Seeing as my old bike is sitting in my hallway I thought I would get back out in it. To my susrprise I really enjoyed myself and found the jumps, hops etc came flooding back (unlike my level of fitness ).

As I rolled her out Tuesday, notice the purple bits? Very 90's)







Now, many moons ago I had a Cook Bros chainset but a sticky fingered twat helped themselves to it when I left the bike in town . I threw an old Shimano Exage unit on to get me out of trouble but then had my accident so never changed it back out for something better. Problem is I now can't remember if I changed the bottom bracket when I swapped to the Exage unit

I want to put a decent chainset on again (of the old school variety as it will match the bike), am I likely to need to change the bottom bracket?

Been looking at Middleburn and Cook Bro's on E-Bay

 

just get some spokey dokeys on it!

tho i wouldnt have thought u would need to change the botton bracket. ud be best taking it down to a local bike store who can look up the model on his computer etc

also ... lovin the purple bits

 

middleburn rs3 or above is what i would go for, same sort of era as the bike

ive still got all my old bikes,, need to build one of em up and start riding again as my fitness is WELL gone down hill from when i was racing at the age of 17 pmsl

what frame is that, looks like a townsend/claud butler/taiwanese type frame

 

ps: who ever "snowflaked" your wheel deseves to be shot..... its only ment to be half a twist !!!

 

oh and you have the BEST handlebar grips i ever used !!!, onza porkupaws,,,, most grippy and comfy grips ever !!!

 

Frame is a Coyote Ultra Lite, I got it as an 18th from my parents (Now that dates it )

 

Mint Sauce? (the purple bits)

 

Shoot me then as I built all my own wheels. It's survived well though, and done many races without issue (as well as some daft stunts/jumps)

Had a radial laced wheel as whell on a Hope Super Bubba hub but that went with teh Cook Bro's chainset :-(

 

ahh so it is,,,, was sold through as either frameset or as custom built bikes,, nothing wrong with em tbh, that was my first ally bike frame and was very very stiff just the frame weighed in as 4.4 pounds and had a large head tube but still a pukka bike

i guessed a pro never built the wheels as it was a comon mistake when building them, makes the spoke angles too harsh so the wheels need to be over tensioned but most people never notice

ive still got the first snowflake i ever built ( i refused to pay a extra 15 quid for the wheel so done it myself),,,,,,, i made that mistake and always had people pointing it out at weekends or racedays

what shoes you use,,, im guessing based on the age of the bike possibly nike poohbars, most comfortable show i ever found for riding the weekend, though cleat pulling though was fucking anoying, shimano was the strongest for racing though,, but made my toes cold in the winter


how many ORIGINAL no fear T-shirts you own then ????

 

mint sauce with hes pace framed bike !!!

btw i had a blast from the past the weekend,,, watching redbull xfighters,,, rob warner was presenting it

back YEARS ago i done a fun race against him at bicycle expo at alexandra palace,, he was wearig BMX pedals on hes bike and so never heard of him,, though i would be sorted,,, i done him for the first 30 metres,,,,, then he fucked off and went !!!!

next thing hes riding for team MBUK and a up and comming name

 

It's been a good hack, Whole thing weighed in at 26lb which for its time wasn't bad.

I use Shimano shoes with multi release cleats although I'm going to have to get another pair I think as they are seriously showing their age.

Don't have any No-Fear T-shirts any more saddly.

Remember the Name Rob Warner from the days of MBUK.

 

whats your favorite no fear quote

mine was " second place is first looser",,,,, i loved that t-shirt and always trained in it,,,,,, then came off hard and ripped it in dorking

never found that t-shirt again

 

[QUOTE=Oranoco;4332702]It's been a good hack, Whole thing weighed in at 26lb which for its time wasn't bad.

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i got mine to around that tbh,,, there wasnt much in em tbh in reality

my canondale M600 was just over 24 when i rebuilt it,,,,, then i built it into a gt zasker and it weighed in at 29 !!!!!,,, then i went full sus and then i discovered nightclubs and,,,, well gave up

 

You can remeber the quotes! Flippin heck mate, I can't remember what I did 3 weeks ago never mind what was on a T-shirt I wore 15+ years ago.

Always wanted a GT RTS-1 but never did get one. I got knocked off my road bike which left me with a damaged hip and knee. I was unable to ride for months and then discovered beer, pubs and women so the bike just sat in the garage :-(

 

All this thread takes me back...the good old days!

If you cant find a crank let me know, I have a mint 93 lx one in the shed, virtually new. You can have it for gratis

 

for me i was sent to mange a bike shop in kilburn,west london, i used to race every wednesday in stratford, east london,,,,, by the time i rode there on a bike i was too fucked to actually race,,,,, instead i just crossed the road and went to the pub after work,,,,, that was where it happened,,, soon getting up at 7am sunday to either ride to training or ride to the national races was the time i was comming home,,,, going to bed and nurse the hangover

down side is some of the places i worked at or raced with seem to have done well by sticking with it

i worked at evans cycles when i was 16,,, they had 2 branches back then and i used to travel with the cycle surgery race team to the events and train with em,,,,, ahhhhhhhhh if i could go back in time,,,,,,,,,, i wouldnt change a thing !!!! pmsl