As the nights draw in, what's your Winter project?

[In2bmx]

Redline squareback  and a Hutch judge  to start as soon as I'm back of my hols   

[QUADROPHENIA]

Finish the A.O.D get some of them profile FBM hubs, and hopefully find something at the Cali swap meet to tinker with.

[Dannywhac]

FBM Bitchin Camaro for me at the mo.

[Gnarlyscoots]

Finish the Astron, build the Puch Trak Pro, and fit my Mike D Strike Zone F+F+B to the wall.

[steve69]

I've got a tiddler on its way but I can't see it lasting till winter, so i'm squirreling money away for hopefully something bigger 

[insectbones]

It should be this

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But knowing my concentration span, might be something else 

[McQUEEN]

just waiting for the wheels to come back from the lbs

Which I shall be building in my big project starting Saturday morning 8am. Garden Office / BMX Museum. The wife wants her front room and mantle piece back!:

[MartyC]

Liking the shed McQueen, I'm thinking of doing a wooden shed with a decent flat roof and full lining for keeping the temperature even next year for my bikes and stuff.  Probably be a little smaller than your one but I quite like the style. 

[factory pilot]

Busy busy busy..... Hoping to get a custom aero reflex done for Blackpool.... Doing an aero pro ( factory spec ) rider... Got pedals to paint and it needs stripping and re-building plus new decals/pads etc... Oh and my top end 83 quad build which is a constant source of pleasure!

[Retrodan72]

I'm doing some work on the man cave which includes some maple coloured laminate floor, pale blue and grey paint, hazard tape and Welsh slate.

[McQUEEN]

Liking the shed McQueen, I'm thinking of doing a wooden shed with a decent flat roof and full lining for keeping the temperature even next year for my bikes and stuff.  Probably be a little smaller than your one but I quite like the style.

Thanks Marty C, when you come to build it look into SIPS - Structural Insulated Panel System - quicker and cheaper than stud work and insulating yourself. Bought a great kit off a seller on ebay, works out a third cheaper than traditional builds.

[MartyC]

Liking the shed McQueen, I'm thinking of doing a wooden shed with a decent flat roof and full lining for keeping the temperature even next year for my bikes and stuff.  Probably be a little smaller than your one but I quite like the style.

Thanks Marty C, when you come to build it look into SIPS - Structural Insulated Panel System - quicker and cheaper than stud work and insulating yourself. Bought a great kit off a seller on ebay, works out a third cheaper than traditional builds.

SIPS looks great but it is incredibly expensive over here, I'm going to investigate it further and I have a few Ideas around design but need to get them approved by the missus!

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

just waiting for the wheels to come back from the lbs

Which I shall be building in my big project starting Saturday morning 8am. Garden Office / BMX Museum. The wife wants her front room and mantle piece back!:

Looking good that lot 
Is that Mike's (Banachek BMX) old mango Redline freestyler?

[McQUEEN]

just waiting for the wheels to come back from the lbs

Which I shall be building in my big project starting Saturday morning 8am. Garden Office / BMX Museum. The wife wants her front room and mantle piece back!:

Looking good that lot 
Is that Mike's (Banachek BMX) old mango Redline freestyler?

It is. I'm building an identical Kiwi brother for it, so I have the pair for '88. Thats the frame and bars sitting in front of the prostyler.

[Mikku]

My winter project is restoring Mikku's Trident for him while he's back over in Japan.. guess i've got approx 4 years to get it done. 

While the cat's away the mice will play!

With the Trident left in Dave's capable hands, I need to get these 2 done and dusted:-





So I can make a start on this:-



That should keep me busy for the next 2 winters at least!

[HUTCHMAN]

Lovin the Freeagent... what's the availability of parts like in Japan ?

[Mikku]

Lovin the Freeagent... what's the availability of parts like in Japan ?

Almost non-existent, which is why I end up sourcing stuff from the States or on here!

Actually, that's not strictly true because you can find old school stuff here it's just that it's already been found, if you get what I mean, so is either for sale by the old school shops or otherwise on display on their walls and ceilings. I think I read somewhere that when the locals cottoned on to the resurgence of interest in old school bmx they mineswept all the old bike shops to gather up any remaining old stock. That, coupled with the fact that most of the stuff was exported bitd and (I'm generalizing here) the Japanese don't tend to keep old stuff due to lack of space, means there's not a lot left to be had.

That said, it's handy having Ian from Natsukashi BMX just up the road in Tokyo.