Anyone else ever try this?
04-24-05, 07:41 AM
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Anyone else ever try this?
I got bored the other day so I took some extra bike parts I had laying around and made this miniature "mountain bike" I guess you could call it. It rides pretty weird but I can bunnyhop higher on this than any other BMX frame, plus it feels better going over bumps.
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Also, you can't see it in the picture but the handle bars are currently clamped on by the top cross bar rather than the bottom like its supposed to be, they were way too high when bolted on correctly. i plan to eventually cut off the excess that I don't use and throw some rear brakes on it. I cant use any on the front because the fork only takes v-brakes for 26 inch wheels.
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Me and my friend put a "zokes zone" suspension fork on this little bike just for the hell of it. It sucked.
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That bike is awesome. Put a 26" on the front and run two brakes.
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Looks fun lol... Over here, we've got a sort of new craze starting, my bro and his amtes, along with about 30 other people i know get those cheap little toddler bikes with the 8 inch wheels and stuff like that, out of skips, bins scrap, whatever, they're so light and throwable, you see more people riding these peices of junk at the skatepark than what you do mountain bikes..... Weird :S
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Originally Posted by bruiser2
I got bored the other day so I took some extra bike parts I had laying around and made this miniature "mountain bike" I guess you could call it. It rides pretty weird but I can bunnyhop higher on this than any other BMX frame, plus it feels better going over bumps.
You should patent it and do it quick before WallMart stills your brilliant idea….
04-24-05, 07:21 PM
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Im currently putting a bigger fork on a small kiddie bike; the fork will have a huge tire on it which will make for some fun. 
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I did a similar thing a while back. Used a 24" suspension fork on a kiddies BMX, it had a coaster brake so I didn't need any cables...it looked alright for a throw together. I used it to cruise around the warehouse at my work, man that thing did awesome mono's 
04-25-05, 02:34 AM
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Hey Mael, where are those pics of the headtube getting sheared off from that huge fork on that one bike? 
