Orange P-MX-7

[grey-beard]

I'm thinking this will be the start of a transformation of the P7, which is never ridden, into something which is less of a princess and actually gets thrashed a bit.
First is a fork swap.
This:

For this:

 

[grey-beard]

Now it feels like an arse in air cross-country demon!

 

[grey-beard]

I'm now thinking, unusually for me, higher wider bars. Something like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28530919...HJ90Nt5TzK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[grey-beard]

So yes, it feels nice and light, and I'm definitely a fully rigid kind of guy these days.
But in order to fit into the stable, this requires a BMX stem, which I have

and the steel pit bike bars above.
Probably 1x drive train and maybe even tubular steel BMX cranks?

 

[grey-beard]

 

[Lucidone]

I'm now thinking, unusually for me, higher wider bars. Something like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28530919...HJ90Nt5TzK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

They look a good find!

 

[grey-beard]

They look a good find!

I thought so. High without being BMX high, steel rather than aluminium, which I like and my favourite part, they have a lot of cheapness!

 

[grey-beard]

I've ordered the steel pit bike bars from here
https://pitbikeparts.co.uk/product/heavy-duty-black-steel-pit-bike-handlebars-740mm-wide-5-rise/£12 let's see what they're like.

 

[markoc]

Looks interesting... rather like the old Sunn B-Mix, which was clearly 20 odd years ahead of its time!

 

[grey-beard]

Look what just arrived!