Author Topic: Dumb and Dumberer (Read 1785 times)

kuwahero · « **on:** January 25, 2008, 04:48 PM »

Whats the dumbest thing you ever did to your bike when you thought you were making improvement(s)?

Lazarou · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2008, 04:49 PM »

Fake barbed wire.

rory · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2008, 04:56 PM »

covering it in stickers, then taking them all off

wildwood1971 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:19 PM »

Clipping playing cards to the chainstay to make it sound like a motorbike

jackel · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:22 PM »

bread bag fasteners to the brake cables :)i know we all did it

kuwahero · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:24 PM »

mine was getting my cousin, to weld some door handles to my frame as it was cheaper than the bolt on ones. they looked proper shit but did the job

Swivel · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:25 PM »

Drilled too many holes in my seat, fookin thing was so weak had to get a new one, old man wasn't happy

scary_leary · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:40 PM »

Fitting a CW laidback with support to me silverstreak..
I was only 13 and couldnt reach the bars.

baldbmxer · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:55 PM »

Polishing tuff neck stems and Redline chainwheels!
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NOT!

pickle · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:15 PM »

checking my chain tension........while riding and still pedalling!!

5 stiches and lots of tears

Lazarou · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:15 PM »

Quote from: baldbmxer on January 25, 2008, 05:55 PM

Polishing tuff neck stems and Redline chainwheels!
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NOT!

Purist!

HEYWOOD BMX · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:23 PM »

Painting my black comp 3`s white with some gloss I found in the garage......

pickle · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:25 PM »

Quote from: HEYWOOD BMX on January 25, 2008, 06:23 PM

Painting my black comp 3`s white with some gloss I found in the garage......

sorry mate no offense but that is truely

the things we used to do as kids

highrisedrifter · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:27 PM »

Peeling all the gold plastic off my Super Tuff Burner, leaving a chrome frame with gold plastic in the bits I couldn't reach.

southern andy · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:46 PM »

Tried my damned hardest to scratch off the lightening streak on my Elina saddle, made a right mess of it aswell.

SaMAlex · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:07 PM »

polishing all the blue anodising off the only blue Redneck stem I have ever seen cos I couldnt find a silver TNT.
Oh, hang on .... that was Stodgy!

Flatcap · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:08 PM »

I did the fake barbed wire thing too - fooking sad!

Daz.

MartyC · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:33 PM »

Drilling my MX1000, chainring, brake lever, seat and pedal cages to save weight. Looked pants as none of the holes lined up, my brake didn't work as it flexed like fook and my seat cracked and cut my arse

SaMAlex · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:50 PM »

I covered my WHOLE bike in stickers. There was even a small hole for the chain to pass through.

Hmmm, 84 sport, Leary Turbo cranks, gold DXs, DC brake and seat clamp, Performer bars, GT Malet stem, epoch headset. Not bad at all for a thrown together 2nd bike.

Oh, and SS20 is the local skateboard shop that Mon (still) owns.

bof · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:01 PM »

Quote from: scary_leary on January 25, 2008, 05:40 PM

Fitting a CW laidback with support to me silverstreak..
I was only 13 and couldnt reach the bars.

Ah, Lee now I remember you.

Looking back I suppose paint stripping my leary turbos wasnt too good of an idea.

gossa · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:32 PM »

wanting Ame Fini's so bad that I bought the last pair available.

Doesn't sound too bad so far but my bike was a blue DB Senior Pro with blue DB bars/stem/seat/post/cranks/pedals/blue 7X's and the grips were...YELLOW AND RED.....bike looked proper shite....

Oh, no i just remembered a better one!!!!! When SPD's came out early nineties I put a set on my BMX and did a few gates at a national, crashed big style and took them straight off. I said then, and stand behind it now, SPD's have NO place in bmx...............

welsh denny · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2008, 10:50 PM »

i too did the painted whitewall trick to my burner tyres ( which just cracked and flaked) and also repainted the white to my extra burner which ran into the red and turned PINK!! i have a pic i'll have to post up.

Trev · « **Reply #22 on:** January 25, 2008, 11:09 PM »

i remember telling people how weak Skyway Tuffs were. I said they snap if you do Miami Hop-Hops. But I kept on showing people and constantly kept snapping Tuffs.