For the old BMXers out there
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Happy banana slug

Joined: Sep 2015
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From: Arcata, California, U.S., North America, Earth, Saggitarius Arm, Milky Way
Bikes: 1984 Araya MB 261, 1992 Specialized Rockhopper Sport, 1993 Hard Rock Ultra, 1994 Trek Multitrack 750, 1995 Trek Singletrack 930
For the old BMXers out there
Thought you might get a kick out of this.
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Hoards Thumbshifters

Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Signal Mountain, TN
Bikes: '23 Black Mtn MC, '87 Bruce Gordon Chinook, '08 Jamis Aurora, '86 Trek 560, '97 Mongoose Rockadile, & '91 Trek 750
I very much like this gentleman's Youtube. Spindatt does a lot of playing around with old frames and he advocates updating stuff. My only knock with him is everything that is updated gets a new 1x system but a lot of his stuff comes out great. I've actually learned new stuff about chains, perfectly selected gears to prevent the need of a tensioner on a singlespeed like this one. Just a fun watch most of the time.
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Happy banana slug

Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 4,545
Likes: 2,493
From: Arcata, California, U.S., North America, Earth, Saggitarius Arm, Milky Way
Bikes: 1984 Araya MB 261, 1992 Specialized Rockhopper Sport, 1993 Hard Rock Ultra, 1994 Trek Multitrack 750, 1995 Trek Singletrack 930
I appreciate that he's gotten better over time; his earlier work was a kind of "I know I'm doing it wrong, but I'm doing it anyway" vibe.
I very much like this gentleman's Youtube. Spindatt does a lot of playing around with old frames and he advocates updating stuff. My only knock with him is everything that is updated gets a new 1x system but a lot of his stuff comes out great. I've actually learned new stuff about chains, perfectly selected gears to prevent the need of a tensioner on a singlespeed like this one. Just a fun watch most of the time.
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Hoards Thumbshifters

Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,211
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From: Signal Mountain, TN
Bikes: '23 Black Mtn MC, '87 Bruce Gordon Chinook, '08 Jamis Aurora, '86 Trek 560, '97 Mongoose Rockadile, & '91 Trek 750
I like some of his older stuff though, It's like learning from a bike mechanic one generation removed from my base of experience. I seriously learned a bunch about chains in an old video that helped me figure out some compatibility questions I had with mixed drivetrains. Very can do attitude. Look up Dklein too, if he cant get you motivated to go on a bike ride, I don't know who will. Dklein's paint job stuff is very cool.




