BMX
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I'm really enjoying riding Bet Lynch (my Parts bin banger BMX). So much so that I've pulled the ads to sell it for now. I had a couple of interested buyers but I just felt that I wasn't ready to sell.
Made some improvements as well. I suddenly realised that the way I'd made it up meant that the stem and bars on my 24" are actually far better suited to Bet Lynch, and the stem on bet Lynch was actually the stem I took off my 24", and the Cult bars on Bet Lynch were a better size for my cruiser too.
So now Bet Lynch has Animal four piece high riser bars and a Salt pro stem, and my 24" has its own stem back.
Then, somebody was selling a pair of Stolen (brand) wheels complete with toobs and Tioga G6 whitewall tires in 2.30 diameter for £10.
Stolen Wheels are not expensive but they are decent enough for thrashing and I prefer to thrash cheap wheels not expensive ones. So I went to see them.
They were filthy, there were missing spokes and they were all grimmed up.
the wheels run on sealed bearings but the driver still runs on looseballs.
Paid a tenner, borught them home. Replaced the broken/missing spokes, cleaned out the cassette bore and burnished the races. Added new bearings and fresh grease and then cleaned everything up.
Absolutely perfect brand new wheels. The roll so smooth and quick.
So Bet Lynch got a few upgrades and I;ve been back to the skate park for some mild park riding.
Not that anybody should or does give a shit about any of this, but the BMX thread is now my personal journal thread so *shrugs*