The "Get Paul Barlow Freestyle rider back on a BMX" thread

[BADDH]

This thread has been evolving for a few weeks now, basically Joff (Norty40) and I have been working out how we could help with assting Paul Barlow get back on a BMX bike, well weve made a start and could do with some good old fashioned Radster community help  

Introduction

Paul Barlow (Rad name - Paulb113 )  and I grew up together in Kitt Green, Wigan we lived 500 yards apart on a new estate with the grid tops sticking up 150mm out of the tarmac which made great ramps to fly over
and rode out BMX bikes in the sun everyday I can remember. I dont think Paul will mind me mentioning he is by nature a quiet family guy albeit when he on a BMX bike he just amazing  

Paul was from the outset in a different league to the other lads on a bike, I remeber not long after the BMX scene exploded in 1982 and Christmas day he had a audience of wide eyed kids watching him do tricks on his Raleigh Ultra Burner that we could not believe he could do let alone what he actually knew exisited...Paul managed to destroy a few Raleigh Burners in that first 6 months and I think they actually refused to replace them after the second or third time   ,

This is were Paul started to become serious with his Freestyle riding that spanned fom a 13 year old to retiring at 31 and in that time he rode with some of the best including Bob Haro when he came to town once, he is now a settled man with family and more recently his children.

From the Burners Paul went straight to a Haro Freestlyer Gen 1 bike and obviously moved through  the Haro range with Masters, Bash guards etc , MRD Badlanders, Hutch TrickStar 2's, Craig Cambells etc my personal favourite being his white Porsche re-finished Hutch Trickstar 2 with 24 Karat gold plated components  

 Pauls Dad Alan was always making us ramps and Bunny hop stands to which we thrashed over and over ( Paul actually beat the world record for the bunny hop) and never wrote in to confirm it...

Alans Garage was a bmx graveyard with destroyed/snapped bmx's everywere and every colour of Skyway you could ask for hung up, most were welded up albeit they didn't last long before he replaced them, Pauls Hutch died when attempting a 6 foot drop off at speed whilst throwing a 360 in the mix, he carried it home in two half's


Fast forward to today you need a hankerfchief here,,....sharp intake of breath.....Alan threw the lot away .....yes you read that right, skipped an absolute fortune's worth....

Paul came on the Radport day with the Radsters on my GT and loved it being his first time back on an old school bmx, popping the odd quiet trick here and there which just brought it all back for me and that was the moment I thought I have to do something to get a bike for him. Now I am not a rich man if I were I would buy him the best bike possible and I am not alone in this quest, Joff ( Norty40 ) has more than offered to help so were in this boat together , Paul simply put is not really in a position to spend money on building a bike albeit if he were he would give his right arm to do so were doing our best to build him a bike and we need some help, well a lot of help to be honest, we have no budget because we have no money....

Paul is quite simply the best Freestyle rider I ever saw and he can still do these tricks, well most of them at 43..

To start with we will be building a Haro Freestyler for Paul, with the help of another Top Radster we have managed to locate a Haro Freestyler frame and Forks which Super Bike Dan has very Kindly offered his services to treat to a spanking Powder coating  and thats a massive start to the project for Joff and me, other Radsters have offered free components and to again mention we are extremely grateful for any help we can get form the Rad Community to help us build this and present it to Paul finished, I ve asked him to put a little display on at MK13 which Iam more than sure he will do for us to enjoy....

So Gents, we have a powdered frame and forks, we need everything else, can you help us out guys ?

Can I ask we post and list out what parts have been offered and who thay came from, at the end of this we have another little surprise to all that helped us.....

A few shots of Mr Barlow in action, we have many more too...

Barlow and Chrissy



Thats a Bunny Hop !



The Swimming Pool



Surfing in the sunshine

[Darren KAP]

  I've got some 48's complete ,  i'll bell you in a bit Darren 

[BADDH]

  I've got some 48's complete ,  i'll bell you in a bit Darren 

Dazzler that was the fastest reply in memory......were off to a flyer  massive thanks ....

[TORKER mick]

got a straight seat post and a tioga blue clamp you can have

[BADDH]

got a straight seat post and a tioga blue clamp you can have

Awesome massive thanks....


