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[njc11]

I restored my BMX last year!!

DP Firebird Freestyler Glynn Lewis Edition... The bike i wanted was a Haro Master Freestyler in the same green i did the DP in... The other bikes on my wish last was a first generation Hutch Trick Star in candy apple red the the SE Racing Quadangle or PK Ripper with Landing Gear Forks!

Check this link out... some proper old skool gear, and some NEW old skool to buy!!

>Alans BMX<

Another..

>BMX Non Stop<

Another..

>Vintagebmx.com<

and if you go to this link and choose firebird / glyn lewis freestyler thats my bike!! The frame & forks i had shot blasted and powder coated and new stickers made up the tuff II's with suntour coaster i cleaned up everythng else i bought new old skool from Alans BMX!

>My BMX!!!!!<

Cheers

Nick

[Richy]

Just edited my seloc post Just got of the phone to my bud and his bro got a ole Mongoose in his shed going to take a look tomorrow

[SPLAM]

Mushroom grips, that brings back childish memorys. Sorry, that were a bit random.

[Richy]

Nick i used to dream about of owning a green haro with white mags after seeing one on the front cover of BMX action Your DP is the nads

[jules_s]

No offence nick....the DP freestyler didnt live upto its name (IYKWIM)

truly truly awful imitation of the HARO freestyler...in fact i would go as far as to say it was one of the worst BMX'x built (im guessing you know my stuff here)

the quadangle...in the exact same colours as mine..



fcuking sh*t...one arial...snapped....PK ripper? same thing...aluminium just aint strong enough...and as for landing gear forks you may as well weld 1kg to the from of you bike then wait for the forks to bend forward

[jules_s]

R1CHY...on reflection...you are welcome to mine gratis I wont ride it again, so let me know

[Richy]

R1CHY...on reflection...you are welcome to mine gratis

I wont ride it again, so let me know

I'll take it of your hand Jules let me know when your ready

[jules_s]

ok mate...you pick the fokka up though yeah? funny hearing this (dp) stuff...takes me back The DP thing all started off with curtis BMX anybody remember? T45 tubing and sold by the bucketload for racing IIRC it was two guys from Aerospce in bristol...they split and one made Brain curtis bikes (trial mx bikes too) the other was DP.... I helped develop the Brian curtis freestyler...the alternate was the DP freestyler....the DP being based (hopelessly) on the GT freestyler (eddie banana bloke) and the original haro freestyler... the lightest i managed to get any of them with skyways was 25kg...ie hopeless...way way to heavy christ how time flies

[njc11]

I couldn't afford a Haro Master at the time so picked up the DP frame as it looked very similar to the Haro... What do you know about the Glyn Lewis Edition I got?? A mate of mine got a yellow Eddie Fiola look alike GT Pro Performer complete with yellow skyways.. that looked the muts! Another mate had a Raliegh Night Burner i shouldnt laugh he drives a F355 now and is a dentist Jules... have you seen how much Quads are going for?? i dunno if Andy Prestons old one is still for sale on Alans site but imsure that was going for £750 just checked its still on there along with a red one which is up for £1k Cheers Nick Cheers Nick

[jules_s]

Glyn Lewis rings a bell actually... cant remember why.....i think he was crap...wasnt he the guy that was (sort of god on the ground) but shite in the air? long time ago.... all i can say is that 99.9% of freestyle bikes are sh*t.....they are just tooooo fcuking heavy...lets face it if you want to to 15' foot airs and land like a brick they might just be acceptable... i didnt do the glory stuff pics wise...but blew away quite a load of the so called best. for flatland forget a 'freestyle' frame...they were built by idiots to last...haros were a typical example...their blyther frame was soooo fcuking heavy it was unusable...same with the GT's...that ran at 27kg for a so called 'freestyler'... i met eddie once and his wasnt a stock model more like a GT pro my advice? buy a race model if you are looking old skool.... and forget CW frames R1CHY

[Richy]

Glyn Lewis rings a bell actually...

cant remember why.....i think he was crap...

That made me chuckle

Sorry i aint replied been on phone to other arf for 45mins

I want one mostly for dirt and ramp work but i still wana do 360's while cycling down the local beach front [just for the ladies ofcourse]


Its going to be like the 'great bikers build off' on here .....what 'av we started

Jules when you want me to get it just let me know,
We'll strip it down so i can put it in the VX

[njc11]

Found the pics of the BMX on my work PC...

Jules the frame was 4130 CrMo???

[Richy]

Just thought id drag this up again... Picked up a vintage Dyno GT - free Its abit of a sorry state so im after a black rear Skyway Tuff2 and a front brake system to fit a 1986 GT epoch headset . Anyone know of a GT specialist

[lotusbeater]

I've got a Matt Hoffman Wembley stadium edition not quite old school but very cool A few scuff marks and will be restored tor the summer

[Lps]

To say i was gutted when my dad gave away my Diamond Back Viper was an understatement.

still remember asking for it in the bike shop for Xmas "Dad, [Andys voice]I want that one[/andys voice]

"but son, thats £150!"

farking bear traps made short work of my shins in 1982 i tell ya

Andy & Neil Ruffle lived locally (BMX Beat etc) and after seeing him jump over a car in the local swimming pools car park i just knew i had to get me one of them. The boys had a HUGE half pipe in their drive which was surrounded by a 8ft high fence, the times id seen cars nigh on crash into the back of each other after a kid on a bike *appeared* 15ft up in the air from behind the fence.