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Who had the dirt bros frame, with one green skyway and a spoke? Better still, who has pictures? I really like these bikes, but I know I won't get one as it is still a t.a frame!
am I right that the early bars were hoffman too?
Quote from: lk_97 on November 20, 2011, 06:57 PMam I right that the early bars were hoffman too? Nope, not Hoffman. The first "dirtBros" frame and forks were TA frames (hooked up cos Eddie Roman used to ride for skyway, so he got hold of a load of unwanted TA frames) with redline forks. They probably used redline bars but the Bully bars were similar to (and some of the Dirt Bros started riding for Bully for a while).TA frames were (and are) crappy, but it was sort of meant as an anti-tech statement: it doesnt matter what frame you ride, just get a bike and ride it. Even an old TA will do! Even with one Tuff wheel!
Dude. All you need to do is watch the vid below.The Vw gang tend to think they invented 'Ratstyle' but it exhisted years ago in BMX.The whole Idea was that it was the riding that you got the buzz from not polishing a wafer thin flourescent thief magnet. We knew that a front skyway looked off balance and odd but we ran one to say 'I know it looks weird but I'm still gonna ride it anyway'.As soon as our bikes changed we suddenly found we could ride all the Ghetto spots (Hyson Green Nottm, Kelvin Banks Sheff etc...) with no hassle at all. Bonusanyways enjoy />Thanks for the vid, I'll watch it now, I like the look of one tuff wheel and one spoke, gonna have to ride my sport to boardroom, and hopefully T1. I like the style, as well as freestyle bikes but i like what late 80s and early 90's bikes stood for.Lucas.Keep the Faith. L
We knew that a front skyway looked off balance and odd but we ran one to say 'I know it looks weird but I'm still gonna ride it anyway'.
Quote from: Lenny-Lentini on November 21, 2011, 04:29 PMWe knew that a front skyway looked off balance and odd but we ran one to say 'I know it looks weird but I'm still gonna ride it anyway'.I think it could have been more out of necessity.The rear hub on tuffs would fail much sooner than the front, so you tended to end up with orphan fronts.By the end of the 80's I had a large collection of BMX stuff (basically all my mates' bikes) and I only had a couple of working back wheels, compared to a wealth of fronts.A lot of the time, I would end up with a bike because the back wheel was scrap and the bike had become unridable (and therefore of little value)I blame pegs and thin dropouts!!!There was a resurgance of running a front Tuff a few years ago. To look "retro".
We cannibalised owt we could to get a bike together.I always felt more relaxed when my bike looked like shit but rode well.