opc's on midschool & now general morales build thread *** FINALLY FINISHED ***

[chubby]

Hiya midschool kids,  I have an inbuilt hatred of 3pc cranks is using a opc on a midschool a hanging offence or super duper awsome

[Jaymz]

Fine with me

[oldschoolace]

I know a council tip that has a nice redline big block crank in it 

[chubby]

I know a council tip that has a nice redline big block crank in it 

Best get rummaging our Clint 

[chubby]

Seen a few of these morales with opc's on too, was thinking about an oddy excaliber because I've got a dynatron headset & bb kicking around somewhere.  Would like some of them nice peregrine or primo type peggles so would like chainwheel suggestions please,  the weirder the better 

[chubby]

Some of these here peggles

sent from an mk shitter

[Dannywhac]

*sound of hurling* 

Not a fan of the 1-piece, but flatlanders love em. Chain wheel - small Graveyard sprocket or teeny KHE one would be good 

You thought of getting the Morales done in copper instead of the usual blue?

[nosepickben]

There were a few opc's about in the 90's, coz we were skint. I broke a couple. They were shite. I bought some 2nd hand profiles in early 92 and never ridden shitty one piece since.

[chubby]

*sound of hurling* 

Not a fan of the 1-piece, but flatlanders love em. Chain wheel - small Graveyard sprocket or teeny KHE one would be good 

You thought of getting the Morales done in copper instead of the usual blue?

Thought someone mentioned copper to me at mk !!!!!!
Been thinking along the lines of green/candy/metalflakey stuff, Dans sort of on the case thinking of something.
Quite like the idea of copper though 
When you say "small" chainwheel how small you talking & what cog am I gonna need ( bearing in mind I'm only rolling about)

[chubby]

There were a few opc's about in the 90's, coz we were skint. I broke a couple. They were shite. I bought some 2nd hand profiles in early 92 and never ridden shitty one piece since.

This morales is a 97 Ben, what about them twin pinch redline things you see everywhere

[nosepickben]

AAAAARGH.....!!!

Danny is right about the flatlanders liking opc's, i think it was down to the availability of 160 and 165mm length arms, plus if they got bent when falling off or bike-throwing (damian mckenna) they were cheaper to replace.

[chubby]

AAAAARGH.....!!!

Danny is right about the flatlanders liking opc's, i think it was down to the availability of 160 and 165mm length arms, plus if they got bent when falling off or bike-throwing (damian mckenna) they were cheaper to replace.

  
A shortish crank then 

[midschooljon]

If you are referring to the old school square taper bollox then I can understand why you hate 3pc. Mid 3pc like Flights, Profiles, Or GT's are worlds apart though, and look much more at home on a mid build. If you look around they dont cost too much either. Flatlanders did continue to run 1pc fro some time, but as Ben says it was more down to getting the shorter length. 

[chubby]

Well it came with some of them dna cranks. Thick as fook n weigh a ton so presumably they're shite
Quite like the chunky look of em though
sent from an mk shitter

[Dannywhac]

Agree with Ben about Flites (talked about it at MK whilst drooling at the front brake mod/Dan's paint job at MK  ) - the part of the bike you want (need) to be strong having frikkin pinch bolts on it when the pinch part takes all the side-on downward stress (as opposed to a aheadset stem with the force chucked away from the pinch) - boring eh 

Anyhow, them DNA cranks - you don't see a lot of em, came out in the late 90's alongside DNA chainwheels etc. They're not great, way cheaper than Profiles and would look the tits on a mid-priced late 90's bike like the later Heavy Tools stuff etc. Probably not on the Morales 

And back to the Morales - I'll do you better piccies when I'm back from oop North, but how about a Phil Dolan build (this is mid '96 but you get the idea). Clearcoat copper Morales:

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And yes....he's got single pinchers on there 

[Dannywhac]

And the specs (note the blackwall front, tanwall rear - everyone rocked em like that then):

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[chubby]

Cheers for that knew I'd end up all confused again !!!!!!!!!
Want to do it some kind of justice but just really want to have a chunky cool looking thing I can roll about on that has a big comfy seat & some big fooooooooook off pegs. Found a company called love goat, not sure what they made but need love goat in my life 

[Dannywhac]

Love Goat stems were the bow-locks bitd 

Big old phat pegs - either Standard Hand Grenades, or Indy pegs would be ace.

[chubby]

Love Goat stems were the bow-locks bitd 

Big old phat pegs - either Standard Hand Grenades, or Indy pegs would be ace.

Loving the hand grenade pegs, just what I imagined 
Love goat stem is 1/18 I need a 1 incher 

[midschooljon]

There was a guy on OZ BMX selling a love goat stem not long ago. 

[chubby]

There was a guy on OZ BMX selling a love goat stem not long ago. 

Did they do a 1" then

[midschooljon]

There was a guy on OZ BMX selling a love goat stem not long ago. 

Did they do a 1" then

The only ones I have ever seen are 1" and 1 1/8th clamp on versions. So you would need an appropriate fork for them to work.

[chubby]

There was a guy on OZ BMX selling a love goat stem not long ago. 

Did they do a 1" then

The only ones I have ever seen are 1" and 1 1/8th clamp on versions. So you would need an appropriate fork for them to work.
Well that's love goat loveliness out the window i've got 1"kore 0 offset things

[oldschoolace]

One of these would do the trick if you want to run threaded forks Rich 

[chubby]

One of these would do the trick if you want to run threaded forks Rich 

Oooooo love goat love could be back on, thanks clint
Need to hunt for a goat first though