DIY mountain bikes
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bring back the cow horns!!!
forks hammered straight in a kerb!
chopper rear wheel
cranks of a child's bike
pipe insulation on the top-tube (needed)
there was about 10 of us with the same style of home made urban bikes.....great days!
and just wedge your right foot between the seat post and rear tyre to stop!
forks hammered straight in a kerb!
chopper rear wheel
cranks of a child's bike
pipe insulation on the top-tube (needed)
there was about 10 of us with the same style of home made urban bikes.....great days!
and just wedge your right foot between the seat post and rear tyre to stop!
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In the early 80's i must have heard the rumbling of the MTB invasion coming, i built a racing bike type thing with huge cowhorns, bmx grips, knobbly tyres and i thought i was the bees knees i even had a rear derallier protector and an AROOOOOOOOOGAH horn 
I bet i looked a right twat riding around with my orange walkman headphones playing Leo Sayer :facepalm:
I bet i looked a right twat riding around with my orange walkman headphones playing Leo Sayer :facepalm:
Was 74/5 ish for me , I had a Dawes kingpin that was my mums bike a 20" wheeled shopper
Everything surplus pulled off and some renthals of my dads montesa trials bike , fitted with a coke can shim
And a San remo saddle I got from the tip
My mate tosh had a Carlton 10 speed (that's a 5 x 2 for the younger readers) fitted with speedway bars
These were steel braced risers , tho the brace was flattened at the ends so it would fit thru the gap on a stem
Others had choppers with 700c forks and front wheels or Raleigh rsw20'swithh wide bars
The following year most of us bought mopeds
Mike
Everything surplus pulled off and some renthals of my dads montesa trials bike , fitted with a coke can shim
And a San remo saddle I got from the tip
My mate tosh had a Carlton 10 speed (that's a 5 x 2 for the younger readers) fitted with speedway bars
These were steel braced risers , tho the brace was flattened at the ends so it would fit thru the gap on a stem
Others had choppers with 700c forks and front wheels or Raleigh rsw20'swithh wide bars
The following year most of us bought mopeds
Mike
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