pk ripper

[Nicfred]

pk ripper looptail brought new when at school(around £500)back in the 80's,it was my favorite transport and used to go 5-6miles nearly everynight to my local bmx track after school,worse bit is houses now built on track even worse than that is i live in one of them
i need help on wot pedals to fit since i put redline flight on my original shimano dx from 1 piece crank dont fit,i like the idea of hutch bear trap,but difficult to find them?which pedals do you think?
i also have mx1000 fitted but only have rear,i cant decide if to fit my dia compe 880 and 901(brought a few years after the bike(stamped 85 on brakes) insted with tech3 or 4 levers or to leave the mx1000 on http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z105/nicfred/

[dwain dibbly]

pk ripper looptail brought new when at school(around £500)back in the 80's,it was my favorite transport and used to go 5-6miles nearly everynight to my local bmx track after school,worse bit is houses now built on track even worse than that is i live in one of them
i need help on wot pedals to fit since i put redline flight on my original shimano dx from 1 piece crank dont fit,i like the idea of hutch bear trap,but difficult to find them?which pedals do you think?
i also have mx1000 fitted but only have rear,i cant decide if to fit my dia compe 880 and 901(brought a few years after the bike(stamped 85 on brakes) insted with tech3 or 4 levers or to leave the mx1000 on?

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you are very lucky to still have your loopy ripper mate. they Are getting very pricey.
you will need 9/16" pedals. shimano sx's are still reasonably priced.
id keep the mx1000. again very desirable at the moment as to are the dx's.
post up a pic
oh and  WELCOME

[Nicfred]

hi
i m tyring to post a picture but dont know how any ideas? ?

[dwain dibbly]

hi
i m tyring to post a picture but dont know how any ideas? ?

is the photo hosted on line?
pm it be and i'll put it up for you

[Paulo]

pk ripper looptail brought new when at school(around £500)back in the 80's,it was my favorite transport and used to go 5-6miles nearly everynight to my local bmx track after school,worse bit is houses now built on track even worse than that is i live in one of them
i need help on wot pedals to fit since i put redline flight on my original shimano dx from 1 piece crank dont fit,i like the idea of hutch bear trap,but difficult to find them?which pedals do you think?
i also have mx1000 fitted but only have rear,i cant decide if to fit my dia compe 880 and 901(brought a few years after the bike(stamped 85 on brakes) insted with tech3 or 4 levers or to leave the mx1000 on?

Mmmm a ripper survivor...oh lucky man. 

Yeh agreed what DD said 100%. Keep DXs and mx1000. Very desirable but you'll need to get another set of pedals for the 3pc crank with 9/16" thread. Hutch pedals are rare and pricey. But this is the tricky bit of restoring. Whether to spend hard earned cash on the rare items that will make your bike a jaw dropper, or go for the more reasonably priced items. You'll be just as chuffed and it will look good, no question. Are you restoring it to be a rider or a show bike? If you're building a rider you may not want to spend £100 on a set of pedals.

Looking forward to the pic.

[Nicfred]

tried to put picture on via photo bucket but could only do it via a link ? now attached to original post? ? help me 

[dwain dibbly]

[dwain dibbly]

really nace bud
what stem is it??

[SteveG]

Another nice Ripper 
I think I read somewhere on here that SX spindles fit into DX so it you want to keep it original you could put the DX pedals back on.

[Nicfred]

really nace bud
what stem is it??

hey dd,thanx for putting picture up, :angel:the stem is tuff neck same as the seat post clamp?(it has the stem bolt out at the min as just threw the bars in for picture)

[MartyC]

If you still have the DX's I'd buy a set of Wellgo's in 9/16's and swap the spindles over, Hey Presto survivor DX's back on your bike 

Nice ride btw, evern cooler it's a survivor 

[double chevron]

Very very nice bike 

[Nicfred]

If you still have the DX's I'd buy a set of Wellgo's in 9/16's and swap the spindles over, Hey Presto survivor DX's back on your bike 

Nice ride btw, evern cooler it's a survivor 

yo marty c,wot are "wellgo's"?you said buy some in 9/16 and swap the spindles?

[dwain dibbly]

If you still have the DX's I'd buy a set of Wellgo's in 9/16's and swap the spindles over, Hey Presto survivor DX's back on your bike 

Nice ride btw, evern cooler it's a survivor 

yo marty c,wot are "wellgo's"?you said buy some in 9/16 and swap the spindles?

they are really cheap pedals readily available on ebay for about £10-£15

[Paulo]

Nice...really nice 

[crazycraig]

[selfpreservation]

Nice ride btw, evern cooler it's a survivor 

there is no way thats a survivor + stupid question something fishy me thinks

[superbikedan]

Nice ride btw, evern cooler it's a survivor 

there is no way thats a survivor + stupid question something fishy me thinks

Thats what I was thinking

absolutley 200% no way is that a survivor,  rode 5/6 miles every night to the nearest bmx track,

no marks no dents and from a kid   as a painter,  no way,  somethings not right

[Nicfred]

Nice ride btw, evern cooler it's a survivor 

there is no way thats a survivor + stupid question something fishy me thinks

Thats what I was thinking

absolutley 200% no way is that a survivor,  rode 5/6 miles every night to the nearest bmx track,

no marks no dents and from a kid   as a painter,  no way,  somethings not right

bike is 100% straight and genuine and have owned since new so should no,no cracks or welds only marks are on inside of frame where chain came off and scuffed frame?i am only around 5 foot 6 and only weigh 8 1/2 stone now at 37 so back at school was even smaller and lighter?i also raced mx every weekend so never raced the pk and it has just been stored at my parents for the last 20 years till now,just had a operation and not working yet so plenty of time to restore,ref the stupid questions,i dont even know wot nice ride "BTW" or "survivor" means(guess im just stupid,1st forum i have joined so take it slow)and  also not to good with computers?(picture was even put on site by dwain dibbly,thanx)i have only just got back into bmx and forgot most of wot i knew back then so just needed advice on which way to go to make the best of my bike ,which pedals,where to get them etc?     

[dwain dibbly]

dont take it personally mate
theirs a few of us on here that are a little twitchy
at the moment with newbies due to the fact
that we have had a few recently that have tried
to stir up shite
and keeps coming back under new ID's.
this forum is very friendly and has some very knowledgeable
(and not so) people
again welcome hope you stick around its a great place and
you  have a sweet ride IE.....nice bike

[SteveG]

My ones a survivior, sort of. I changed the forks as I always wanted some and I have put some DX style GT pedals on it at the moment. I had to change the tyres so I could ride it, the original ones were very cracked . I'm lucky with the frame as it has had a few scratches over the years but I always really looked after it. Being ball burnished it is easy to polish out small marks so it didn't need painting. It took me long enough to save up for it in the first place so I had to look after it.
Thats probably the reason I have kept it all these years and I deffinately couldn't replace it now.

[SaMAlex]

I was about to ask a question about "survivor" but I though it might be worth its own thread:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=35948.0