debate time

[harris]

in your opinion what was your best bike set up
what worked with what and what didnt come up to scratch.
what snapped easy ,and what was bullet proof.

[DIRTBIKER250F]

Hmm my RIPPER was almost impossible to ride  i am 6,4 and 17 stone though 

Paul

[the_cyclops]

My mostest best set up (even though it looked a piece of sh*t) was

in about '93

Skyway TA frame painted ghastly British Leyland Beige

S&M pitchforks (unbreakable!)

Wilkerson airlines upside down stem (good stem but never wanted to come out again!)

Haro Kneesavers (after my Peregrine Q bars snapped and nearly killed me by impaling themselves in my chest!)

Pale blue Jive handles grips (they worked best when they were just about to wear through to the bars)

Generic £4.99 headset which was always 'hand tight'

GT Power series 3pc chromo cranks (they were bullet proof and never ever came loose)

Redline 42t Flight ring (that wasn't too keen on disasters on the mini ramp!)

Blue 9/16 Shimano DXs (they are still going strong)

Shocking pink Hutch chain (snapped more than any other chain i've ever owned!)

Peregrine Superpro 48's (what can I say about these....they went and went until they started going rusty!!!)

Black Tioga Comp Sts or ACS RL Edges (with 2 tyres on the rear and 100psi)

Odyyssey RX-5 lever (great little one finger lever with potts mod locking button)

Odyyssey Pitbull rear brake (with a bit of attention these work incredibly well)

Superlong generic brake cable (with POP Swatch strap as a cable holder)

Haro Double bolt seatclamp (a design classic)

Bully seatpost (it held my seat on and didnt bend)

Skyway Hotseat (went through a few of these until I realised that it was just a £5.00 Velo kids seat so I bought them instead!)

Big 'Defunct' sticker on the down tube and a 'Sheep' sticker onr the bars

Man, I loved that bike......it was always at the point of falling apart but it was fantastic to ride on mini ramp or street. I had to have the toptube welded a couple of times and was forever unbending the dropouts but it didn't matter

Oh, and it was an '04/84 model!

[SaMAlex]

Now THATS an early 90s setup! Classic. Love it!

[rory]

my sta  says it all , it looked after me ...

[rory]

ashford trails r.i.p.
the land got bought ,dam shame .
asford trails had many visitors in the 1990 s.
the union , props , s&m,
i miss it 

[Dingobmxer]

This would have done me fine in the late 90's (for racing)


  DINGO

[loosenut]

from 89 to 91 i rode a gt agressor. strange beast, not very strong ended up with bent forks and very bent drop outs. couldn't air it to save my life. i don't know why i bought it, think i was impressed with bashguards at the time. parts wise it had some stuff that i really liked.. super pros, old 2 piece gt performer bars and jive handles

[YGT]

from 89 to 91 i rode a gt agressor. strange beast, not very strong ended up with bent forks and very bent drop outs. couldn't air it to save my life. i don't know why i bought it, think i was impressed with bashguards at the time. parts wise it had some stuff that i really liked.. super pros, old 2 piece gt performer bars and jive handles

I have one of those frames in my collection.

[harris]

great pic  black and white pic  chrome setup all over  skinwalls  magic  .

[SaMAlex]

Here's my early 90s ride. Much the same as other bikes on this thread, and loads of bikes at the time.
Loads of chain protection, 2 tyes on each wheel, 80s cranks and pedals, Knee savers, pitbull and super pros.

Im looking to rebuild this bike quite soon. I just gotta clean up all the re-welds that the frame ended up having.

[harris]

i want to see that built mr  chop chop   

[Dingobmxer]

That bike is ace Alex 
  DINGO

[muttley]

2 tyres on the rim  How friggin hard is it to fit those then? And for what reason was done. 

[harris]

psssssssssssss  and i tried it once and it was a bugger to fit   

[SaMAlex]

2 tyres on the rim  How friggin hard is it to fit those then? And for what reason was done. 

It was a little bit of a fight. I did it for 2 reasons:

1) Most tyres being really crap, esp on the side walls. Any peg grinds and you would go through them in no time. You could also use a tyre with holes in it without the tube popping through (how cheap does that sound?)

2) It meant you could hang an air without puncturing the tube and killing the rim every time

The problem was that you couldnt get any pressure between the two tyres and they ran like a soggy sponge! It was best to use a smooth tyre on the inside, and sometimes cut off the bead first.

NB: Funny story.
A few weeks ago I took apart an old bike that has been sat for about 12 years. It had araya aero rims on it so its usually easy to take the tyres off (no levers needed). I did the front, no probs but when I went to do the rear it was a bit of a struggle. It turned out there were 2 tyres on it. The best thing was, the inner tyre was a blue comp 4, pretty much unused! I need a blue comp 3 for a bike Im building, and that is close enough!

[Lazarou]

Yeah!  I used to cut the bead off first! Mind you i never got many blowouts!

[darkersomeday]

Yeah!  I used to cut the bead off first! Mind you i never got many blowouts!

i ended up doing that when i tried it! it felt like heavy and sloppy to ride to me so i stuck to popping primo v's with too much pressure!  that shit used to make my ears ring like!

did anyone ever use the old "stuff the tyre with grass trick" to get home?

[rory]

the grass in tyres works , it got me to the train station !

[ron burgundy]

Something like this...



 

[harris]

dirt bros cool

[Lazarou]

That is so nice! Sprocket Pocket too! It looks really familiar to me, but i've just realised it looks exactly like my buddy's Homeless Mack, same colour and components.

[christhejob]

94 standard lengthy (metallic purple) and standard forks
6 pc strip bars
tnt stem
jives
front reaction megabrake
ad 990 rear
tech 77s
GT tyres (2 on the back i think)
hand grenade pegs, steel on the right, aluminium on the left
dragonfly double seatclamp
standard seatpost
gyro
a big filed rounded slotted nut that worked as a nipple clamp until george made his (which ruled) to shorten the upper gyro cable
whatever seat i could get
superpros WITH KING AXLES AND WASHERS (v important)
redline flights (left arm 177mm, right arm a re-welded 180mm, right arm 177mm flight thrown over shrewsbury spine in disgust when i broke in half when i popped out onto the platform)
gold shimano dx
gt cnc chainwheel
shimano dx freewheel
(rain man now stops reciting the parts he had on his bike 13 years ago)
THAT WAS A DIALLED BIKE
until i got my ahead STA. which was even better!!!

[harris]

nice setup  i just got a front wheel with a king axle and the big cone spacers   

[the_cyclops]

2 tyres on the rim  How friggin hard is it to fit those then? And for what reason was done. 

I used to run a worn GT freestyle tyre in mine, They were always a barsteward to get on the rim but I never found them sloppy when pumped up to 100psi. In fact they were rock hard and ace for doing lip tricks etc.

They were especially impressive when they decided to blow up in style occasionally!