Author Topic: who is going to build a late midschool ride? (Read 4486 times)

YGT · « **on:** April 14, 2007, 06:59 PM »

With all this revamp in midschool nostalgia I wondered who was going to do a heavy style midschool bike.
Arround 1998 bike weight got silly, and could easily be 20+kg.

I tried a friends warpig with a motorcycle chain, fat sprocket, 48 spoke wheels, 14mm axles, homemade pegs, no brakes, fat rims, fat spokes ... etc ...
And at that point honestly wondered how far this super strong fad was going to last.

As a distributor at the time we even got into logitical problems as we couldnt ship 1 or 2 khe bikes as they had gone over the 20kg era, and our shipping company wouldnt take more than 20kg packages at a time.

so has anyone got a "fatty" in progress? lol

SaMAlex · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2007, 07:10 PM »

Booooom!

Lift this one, if you can:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=31810.0

I know its still a mid 90s frame but it sure is heavy

darkersomeday · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2007, 03:49 PM »

i'M, planning a "heavy" build! just as a comparison with my stupidly light bike i want to build the heaviest bike possible,

my mates got a survivor warpig in his garage waiting for me to collect,

does anyone know what THE heaviest frame would have been?

kinik empire revision b, solid duke/killing machine, 2-hip pork, s&m sabbath, are the frames i've been thinking about so far,

what i really want is an s&m nextgen holmes, i remember mine actually weighed in at nearly 9lbs!

if anyone knows of a nextgen holmes anywhere i'd be very grateful!

any ideas for heavy parts too?

Lazarou · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:02 PM »

G-sport hubs

Dingobmxer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:39 PM »

Quote from: darkersomeday on April 15, 2007, 03:49 PM

i'M, planning a "heavy" build! just as a comparison with my stupidly light bike i want to build the heaviest bike possible,

my mates got a survivor warpig in his garage waiting for me to collect,

does anyone know what THE heaviest frame would have been?

kinik empire revision b, solid duke/killing machine, 2-hip pork, s&m sabbath, are the frames i've been thinking about so far,

what i really want is an s&m nextgen holmes, i remember mine actually weighed in at nearly 9lbs!

if anyone knows of a nextgen holmes anywhere i'd be very grateful!

any ideas for heavy parts too?

Profile SS cranks

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=33353.0

DINGO

harris · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:45 PM »

i have a fair few projects in waiting mid and late 90s and ye they are o so heavy in f&f alone.

YGT · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:51 PM »

some of the parts I can think of being Uber heavy.

1. Solid bikes 1" Cranks
2. KHE ramp Square Bar.
3. 96 spoke wheels with tripplewall rims and 13 gauge spokes laced to old G-sport hubs with primo wall tires and fat tubes.
4. Moped chain
5. Dragonfly 6mm thick steel powerdisk

harris · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:53 PM »

fluffy toy brake conversion.

SaMAlex · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:07 PM »

Dont forget, most of us used to ride with 2 tyres on each wheel!!! Sometimes we would cut the bead of the inside one ... but not always!

MartyC · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:18 PM »

Quote from: S&MAlex on April 15, 2007, 05:07 PM

Dont forget, most of us used to ride with 2 tyres on each wheel!!! Sometimes we would cut the bead of the inside one ... but not always!

would you want to do that for? Does it stop pinch flats or something? Did it work at all?

SaMAlex · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:20 PM »

Quote from: MartyC on April 15, 2007, 05:18 PM

Quote from: S&MAlex on April 15, 2007, 05:07 PM
Dont forget, most of us used to ride with 2 tyres on each wheel!!! Sometimes we would cut the bead of the inside one ... but not always!

would you want to do that for? Does it stop pinch flats or something? Did it work at all?

stopped pinch flats .... and made the bike run really slow and heavy and sluggish with a pressureless dead spot beneeth the outer tyre. We were all happy when Primo finally bought out a good tyre that could take high pressure and wasnt paper thin!

christhejob · « **Reply #11 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:24 PM »

make a dave osato replica schwinn......... animal!!

or a basic, good lord..

SaMAlex · « **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:29 PM »

Ive got a pair of BASIC bars. Similar shape to standard but they were all large dia, with the grip / lever part normal dia and inserted into the large dia. Whats better than a heavy tube? One heavy tube inside another!

Lazarou · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:57 PM »

I always fancied a set of Manly 95's, never got round to owning some.

Lazarou · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:30 PM »

Anyone ever seen a pair of 16 spoke Peregrines?

Lazarou · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:31 PM »

.....i don't see the point either!

harris · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:31 PM »

wft.are they race wheels i missed a set of the 95s few months back

SaMAlex · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:40 PM »

I like the look of them! I wouldnt wanna ride on them tho

harris · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:43 PM »

R&D o what fun you could have

darkersomeday · « **Reply #19 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:57 PM »

Quote from: Lazarou on April 15, 2007, 06:30 PM

Anyone ever seen a pair of 16 spoke Peregrines?

raaatid!

they amazing, i want them!
are they for sale?

pickle · « **Reply #20 on:** April 15, 2007, 07:38 PM »

I got a late Mid schooler on the go for MK......but it's not heavy, in fact it's lighter than feather!!

Dingobmxer · « **Reply #21 on:** April 15, 2007, 09:01 PM »

Is this late enough???

DINGO

romboijon · « **Reply #22 on:** April 15, 2007, 09:21 PM »

looking nice

rarman1 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 16, 2007, 12:21 AM »

i own this 97 gt tour, i think it weighs 31-33 lbs,

and those 16 spoke wheels have blown my mind they look like rims you get on a 12" bike

darkersomeday · « **Reply #24 on:** April 16, 2007, 02:13 AM »

man that quad is a bit sexy! period correct too, yeh dog!

liking the chrome gt to, thats shiny like,

when will chrome make a comeback?

Author Topic: who is going to build a late midschool ride? (Read 4486 times)

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romboijon

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