rebel bmx?

[kowalski]

anyone remember rebel bmx, a lad i knew bitd around 84, had one i think all i remember is it had the old confederate flag? on the pads (same as the general lee roof) i assume they are rare as i cant find them on the net anywhere, have i dreamt this up? if not what are they worth more info wanted

[pickle]

Have a look in the museum mate....Sawzall has a cracker!! 

Huge bars though!!!   

[pickle]

here you go mate

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=2512.0

[kowalski]

well i'll be dammed, nice work pickle the one my mate had was different , you know the seatpost tube it had another thinner tube behind that,kind of parallel to the seatpost tubehard to explain!!! i assume they were american are they worth much?

[pickle]

From what i understand they are actually English made (could be wrong though) and i know exactly how your mates frame looked....they are very rare now so i think would command a good price!

[haro__master1985]

I had rebel bars on my dp freestyler made from good old renolds 531 ! 

A guy in our area had a rebel freestyler which was almost a haro copy as seen in the museum 

[sawzall]

rebels were made in the uk they were based in shropshire,heres a pic of a race frame i recently picked up,as far as i know they made three different freestylers,the one like mine in museum one like your mate had and one more like a haro with twin top tube

[daz bmx it!]

My old one is in the museum with huge Cw type bars that point out as they meet in the front! sold to motomag and I also gave him an original Rebel Race shirt

[sawzall]

daz heres a pic of the same frame bars and forks built up

[p1nell]

heres one of my mineyes built at worfield Shropshire bitd, factory ceases to exist unfortunately! I'm about 15mins away from there by car. Here's a flyer, zoom in and read the small print. Only cane in white or chrome.This was the chrome one before I stripped the white paint back

[Jaymz]

I do like a nice twin top tube, looking for one to trade with my goose. nice collection there fella, keep you busy for a while

where abouts are you in shropshire? Im a bit south of you in Herefordshire

[animal]

Where was the factory then ? Not far from me in walsall I guess ? think it was in stourbridge if I recall ?

[WINI]

One of my current builds, lovely twin top UK freestyler.  Gonna give it a bit of a custom paintjob so watch this space!  Picked it up on eBay a few months back as a complete bike needing a little tlc  

[p1nell]

I do like a nice twin top tube, looking for one to trade with my goose. nice collection there fella, keep you busy for a while

where abouts are you in shropshire? Im a bit south of you in Herefordshire

Cheers Jay, add a chrome 84 gen2 master on top of the ones in the picture to do! the mid school gt performer frame I got given so I moved it on, to new for me that one!!

I'm very near cosford air base

[p1nell]

Where was the factory then ? Not far from me in walsall I guess ? think it was in stourbridge if I recall ?

nearer Bridgnorth, think it's like empty field area now, near dog inn and davenport arms, it's about 12/13 miles from me. If you zoom in on the original black and white advert from bitd you can see the their address minus postcode

[p1nell]

One of my current builds, lovely twin top UK freestyler.  Gonna give it a bit of a custom paintjob so watch this space!  Picked it up on eBay a few months back as a complete bike needing a little tlc  

I can't see your picture but I think I recall the one your on about because I nearly went for it but my better half would have murdered me

Was it white with blue alloy hub tuffs on it, blue tuf neck sprocket? I could be wrong! it was on for a few weeks and he kept dropping the price. I was so tempted Damn you woman!!

[WINI]

One of my current builds, lovely twin top UK freestyler.  Gonna give it a bit of a custom paintjob so watch this space!  Picked it up on eBay a few months back as a complete bike needing a little tlc  

I can't see your picture but I think I recall the one your on about because I nearly went for it but my better half would have murdered me

Was it white with blue alloy hub tuffs on it, blue tuf neck sprocket? I could be wrong! it was on for a few weeks and he kept dropping the price. I was so tempted Damn you woman!!

Yep thats the one!  A few nice parts as well but had to send one of the tuffs back as it had a huge chunk out of it that wasn't mentioned.  Repowdered now in white but gonna get the spray cans to it as well.  Women eh!!

[p1nell]

One of my current builds, lovely twin top UK freestyler.  Gonna give it a bit of a custom paintjob so watch this space!  Picked it up on eBay a few months back as a complete bike needing a little tlc  

I can't see your picture but I think I recall the one your on about because I nearly went for it but my better half would have murdered me

Cool you got it for a tidy price, I've got three rebels, (hence why my lady would kill me if I got a 4th!), one practically nos in primer, not a mark on the dropouts! that's going white very soon as I've already got a decal set waiting to go on. I can't wait to see yours done man, I'm a sucker for the double top tubes! I'll keep an eye out for your progress

Was it white with blue alloy hub tuffs on it, blue tuf neck sprocket? I could be wrong! it was on for a few weeks and he kept dropping the price. I was so tempted Damn you woman!!

Yep thats the one!  A few nice parts as well but had to send one of the tuffs back as it had a huge chunk out of it that wasn't mentioned.  Repowdered now in white but gonna get the spray cans to it as well.  Women eh!!