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alot less chance of falling off a longer top tube bike. stops you hanging your ass out.
Well i have raced a Raleigh Burner and im 12 stone and im 6ft. I dont feel any flex in it at all, i get on really well with it when ever i can race it. and its an 1985 bike!
I don't race, but I do like to play on tracks a bit. No way would I do it on a bmx from the 80s . You have to ride fairly fast to clear those gaps, I wouldn't like a frame to snap on me doing 20 to 25 mph. I'm 5-10 and 15 1/2 stone. 80s forks are the worst too - they used to bend just plain rinding, landing of a big jump - I think mine bent just looking at them, haha. Them old frames must be a bit weak from years of riding (if not NOS) or rust. S'pose it depends on how you ride too - but even if your smooth I wouldnt trust the OS stuff.
Quote from: scott250 on June 15, 2009, 03:18 PMI don't race, but I do like to play on tracks a bit. No way would I do it on a bmx from the 80s . You have to ride fairly fast to clear those gaps, I wouldn't like a frame to snap on me doing 20 to 25 mph. I'm 5-10 and 15 1/2 stone. 80s forks are the worst too - they used to bend just plain rinding, landing of a big jump - I think mine bent just looking at them, haha. Them old frames must be a bit weak from years of riding (if not NOS) or rust. S'pose it depends on how you ride too - but even if your smooth I wouldnt trust the OS stuff.very few OS racers jump, they roll over everything
Did you manage to land it okay?
At the back, but in the air!