Finally got the last piece of tne puzzle this morning so as I'm off work decided to get it ready and photograph it, 4 months in the making it's finally finished:
The story, for those who don't know it already is that I was looking for a f+f on Ebay and I found two, one was a chrome hot heart but Robin said to not get it cause he has one, the alternative was to get this - I loved it straight away because of the gusset plates, and top condition too -
It was the first thing i'd bought from overseas on Ebay and was thinking that it would set me back a fair deal in postage - turns out £72 total for f+f+shipping surface mail (I highly recommend this option if you aren't in a rush to get something!)
I did a quick search on t'interweb and found this picture courtesy of
www.oldskoolbmx.com (currently down for maintenance):
And these from the guy who sold it to me, including a NOS frame and forks he has (he wasn't selling!!):
Padset for repro purposes
Mark Dobson's collection
Waza's (seller)
Decal scan for me to repro
NOS Crossrider f+f!! I'd strangle a dolphin to get this baby
And some random old one that he gave me the headbadge from
with 12 weeks to wait until it arrived I had time to research it more fully, with the help of Matt Zombie, Robin Burnaliser and the helpful dudes on RADBMX.co.uk I found a few places with some info:
These were given to me by Coastvl on RAD - they gave me the vital spec list:
Now, I liked the look of the yellow and black because the gusset plate looked like bare metal and the rest powdered black, I'd not seen that before, but Rob and Matt both pointed out that the chrome looked mint and to go for the Pro model instead.
Sourcing the parts was quite difficult, these were quite popular in Aus because of price, a bit like the burner here but less so - there's still parts I need to source to make it all original - a crossrider stem (if anyone knows where I can get one they look like this):
Also need some Araya 7x's in blue with Suzue high flange hubs, Shimano DX (or SX - the ones with reflectors, can never get my head round which ones they are!!), Izumi zebra blue chain, Sugino BB, Redline approved Kusuki Win V Bars, Hatta MX-2 headset and Tange Cr-Mo seat post - I was a bit anxious to build it so for now, until I get the correct parts I bought copies/replacements.
Here's my spec list:
Crossrider Pro f+f thanks to Waza
NOS Win V-bars - Skatepool
Mint MX-1000's, cables and DC blocks thanks to 1970John
NOS centralisers for the above thanks to Mark Gil
NOS Sumo rims, KT large flange hubs, stainless spokes thanks to Mark Gil
NOS Cheng Shin Comp III tread tyres, also Mark
NOS Hatta MX-100 headset - Daz-Bmx
NOS Sugino shaped stem - Oliver at OldSchoolBMX.de
NOS Suntour Seat Clamp - someone on RAD, can't remember who but thanks!
NOS Sugino 42T chainring - Oliver at OldSchoolBMX.de
NOS Sugino spider and bolts - courtesy of WolfyBMX
NOS Sugino Cr-Mo crank - courtesy of someone on RAD, again, let me know for thanking purposes
NOS SR pedals - thanks to Goose
NOS DC pre-bent levers - Vert-Ego
NOS Aero Jaguar seat - Ebay
NOS OGK Hex Grips - can't recall where from!!
Halfords seat post - £1.99 bargain
And finally, to the pads and decals, these were always an issue as the decals are rare as fook in Australia, no-one has repro'd them at all - as I went for the blue Pro model I had to get the decals for it, Waza had sent me a scan of the standard decals that came on all models but it wouldn't have been right to do them so instead I did more research and asked one of the friendly Aus guys to take some photo's and measure them up for me - I was supplied with the measurements and these photo's:
I'd asked everywhere but no-one seemed to be able to repro them, so I sorted the pads out first thanks to Steve the dude - I sent him the photo of the pad set above and within 3 days I had them in my hand!!
Still worrying about the decals I gave Steve the option of "Repro the standard ones if you can't do the pro ones" - Got a email at 11:30pm Thursday night saying he'd done them - I asked which ones he said the Pro ones!!!!! What a dude!! - he sent me over a picture of em:
I couldn't believe how spot on they were, considering he had very little help to go on I was so chuffed - I asked him to get them to me for Saturday, no mater what the cost, turns out £6 for next day delivery on a Saturday but damn it, I was gonna have it ready for Saturday - that was until I got wasted on Friday night and didn't get up for the postie on Saturday morning
Picked them up today and here is the finished article - I'm so damned happy to own, in my knowledge, the only Crossrider Pro in the UK:
This stands me just short of £600, my first proper build with all parts sourced either NOS or mint - big thanks to everyone involved, especially Rob and Matt for their researching skills and Steve for saving the bike from anonymous heaven
