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Cupid Stunt Bike of the Month/Year => Past Entries => Cupid Stunt Bike of the Month/Bike of the Year => 2016 => Topic started by: In2bmx on September 05, 2016, 09:22 AM
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Let's see your BOTM builds please :-)
- Please post a full build spec for your entry.
- You may post a maximum of 4 pictures of your bike.
- You MUST still own the bike you enter.
- Your entry MUST be a new build and have not been entered before, or, it must be a major rebuild with significant changes.
- The build MUST be completed within the month of entry
- Any entrant found 'canvassing' for votes or other forums/social media sites will be removed from entry.
Good Luck Everyone .
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So... i'll go first. I have already spoken to ANIMAL (Steve) about entering this as it is mainly built for our charity bike ride next weekend. As such i am not expecting too many votes, but i am posting this to raise awareness and hopefully generate a little support for our cause. We have quite a few BMX riders heading down from London to Brighton with us for this event..... 54miles!
As such i have built this with an eye towards comfort and light-weight, using a tall gearing (46/14T) and the longest OPC I could find.
The most elusive WHEELS frame of all… here we have a Birmingham WHEELS Pro - one of only 4 known and one of only two in the UK. This 18.75inch race frame was sourced from the Netherlands, having originally been part of the p.v.HOOF supplied Birmingham WHEELS Dutch team line up, and comprises Reynolds 531 tubing.
Frame: 1983 Birmingham WHEELS ‘Pro’ BMX in butted Reynolds 531 tubing. 18.75inch TT length. Early frame number of 091. Original candy white paint, with a custom black decal set including the p.v.HOOF shop logo as found. Custom early head tube decal designed from an early original provided by the ex-WHEELS team manager; created by Mike ‘GRABONKID’.
Dimensions: 18.75inches centre of seat tube to centre of head tube (top tube), but lowered down the seat post tube to dramatically alter the seatpost tube angle, increasing distance from bars to seat.
Forks: Bottema M-2 race forks. Original chrome finish. They also came with a cork ‘butt-plug’ which I have retained. Never seen this before….?
Bars: Original Birmingham WHEELS Reynolds-tubed race bars.
Stem: Tuf Neck Patent Pending.
Flex-fighter: NOS Raspberry TT Racing Jam Buttie.
Wheels: Rib-sided Ambrosio skinny rims laced to polished low flange Suzue hubs. RADial front.
Tyres: Schwalbe Durano Raceguard.
Padset: Original Birmingham WHEELS top tube pad only.
Headset: Original 80’s NOS red Tange 125 headset.
Grips: Super-rare NOS black/white Akrons.
Brakes: NOS black/white combo Dia-Compe 901.
Brakepads: White Dia-compe.
Brake Cable: White with red text 84 dated Dia-Compe.
Lever: Red NOS early 80’s Tech 2's.
Cranks: Super-rare 180mm Hanabishi OPC.
Spider: Bullseye, drilled out to accommodate an OPC prior to my ownership.
Pedals: ACS Stoker in black.
Chainring: NOS red YES! Racing 46T (Birmingham WHEELS sponsored by YES! BMX).
Chain: Half black Izumi chain with a single NOS red ROE Whale Tail chain tensioner – drive side only.
Bottom Bracket: NOS Sugino.
Seat clamp: NOS Raspberry TT Racing Jam Buttie.
Seat post: NOS UNI Graphite Pro 14.
Seat: Black with Red generic modern padded(!) mountain bike item.
Plate: NOS Mirage III with original NOS UNI number (Birmingham WHEELS sponsored by Alan's BMX, providing them with Mirage race plates bitd).
Griff has very kindly loaned me the water bottle holder - tried and tested on a 36mile training run last weekend. My sister, wifey Rachel and I are joining several other OS BMXers on 11th September for the ride down to Brighton, so wish us all luck!
Here's the charity link one last time....
http://aeddonate.org.uk/projects/alex4/
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Hello from Malaysia! My 2012 ET Anniversary Edition but im calling this ET Hybrid :D. Only frame and forks is reproduction edition but the parts are old school. Hope u guys like it, please enjoy!!!
Frame/fork: Kuwahara ET 2012 Anniversary Edition
Handebar/stem/grips: Win Bars Product Of Japan, Sugino, OGK Grips
Seat/post/clamp: Elina Lighting Bolt, Nagaoka, Suntour
Brakeset: DC Tech 2, DC 890 Caliper
Drivetrain: Maxy Cross Cranks, Sugino 44T Chainring, KKT AMX Pedals, DID Chain
Wheelset: Araya 7X with Shimano HF Hubs, Kenda Skinny Tires
Others: Tange Headlock
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WOW what a start . explosion explosion
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What Carl said ^^^^
Love a Brum Wheels being a midlander "wantit"
Lush builds ... I'm loving that ET.. Partial to using a retro frame with OG parts myself ... Looks sweet explosion
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excellent photography in the Kuwahara build. Bet they weren't done on a smartphone!!
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My first build after lurking around on here for a few years. 1985 GT Pro, was originally chrome but was in too bad condition to save so restored and painted the f&f. Built using a mixture of original and Repop parts. Hope you like it.