We will ask the parts to be posted to Norty40's, he's going to build and finish this build because he's ace at it 

[TORKER mick]

can you pm me the address to send to

[ED209]

I'll start with some tyres & tubes  love a RAD build for a good cause 

Got some old school Dunlop white walls or some Primo V-Monsters 

[BADDH]

I'll start with some tyres & tubes  love a RAD build for a good cause 

Got some old school Dunlop white walls or some Primo V-Monsters 

You got it all wrote down fella thank you 

[leehunt1]

I have loads of chainrings and spiders, how about a blue 39t sugino chainring NEW ?
pm me please

Lee

[BADDH]

I have loads of chainrings and spiders, how about a blue 39t sugino chainring NEW ?
pm me please

Lee

Pm"d 

[ED209]

Whats the frame? are you going for an early mid school freestyle kinda build?

Can also do copy Kneesavers, black ODI Mushrooms and some Dia compe Bulldog levers if needed ...

[BADDH]

Whats the frame? are you going for an early mid school freestyle kinda build?

Can also do copy Kneesavers, black ODI Mushrooms and some Dia compe Bulldog levers if needed ...

The frame is a Haro freestyler from 1985/6 in white so  What do you think works  with this one ED ?

[TORKER mick]

Whats the frame? are you going for an early mid school freestyle kinda build?

Can also do copy Kneesavers, black ODI Mushrooms and some Dia compe Bulldog levers if needed ...

got a pair of dc bulldog calipers, front with pots mod you can have aswell

[leehunt1]

Blue sugino chainring and blue Tioga spider in post tomorrow..

[ED209]

Whats the frame? are you going for an early mid school freestyle kinda build?

Can also do copy Kneesavers, black ODI Mushrooms and some Dia compe Bulldog levers if needed ...

The frame is a Haro freestyler from 1985/6 in white so  What do you think works  with this one ED ?

offers there if needed   will get the stuff together next week so see what comes up over the weekend  

[ED209]

Frame & forks : BADDH & Joff - 85/86 Haro Freestyler
Bars : ED209 - copy Kneesavers if needed
Stem :
Headset :
BB :
Crank :
Chainring :
Tyres : ED209 - Dunlop Whitewalls of Primo V Monsters
Tubes : ED209
Wheels : Daz KAP - 48 spokers
Seat post :
Seat :
Grips : ED209 - black ODI mushies
Brake levers : ED209 - Dia Compe Bulldog Levers
Cables :
Pedals :
Brakes :
Seat clamp :
Chain :
Pegs :

[SaMAlex]

This picture is taken at Botley Bowl in Oxford. It was built in 1991 but its gone now.
It was a bit crap really but was OK for fly out jumps, as seen in this pic 


The Swimming Pool

[NORTY40]

Top Radster you say 

One of the very top ones    ...... think he's a 'team owner' aswell !!

Cheers Nick , your help is really appreciated    big thanks to SBD aswell for his generous offer 


Thanks also to all the Radsters above who have already donated parts ........ your all  top lads     

[ED209]

Right I'm in for a quill Freestyle stem ... its already on the bars so makes sense 

Good Science Nikkers 

[NORTY40]

Right I'm in for a quill Freestyle stem ... its already on the bars so makes sense 

Good Science Nikkers 

Should we just send you the frame and forks and you can build it for us ED     Top man 

[superbikedan]

i've always loved helping out to rad no matter what the cause, just feels good to know that i can play

a part

[NORTY40]

If any lads are going to the T1 bash and they have parts spare , there's a few lads local to me who are going who would be willing to transport the parts back to us (i say willing but i ain't asked them yet   )  . Lenny (badbaldie) and Chris (megsy) won't mind picking stuff up for us . Saves on postage outlay  

Thanks  

[ED209]

Right I'm in for a quill Freestyle stem ... its already on the bars so makes sense  

Good Science Nikkers  

Should we just send you the frame and forks and you can build it for us ED     Top man  

Sorry Joffy... keep seeing stuff when I'm out in the shed and reporting back - will take my bits to T1 and give 'em to Dodgy Len  

Wanna go with the whitewalls then Joff?

[NORTY40]

i've always loved helping out to rad no matter what the cause, just feels good to know that i can play

a part

Cheers Dan , it is a massive help to us    If it's any consolation i have just spent the last 2 hours with the old synstrip getting rid of the old powder    ............ ain't so bloody warm in the garage either which doesn't help .  It should be all prepped ready for you to work your magic on soon 

Thanks again 

[NORTY40]

Right I'm in for a quill Freestyle stem ... its already on the bars so makes sense  

Good Science Nikkers  

Should we just send you the frame and forks and you can build it for us ED     Top man  

Sorry Joffy... keep seeing stuff when I'm out in the shed and reporting back - will take my bits to T1 and give 'em to Dodgy Len  

Wanna go with the whitewalls then Joff?

  Your a good man Ed !!  I best tell Lenny to expect some bits 

As for the tyres i'll let Darren decide .