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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: scary_leary on November 19, 2005, 08:03 PM

Title: Look what I got for £20
Post by: scary_leary on November 19, 2005, 08:03 PM

Cali
Goose cranks
Pair of DX

My mum got them off Preston market… :)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v605/scary_leary/Picture3575.jpg)

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: retrogeezer on November 19, 2005, 08:07 PM

score!!

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: ORB on November 19, 2005, 08:11 PM

lol.

Preston market is the nuts.

I bought a 1210 deck minus cart there for £30 of one of the 'natives' about 6 months ago.

rad.

You gonna jizz on it?

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: scary_leary on November 19, 2005, 08:32 PM

Oliver i only jizz on DB stuff!

I shitt on everything else...

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: theRuler on November 19, 2005, 09:02 PM

sell it to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

i will pay double what you paid

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: darkslider on November 20, 2005, 12:11 AM

Flipping heck   Is it open 5 days a week and is there a specific cycle bits stall or was it a just a lucky one of a 2nd hand stall. Decent bit of swag for 20 bills.

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: Nosnod on November 20, 2005, 09:56 AM

I sold one of those in the summer. If I am not mistaken you actually have a Mongoose Expert not a Californian. The Expert came with the yellow decals wheras the Californian came with the orange fading to yellow decals. Nice score :)

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: scary_leary on November 20, 2005, 11:32 AM

Yep i was thinking non cali....grand prix crossed my mind

but if ya thinking expert,,so be it.

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: scary_leary on November 20, 2005, 01:29 PM

hang on...cali, expert and grand prix are the same frame...arnt they?

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: theRuler on November 20, 2005, 01:55 PM

no
grand prix wasnt a looptail

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: darkslider on November 20, 2005, 02:43 PM

Isn't the Grand Prix steel ass end?

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: scary_leary on November 20, 2005, 04:04 PM

Quote from: darkslider on November 20, 2005, 02:43 PM

Isn't the Grand Prix steel ass end?

yeah...out of the no gussets, only the supergoose and pro class are full cro-mo

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: motomagII on November 20, 2005, 06:50 PM

nice score mate looks shiny clean too you jammy get

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: theRuler on November 20, 2005, 08:21 PM

Quote from: darkslider on November 20, 2005, 02:43 PM

Isn't the Grand Prix steel ass end?

the pricks is all steel

cali is steel reared too!! cool with it though

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: kdw712 on November 21, 2005, 05:11 PM

also up to 85 ish the expert was all tubes but with poo bits on it

i had a 83 expert last year which was all tubes, but with steel everything else 
bars, rims, forks etc - didn't make sense really


back to topic - sweet find  :)

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: scary_leary on November 21, 2005, 05:40 PM

so up too 85 the cali and expert are the same frames..

expert just had low end parts..

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: kdw712 on November 21, 2005, 06:19 PM

cali was trimoly, expert was all tubes frame like the supergoose
not sure if by mid to late the expert disappeared
not got any catalogues from that period to know

i brought my expert thinking it was a twist on the supergoose
but the spec of the parts was low.
Steel pro class rims
steel H bars
etc ...

got a real super and sold expert on.
Never did check top tubes or any thng though to see if it was diff in that respect.
chances are its the same frame.

that whats odd trilmoly cali was better spec'd than expert
i have some mag tests at home will post up later
which should help. though don't hold ya breath we are talking mongoose here 
 :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: Nosnod on November 21, 2005, 09:11 PM

My Expert had the tri-moly decal on the top tube behind the head tube. I think it was a lower spec Californian and I also recall it only been available in the US??

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: Stu uk Liverpool on November 21, 2005, 09:14 PM

you jammy cooker scary

stu

Title: Re: Look what I got for £20
Post by: kdw712 on November 22, 2005, 09:31 AM

Nosnod i think your right there US only
we had the Grand prix as an equiv

this is a test for the 85 - gives an idea of whats what

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/mongoose%20scans/experttest1sml.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/mongoose%20scans/experttest2sml.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/mongoose%20scans/experttest3sml.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/mongoose%20scans/experttest4sml.jpg)