Frame and forks: 1985 GT Pro
Wheels: Copy 7x rims with suzue hubs
Cranks: Takagi 180
Chainring: Sugino spider and bolts with unbranded 44t machined chainring
Pedals: Suntour XCII
Stem: Suntour power stem
Bars: SR Pro bars
Grips: Ame round repops
Brakes: Dia Compe MX901 with repop tech 3 and cable.
Seat: Kashimax Aero repop with unbranded Allen key guts and generic chrome seatpost
Seatclamp: SR
Headset: Tange mx2
Tyres: Repop comp3
Chain: KMC
Bottom Bracket: ETC
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Glad you put the GT in Chris .. Turned out real nice and a great build thread to boot :daumenhoch:
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Glad you put the GT in Chris .. Turned out real nice and a great build thread to boot :daumenhoch:
Hear hear. :daumenhoch:
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That GT looks great, and amazing month of entries is taking shape already :4_17_5:
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Wow ! Great start lads :4_17_5: 8)
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I'm going to put the Torker up shortly just need a few bits to finish off. What's the cut off date boys ?
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End of the month :daumenhoch:
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Had one of these for my first BMX back in the day (mum and dad couldn't afford a silver streak like my mate had around the corner). Loved it to bits and rode the crap out of it. This frame and forks came up last year, and even though it wasn't chrome and had been powdered I had to have it.
It's not completely factory spec but I wanted to add a bit of the Diamondback look as well (hence the candy stripe seatpost etc..) to show its heritage. Hope you likey.....
Frame and forks - 82 Diamond Back Pro Star MX
Bars - Win v bars
Stem - SR
Grips - nos fuan F1 copies
Headset - Tange
Crank - nos Takagi 175 OPC
Chainring- nos Sugino snowflake
Seat - MX Copy
Pedal - rat traps
Seatpost - nos Chang Star red/silver fluted
Wheels - ukai 1.50 on Suzue low flange hubs
Tyres - nos kenda comp III
Brake caliper - nos DC 1020
Brake lever - nos shimano
Brake cables - nos clarks powerglide
Pads - esemdesign
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Love it! :daumenhoch:
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Now that is a lovely looking BMX .. Proof you don't always need flight cranks and mx1000s to make a really nice ride :angrysoapbox:
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That pro star is lovely and clean. Nice job :daumenhoch:
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FRAME AND FORKS-TITANIUM
RIMS-PRO CLASS
HUBS- ARAI 8000
TYRES-CARLISLE AGGRESSORS
CRANKS-LAMBERT
CHAINRING ADDICKS 42T
BOTTOM BRACKET-SJK
PEDALS-XCALIBER
SEAT CLAMP-JAM BUTTIE (CENTRE HOLE)
BRAKE-WEINMANN BMX
BRAKE CABLE-CLARKS
BARS-POWERLITE
GRIPS-RAD GRIP
STEM -RGD
SEAT-UNI HAMMERHEAD
VALVE CAPS-RAD KAPS
HEADSET-ROAD BIKE
HEADLOCK-SEXTON
PLATE-BOOGIE(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/003_zpsd0eavwcc.jpg) (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/sawzall717/media/003_zpsd0eavwcc.jpg.html)
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Better late than never
Torker 280x 1983
ACS rims new Araya spokes nos suziue hubs
Kenda yellow label tyres
Repop popper padset
Ame rounds
Tech 77 levers
New gold odyssey cables
Gold 83 DC 1020s
Copy tuff pads
OG yellow Kashimax
Sugino chainring
Tioga spider
KMC chain
Oddy copy torker you bolt stem
Shimano SX survivor pedals
Odessy opc
Pork chop gold headset
New dc seat clamp
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Hi Sam, It's a 4 picture max rule mate :daumenhoch:
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I vote for big bad Sam and the torker
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Very Nice Mark .. Lovely Torker dude :4_17_5:
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Sorry I'll try not fix it 😂
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I think sam got carried away putting pics up... its a torker, you only need 1....
Fek me its a hot start. That titianium, was that the 1 from mk..??
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That titianium, was that the 1 from mk..??
It's the ONLY one. explosion
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1981 26" mongoose Kos Kruiser
Frame & Fork; 1981 26" mongoose kos kruiser original chrome.
Bars; mongoose stamped stainless Kos Kruiser uncut.
Stem; mongoose gold stem unknurled clamps.
Headset; mongoose.
Grips; Bmxproducts mongoose.
Seat Clamp; DC double clamp.
Seat post; unstamped.
Seat; Kashimax super pro.
Guts; Kashimax.
BB; 28tpi mongoose.
Crank; mongoose.
Pedals; shimano MX15.
Spider; mongoose.
Ring; 39T sugino.
Chain; kmc gold.
Chain Tensioner; profile.
Hubs; phil wood.
Rims; araya 26 x 1.75.
Tyres; generic comp 3 pattern 26 x 1.75.
Levers; DC pre-bent.
Calipers; DC 1020.
Blocks; DC tan.
Cable Clamps; DC.
Cable; generic.
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Thread locked to set up voting :daumenhoch:
Another cracking month :4_17_5: explosion