I've been working on this bike for a while now and thanks to a few very generous people it is finally finished.
This is a photo of the bike that is the inspiration for this build.
Here is the completed bike
Frame- 07 30th Anniversary Retro Loop tail PK Ripper #752
Fork- SE Landing Gear with 990 mounts
Bars- Odyssey Lumber Jack
Bar ends- Odyssey Par Ends
Stem- Odyssey Classic Top Load
Headset- FSA
Rims- G Sport Rollcage
Hubs- Odyssey Vanderoo
Spokes- Odyssey
Tires- Odyssey Aitken
Front Brake- Odyssey EVO II
Rear Break- Tektro V
Brake Levers- Odyssey M2 Small
Brake Cables- Odyssey Slic Cable
Grips- Odyssey Team
Seat- SE Lightning Bolt
Seat Post- SE
Seat Post Clamp- SE
Cranks- Odyssey Twombolt 180 Right Hand Drive
Bottom Bracket- Odyssey American
Pedals- Odyssey Plastic
Chain ring- Odyssey Chain wheel
Chain- KMC White
Number Plates- 22/TwentyTwo
Pad Set- Odyssey
The basic back story on the bike is, I used to build and tune most of Buff's and RL's bikes in the 80's and Mike's '82 PK Ripper was my favorite bike, It was my first complete build for Mike and I always liked the way the bike looked. It is the inspiration for the tribute bike, the concept I was going for was to build an updated version of the bike with a modern frame/fork and components, bringing old school and current technology together.
Now, for the reason I built this bike. A couple years ago I found out a BMX Pro Racer whom I admired and respected back in the early 80's (and still do) suffers from Parkinson's disease, his name is John Crews. John was sponsored by Redline back in the day when he raced and has owned a bike shop up in Folsom California for many years, he also raises money for cancer and Parkinson's research through his organization
www.rfar.orgHere is a short bio
http://www.rfar.org/RFAR_Bios.htmlI was recently inspired to do something to contribute to John's cause so I thought this bike would be a cool project to do and be a great way to raise some money for his organization. Mike Buff is a long time friend of John has endorsed this project and will be signing the bike along with photos of him with the bike, the bike will be auctioned off with 100% of the money going to RFAR.
The auction will occur in February 2010, auction details will be released soon. I want to thank Odyssey (Ben Ward, Jim Bauer, Francis Delapena) for all of the parts and support for this project, I would also like to thank the following people for their time and contributions.
Alvin Mullins, Gary Raagas, Ron Plumlee, Dan Hubbard, Sean Ewing, and Tim O'shea, Thank you guys!!
Steve Blackey
