FAT Chance wicked Finished pics on 1
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perry":34k9yxah said:
Aye I was talking to gazz about it before. I've gave up on seat tube, I have everything from a 14" to 21" seat tube. I did start sizing all my toptubes and stem was fitted found a size where I was happy and adjusted to suit as I approach 700mm things get a bit wavvy and back ache creeps in harder to get airbourne too. 640-670 is the sweet spot with the FAT coming in at 660. The axle/grip size will be interesting
you might be surprised at how much variation there is between all your bikes
toptube length in bmx is very important ( well , from the mid 90s it has been )
the only bike i can ride under 20.5" is my dirtbike at 20.25" . i own that purely because i couldnt afford it in 94 . even 20.5" is a tad short . 20.75" is ok if i angle the bars back slightly 21" is too long unless i wanted to ride very quickly on a track , but i could just angle the bars forwards slightly with a 20.75" . i have one frame thats 20.6"
and you can genuinely feel that little extra over a more common 20.5" . then theres chainstay length . over 14.2" and i cant hop it . under 13.6 and i struggle to keep the front wheel on the ground . there was a point where i was riding often enough that i could feel a frame with a difference in head angle of .5 of a degree
toptube length in bmx is very important ( well , from the mid 90s it has been )
the only bike i can ride under 20.5" is my dirtbike at 20.25" . i own that purely because i couldnt afford it in 94 . even 20.5" is a tad short . 20.75" is ok if i angle the bars back slightly 21" is too long unless i wanted to ride very quickly on a track , but i could just angle the bars forwards slightly with a 20.75" . i have one frame thats 20.6"
and you can genuinely feel that little extra over a more common 20.5" . then theres chainstay length . over 14.2" and i cant hop it . under 13.6 and i struggle to keep the front wheel on the ground . there was a point where i was riding often enough that i could feel a frame with a difference in head angle of .5 of a degree
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perry":2fq7fjms said:blame the americans
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kaiser":7lg2hi3c said:
Meh! I like it the way it is.
Next project for the Ti Flex. utahdog2003":h0ls2c2c said:kaiser":h0ls2c2c said:
Meh! I like it the way it is.
Think your right, was getting the urge to go totally retro but after looking at the original pics I reckon I'll stay put just now
