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Offline ED209

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Zima 'sliding post' prototype
« on: December 02, 2015, 12:23 PM »
I've been over BMX building since MK ... happens every year  ::) but I was lucky enough to get offered THE prototype sliding post Zima frame from Olly Hall ... who seems to be even more over it than I was! LOL

Apparently this is a really lightweight frame!

So the chrome one I had has found a new home and this is my winter project now  :)

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I'd like it to end up something like Sen's as the frame is going back to raw ...

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Its currently in the hands of Old Father Time .. aka Phil Sawzall who is fettling some brake mounts and cable guides back on. He's also making me a new seatpost :-) I need to get all the chrome bits stripped and raw then off to SBD to get any non brazed welds coloured up ... then back to me for s special take on the decals ... then a clear coat.

I've got all the bits saved from my last Zima with the addition of some raw G-Sport bars  >:D

I've got it all planned out you see  :slayer:

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2015, 12:33 PM »
Ace  :4_17_5:

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2015, 01:09 PM »
Nice one Ed looking forward to this one  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2015, 08:01 PM »
Not talking to you anymore  :yahoo_silent:

Looking forward to this ya nipple tweaker  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2015, 08:17 AM »
very cool ED  8)
where the hell did a find a pair of g sport handle bars from  :shocked:
been looking for another pair for ages and never seen a set for sale

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2015, 06:14 PM »
Well cool Edwardo  :coolsmiley:

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2015, 08:51 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2015, 10:20 PM »
 :chin:  :popcorn:
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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2015, 08:19 PM »
Nice piece of Uk mid history. Im sure itll look great.  8)

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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2015, 09:30 PM »
very cool ED  8)
where the hell did a find a pair of g sport handle bars from  :shocked:
been looking for another pair for ages and never seen a set for sale

got a pair offered from Olly when I bought the frame ... pricey but theres no way I could say no  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2015, 12:08 PM »
Going to be a great build.  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2016, 06:07 PM »
mmmmm its all brazed  :smitten:

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« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2016, 07:12 PM »
Are you going to get 990's put back on? Or run it with a bolt on brakes?
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« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2016, 07:36 PM »
Are you going to get 990's put back on? Or run it with a bolt on brakes?

Phil has brazed the mounts back on for me ... but there was no sign of cable guides so I'm not having any
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« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2016, 07:43 PM »
Are you going to get 990's put back on? Or run it with a bolt on brakes?

Phil has brazed the mounts back on for me ... but there was no sign of cable guides so I'm not having any

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« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2016, 07:59 PM »
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Re: Prototype Zima
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2016, 08:03 PM »
When she's ready to go to SBD give me a shout :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2016, 08:05 PM »
When she's ready to go to SBD give me a shout :daumenhoch:

cheers Gaz ... but as a prototype I think she has to be raw, rough and ready  :)

That said I will need to Dan to colour up the welds on the forks to make them looks brazed to match the frame  :angel:
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« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2016, 08:07 PM »
Steve mentioned this frame in the June 1994 Ride mag when they did a focus on the workshops of Xposure and Zima.

If it was 15 months old in June 1994 then it was built in approx March / April 1993

I've not seen or held the frame yet but Olly told me that Steve built this prototype out of lighter tubing than the normal Zimas. There's been a couple of mentions in Ride about Zima building some lightweight trails frames so this could have been Steve's experiment into lighter weight frames as well as the sliding post ... I will have to ask him  :daumenhoch:

The first production model had an intergrated seat post clamp but the prototype has a seperate clamp. I'm not sure if its one Steve made or if he just borrowed it from something.

The original Zima post was missing but new radster Trav77 had one so he did me some pics for Phil to make me one.

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« Last Edit: March 22, 2016, 01:05 PM by ED209 »
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

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WANTED : Victor DX 9/16 spindle or pedal

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« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2016, 08:18 PM »
I'm guessing your gonna keep this one then Ed... what with it being a bit special and that.   :chin:
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« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2016, 08:26 PM »
Nick I wouldn't have sold the first production one if Olly hadn't offered me this ...  :4_17_5:

My WAL and this are keepers ... there's nothing else I want to build so thats me done after.
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« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2016, 10:18 PM »
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Class  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2016, 08:47 AM »
The seat clamp was custom made Edward his dad machined it and id say it's half the weight of a normal Zima it's not much diff to today's frame weights when you pick it up your eyes and brain get confused as you expect the normal back pain but it's like lifting a can of Stella  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2016, 10:06 AM »
The seat clamp was custom made Edward his dad machined it and id say it's half the weight of a normal Zima it's not much diff to today's frame weights when you pick it up your eyes and brain get confused as you expect the normal back pain but it's like lifting a can of Stella  :daumenhoch:

Thanks for the info Olly lad ... I get confused as Authur Negis Sawzall says its a anchor and it put his back out  :surprise:
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« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2016, 05:43 PM »
Also unlike your sliding post Zima this 1's seat tube is full fat size, it has a plastic shim
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