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cherrypicker

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Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« on: March 23, 2008, 12:21 PM »
Thank you sir, rest in peace.







Thanks for looking. One regret - wish Dan had done my paint instead of C4

adam01

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2008, 12:24 PM »
what a beauty well done did you restore the bike

Adam

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2008, 12:25 PM »
Stunning mate.....I just wish he was still with us to ride it because boy could he ride!!!

Great bike.  :4_17_5:

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Trev

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2008, 12:33 PM »
Super cool bike.  :daumenhoch:

I do love an orange street beat.  :smitten:  :smitten:  :smitten:



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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2008, 12:43 PM »
that's stunning mate, i really love that skyway orange :daumenhoch:

ps..  what's wrong with the paint.
For powder coating drop me a pm

cherrypicker

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2008, 12:52 PM »
what a beauty well done did you restore the bike

Adam

Built from nos parts bar the crank set up. Thanks to Sean (Stidds) for that - been waiting for 400's a long time  :daumenhoch:
Just my opinion (probs being fussy) but the paint's a little thin around dropouts and coaster.

adam01

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2008, 12:56 PM »
looks magnificent , excellent bike makes me jealous , what a collectible bike absolutely fabulous

Adam

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2008, 04:01 PM »
Very sweet build, looks spot on  :4_17_5:

lodge

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2008, 07:33 PM »
Superb.
I cant make out the tyres?


cherrypicker

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2008, 08:55 PM »
Superb.
I cant make out the tyres?
Thanks for the comments guys, tyres are Panaracer HP48's - just got hold of some Panaracer freestyle tyres, will swap them over  ;)

Lazarou

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2008, 10:21 PM »
Best Ruffell replica yet! The 400's make all the difference.

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2008, 10:43 PM »
I must ask, why 400`s ?

Neil never joined Skyway untill late 84 and I thought 400`s were the early flights, so wouldn`t it be more likely that Neil would have rode with 401`s ?
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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2008, 10:56 PM »
billy he rode 400's

Trev

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2008, 11:02 PM »
I found this thread, which had a bit of a discussion about this.

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=41816.0


Lazarou

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2008, 11:39 PM »
Bill might be confusing early 'pinchless' flites with 400's which i'm pretty sure coexisted with 401's.



...as always I may be (probably am) wrong.



...but the spider is a dead giveaway on 400's.

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2008, 11:47 PM »
I`m still not convinced  :police:

When I was signed on to the full factory Skyway team I was given a choice of Redline Flights or Profiles, in fact we got to choose what ever parts we wanted, now why would Neil choose a budget pair of cranks when he could have the real thing ?

TBH the cranks look like they are flites with a profile spider imo  ::)
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Lazarou

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2008, 11:52 PM »
...they could even be the unbranded Suginos. We need better scans.

cherrypicker

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2008, 07:11 AM »
I just happen to have a set of minty Sugino 400's if necessary. What about the brakes? Does he have front/left, back/right as it appears in some of the scans?

Simon

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2008, 09:29 AM »
that is nice  :4_17_5:

Trev

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2008, 09:58 AM »
I just happen to have a set of minty Sugino 400's if necessary. What about the brakes? Does he have front/left, back/right as it appears in some of the scans?

Simon

The brakes are the correct way round. I switched mine to that way as a kid cos that's how Sir Ruffell had his.

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2008, 04:13 PM »
Am liking that alot  :daumenhoch:

macky

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2008, 12:01 AM »

Yeah, thats a very nice build!!  :daumenhoch: I love the old Street beats!! i miss mine!!

stumpy

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2008, 03:13 PM »
I`m still not convinced  :police:

When I was signed on to the full factory Skyway team I was given a choice of Redline Flights or Profiles, in fact we got to choose what ever parts we wanted, now why would Neil choose a budget pair of cranks when he could have the real thing ?

TBH the cranks look like they are flites with a profile spider imo  ::)

Neil Rode 400's, because with 401's and coaster brake combination the bolt that holds the chain ring to the arm always worked itself loose. He later dropped coaster and just ran freewheel.

madall

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Re: Pickers' Ruffell Beat
« Reply #24 on: March 26, 2008, 06:06 PM »
Niel Used both types of flights, in the kellogs he used 400's but later changed his cranks to 401's and also his bars to chrome and his seat to an orange Kashie Aero.
I have the pics back in the UK






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