk1 Skyway EZ bars, ACS rotor stem, Skyway Spinmaster, a tuff neck 42t chainring & a rear Skyway tuff 2 with a suntour coaster brake. All perfect for a Prostyler.

The frame came with decals but not fitted, the seat tube decal was far to big so Del sent a set over, absolute top guy & thankyou once again!

. Heres the frame finished:

the only bit of restoration I had to do was on the bars:

stripped:

Then undercost & gloss white

EZ Bars came with red white & blue skyway decals the same as a TA,i wanted to keep this baby pretty much black & white so i ordered a set of custom decals & stuck them on.

It was only when I sat back & admired my work that i realised that I had totally mucked them up. They are on back to front & upside down :o Bugger! Rollocks to it, removing them would prob mean the paint would also come off, so stuff it im leaving them as they are. :rolleyes:

Other bits came on nicely, spinmaster & chainring etc:

I also had my original Skyway tuff 2 with a suntour coaster. It was faded & very yellow so i stripped that & stuck it in bleach for a week. Before & after:

Its not perfect but no cracks so it will do. I swapped this wheel for my old freewheel tuff when I was 15 down the local skatepark, the guy wanted a freewheel & I wanted to try a coaster. That would have been 1985. I also have a new freewheel tuff 2 thats persil white so I thought i'd build it with that first. Here it is after i put it together this afternoon:

I havnt got a decent seat & seat post so just to see I tried the Kuw Elina on it.

Its pretty much done, I just need a chrome straight seat post & a white Eline UL or Perigrine or a Kashimax seat. They are all going for lots of money so it can wait for a bit. Its nice having something to look out for at car boot sales.

Shame about those dam decals on the bars....

stu27 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2011, 06:07 PM »

reall nice that

WINI · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2011, 06:12 PM »

Love these frames, the meaty downtube and the classic decals

jimwise68 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2011, 06:21 PM »

nice build so far, white walls look great with any colour skyways

skki3330 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2011, 07:50 PM »

ooooooh i love dat, i have a frame and forks hanging up in my man cave been meaning to start it for ages now think this might give me a kick start.

Top Pro mate

lk_97 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:33 PM »

Lovely, a very nice frameset, and very nice parts too!

bigfatolly · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2011, 11:37 PM »

I got a white peregrine seat coming up for sale this week,rider nick without guts

Nice bike by the way

Did you really use household u/c and gloss on the bars?

Only asking as if so it will probably go yellow very quickly......

super mat · « **Reply #7 on:** November 13, 2011, 11:10 AM »

loving this build.putting good use to your old parts aswell.you dont see that many spinmaster rotors about.

deeman · « **Reply #8 on:** November 13, 2011, 02:27 PM »

yum,absolutely love it.I have a chrome rider im starting v.soon,I always think they look better in white though!!might have to be a trip to the powdercoaters first!! $:-\$

splodge · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2011, 08:11 AM »

Quote from: bigfatolly on November 12, 2011, 11:37 PM

I got a white peregrine seat coming up for sale this week,rider nick without guts

Nice bike by the way

Did you really use household u/c and gloss on the bars?

Only asking as if so it will probably go yellow very quickly......

Could be interested in the seat mate...

The white is rattle can Halfords appliance white, i've never known if to fade to yellow but if it does its a good excuse to redo them & get those decals right

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2011, 11:25 AM »

Looking nice and clean fella, top job.

smoothblue · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:49 PM »

One of my favorite frames. Super build that.

lk_97 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:51 PM »

Just looked at this bike again,

rollin72 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2011, 10:02 PM »

looking good so far, a few tweaks here and there and it will be mint...nice1

brettypeeps · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2011, 10:13 PM »

That is looking proper nice.

What did you do with the white coaster Tuffs?

hunterdubber · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2011, 10:21 PM »

Early RL Prostyler,IMO one the best looking Freestyle builds you can do

Snav and N2CUS both built absolute stunners

That's a lovely bike in the making

deeman · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2011, 10:24 PM »

Quote from: brettypeeps on November 22, 2011, 10:13 PM

That is looking proper nice. What did you do with the white coaster Tuffs?

:LolLolLolLol:ive already asked about them!

rad_pitt · « **Reply #17 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:19 AM »

Love the look of these

splodge · « **Reply #18 on:** November 23, 2011, 04:31 PM »

Out last weeked & gave it a bit of a hammering, coaster tuff now fitted

& I fitted a crappy new style seat until my new Elina arrives in a day or so.

I'm slightly worried about the forks, on a lot of builds the forks look like they are slightly bent backwards & thats the look ive always liked with Prostylers, mine seem to be normal & look slightly bent forwards, do you think they are not Prostyler forks? Heres a pic taken from the weekend with the wife on her...eerr 76 mk2 chopper towing the little un:

Lots of comments from people passing, though most wanted to talk about the Chopper

& one old lady said the white bike was a lovely new bike

I had to get the ET off the wall to fit a nos dia compe 890 so any excuse for a quick pic:

I'm loving it & looking forward to riding again on the weekend