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" Let there be Rock "
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: QLD
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Hi All.
I saw a post here a while ago about old school BMX. I have recently finished this bike that I got new, 30 years ago ! Its a 1980 Webco Pro. Enjoy. Craig ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Nice work.
As soon as i saw it, it brought me straight back to my first real bike - just like that, only yellow. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cattai, Sydney
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Sorry to dig this up but I had a yellow Malvern Star BMW exactly like this, same frame and everything. Awesome build! do you know of anyone that restores BMX's like this and sells them?
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let it burn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: QUEENSLANDER!!!!!
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Nice build OP, makes me wish I held onto my old Redline MX2 (Black powdercoat), or my little brothers MX3 (Chrome yellow with Chrome ends).
The hard part about some of these is getting rubber, well for us it was anyway. Ive still got my sons old chromed Reline mini with Araya tubular racing rims (20 x 1 1/8). The tyres are impossible to find, and the one Snakebelly I was lucky enough to find being as old as it was had serious cracks in it. Tubular tyres have a tube sewn into the tyre, you cant pull the tubes. The tyres are glued on the rim as there is no bead. So I cant just fit any old tyre and tube setup. |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Loving the Endorphine Machine
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let it burn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: QUEENSLANDER!!!!!
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Repair tubulars? Any links to such activities? |
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Ich bin ein auslander
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Loving the Endorphine Machine
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You can repair tubular but it is a dying art. It involves removing the cover over the stitching on the inside of the tyre, removing all the stitching, replacing the tube and doing the reverse to stitch and glue it all up again. Most states have an old retired boy that does it on the side when he has not gone up north to warm his bones. In road circles we used to save up our punctured tubulars (singles in roadie terms) and then give about 10 at a time to the old boy. $15 repair of each one was cheaper than the $150 for a new single. Unfortunately, if it is the side wall or tread that is damaged, the tyre is toast. Perhaps you could search a couple of cycling forums (I would look at road bikes, not BMX), ask the question as they may know of the location of your closest old boy. As for cheaper to replace the rims, yes it would but nostalgia is worth a lot in my eyes. I am thinking of trying to find a Malvern Start XL600 road bike, the bike that I started racing on. The problem is it is so old now that parts are impossible to find and when you do find them people want a mint for them.
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" Let there be Rock "
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: QLD
Posts: 849
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I also finished this one as well. This is my 8yr old sons daily basher as the White webco at the top of the post will be wall mounted !
( and no, its not a mongoose - its a Cook Bro's Racing but you cant find stickers anywhere ! ) ![]() |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Island High Country
Posts: 2,355
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^ Front forks look bent.
Awesome thread.
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" Let there be Rock "
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: QLD
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Nope, not bent ! thats the angle that they are
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,296
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Awesome, that brings back some happy memories.
Especially the single back brake, no Padding, and the brake cable hanging loose (but still secured). |
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