Author Topic: early/mid 90s challenger finished (Read 4726 times)

SaMAlex · « **on:** April 08, 2007, 10:32 PM »

I got this bike a while ago but didnâ€™t get round to finishing it. It was pretty much ready to go but it had no brake on it. I came with Slams and a TNT stem that I wanted to change (I might change the cranks soon) and also wanted put on a padset and a plate.

I heard that some of the guys were going up to MK track on good Friday so I got my sheet together and got the bike finished Thursday night.

I am very happy with it, I really think itâ€™s my fav bike I own (although I wouldnâ€™t wanna put pegs on it!). The frame is as shown in the 1994 S&M catalogue so its probably around that age. Its 21 top tube and a 15â€ back end, even with the wheel all the way forward!

I went to MK track once in about 1986 (when it was just built) but Iâ€™ve never been their since. Apart from a few times here and there I havenâ€™t really been on a BMX track since, and defiantly not for many years. The challenger rode so nice, it just felt natural and I didnâ€™t have any hesitation jumping a few sets of doubles second time round the track. Now I wanna go back again and pick of a few more of them (not so sure about the triples or the quads).

Challenger frame 1â€ headtube, 21â€ top tube, 990s
Pitchforks, 1â€ threaded
Challenger bars (like slams but with thinner walled tubes) Cut down to about 25â€ wide
Shafted redneck with wedge Jackson
Araya 7x, chrome. With silver GT Mohawk hubs. 15t freewheel
GT stamped profiles
s+s chainring (41t)
S&M â€œDXâ€ pedals
41 chainring (not sure what make)
GT Epoc headset
Tioga comp3s (fat front, skinny rear)
Italia swade seat
cro-mo seat post
TNT seatpost clamp
Dia Compe 990 and Tech 77 (Very bent)
ODI Longnecks that go way down the curve of the bars
S&M padset
UGP plate

harris · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2007, 10:35 PM »

that looks a proper fun ride,honest n strong

Stodgy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2007, 10:38 PM »

You rad little monkey...'twas good to see you and the challenger on Friday mate!

SaMAlex · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2007, 10:41 PM »

Quote from: harris on April 08, 2007, 10:35 PM

that looks a proper fun ride,honest n strong

S&M named their first out and out race frame after the space shuttle. "So light that if you take if off the ground it will explode!". Bad taste? yes. True? I hope not!

rory · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2007, 10:41 PM »

nice one dude

Lazarou · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2007, 10:53 PM »

That's nice Alex! Love the UGP plate!

MartyC · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2007, 11:27 PM »

That looks sweet, those mid school rides are great - they move the genre forward but retain a lot of the old school style

darkersomeday · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2007, 11:32 PM »

yes alex, thats sweet as fook,

its the earlier version of mine, with the seatstay wishbone is it?
love the old selle seat, nice touch there

SaMAlex · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2007, 11:50 PM »

Quote from: darkersomeday on April 08, 2007, 11:32 PM

its the earlier version of mine, with the seatstay wishbone is it?

Thats the one, bit of a strange seatstay wishbone that even has a hole so you could use a sidepull brake

Lazarou · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2007, 11:59 PM »

Ready for the old yellow decals now, do you have any?

SaMAlex · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2007, 12:03 AM »

Quote from: Lazarou on April 08, 2007, 11:59 PM

Ready for the old yellow decals now, do you have any?

Yellow decals are what it needs but I dont have any, anyone got any?. YGT has got a scan of them but I dont know where to get them printed. I really need to find a sticker printer.

darkersomeday · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2007, 12:06 AM »

thats a big back end she's got there! ooh er sailor!

very nice though, i want a ride,

theres something so elegant looking about the "1 frames,

if you get the yellow stickers re-popped put me down for a couple of sets for the future, it'll bring the cost down too,

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #12 on:** April 09, 2007, 06:46 AM »

alex you ripped friday, are you crap at anything? and your kids are cool

theRuler · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2007, 10:22 AM »

nice bike al
another top build from the midschool master

MartyC · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2007, 10:24 AM »

Quote from: S&MAlex on April 09, 2007, 12:03 AM

Quote from: Lazarou on April 08, 2007, 11:59 PM
Ready for the old yellow decals now, do you have any?

Yellow decals are what it needs but I dont have any, anyone got any?. YGT has got a scan of them but I dont know where to get them printed. I really need to find a sticker printer.

Alex, try Del he prints up decals or Stodgy knows a bloke

.

zed4130 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2007, 10:44 AM »

im liken that mate

teamsano · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2007, 11:20 AM »

alex, that bike is soooooo right. the tnt clamp and s+s sprockets are great touches!!

SaMAlex · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2007, 02:59 PM »

Quote from: teamsano on April 09, 2007, 11:20 AM

alex, that bike is soooooo right. the tnt clamp and s+s sprockets are great touches!!

s+s sprocket! Thanks. I didnt know what it was. I might have changed it for something else but its 41 teeth and I dont have another. The bike had matching TNT seatclamp and stem but I changed the stem to a redneck. You might know where I got that from Gogo! Thanks, it really finishes of the bike.

Flying_fox · « **Reply #18 on:** April 09, 2007, 04:04 PM »

That plate rocks, really sets the whole thing off. Lovley bike and it'll look sooooo sweet with the yellow decals.

Shame I'm broken at the moment, I would have love to come over MK for the session. Next time maybe.

Lazarou · « **Reply #19 on:** April 09, 2007, 05:46 PM »

I could picture Dave Clymer on that bike, whatever happened to him?

YGT · « **Reply #20 on:** April 09, 2007, 10:46 PM »

Technially I may have some leads in regards to people helping repop thos challenger stickers, but it would need 10 people willing to buy a set at £18 plus a couple of quid postage (and when i say repop i mean screen printed ..... not vinyle cut or some odd computer print out) only thing is that you may need to check with Mr Moeller directly as I know hes very twitchy about collectors repoping or converting stuff .... and I dont want to be the face that gets held accountable if moeller gets pissed.

teamsano · « **Reply #21 on:** April 09, 2007, 11:19 PM »

that bike is far too dialled for clymer!!! lolZ

the sprocket is a s+s tigertooth, alex. they were a mail order store out of the u.s. who made their own sprockets. no worries about the stem, better than lying in my loft gathering dust!

SaMAlex · « **Reply #22 on:** April 10, 2007, 12:58 AM »

Quote from: YGT on April 09, 2007, 10:46 PM

Technially I may have some leads in regards to people helping repop thos challenger stickers, but it would need 10 people willing to buy a set at £18 plus a couple of quid postage (and when i say repop i mean screen printed ..... not vinyle cut or some odd computer print out) only thing is that you may need to check with Mr Moeller directly as I know hes very twitchy about collectors repoping or converting stuff .... and I dont want to be the face that gets held accountable if moeller gets pissed.

I will ask Moeller about redoing stickers, I'll send him a pic of the bike and that might help. I can see if it was just one person making a set it wouldnt be a problem but if someone printing a few and making money from it, its another thing. I am guessing that for £18 a set, no one is making any money!

I'll let you know if I get a reply,

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2007, 06:52 AM »

EL CID · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:27 AM »

Alex thats sweeeeet I have a challenger also but do not know wht year it is and its not a 1incher

I just figured how to post pics so I will be a post whore for several threads

Author Topic: early/mid 90s challenger finished (Read 4726 times)

SaMAlex

SaMAlex

rory

Lazarou

darkersomeday

SaMAlex

Lazarou

SaMAlex

darkersomeday

theRuler

zed4130

teamsano

SaMAlex

Flying_fox

Lazarou

YGT

teamsano

SaMAlex

EL CID