80s Raleigh BMX - what was it called?
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KUB3 said:
I'm used to light bikes so it would be a bit of a shock if it were to lardy.
If you're coming from an MTB background any BMX is going to feel light, one brake, no suspension, smaller wheels, no gears, even a heavy BMX is going to be lighter than a lot of MTB's
My SE is Aluminium and it's held up ok strength wise but sometimes you can feel it flex, and for the riding I now do (well when I'm fit) I wouldn't ride an aluminium 20" it'd be ok if you're super smooth and only really ride dirt but on street of park it'd last about 5 minutes.
Steel is a bit of a vauge material spec.
For strength you want 4130 chromoly frame and forks, in a sliding scale strenght wise it'd then be 7005 Aluminium, and the bottom of the range, and the heaviest and weakest would be a Hi-ten steel/cro-mo mix, where only a few tubes are cro-mo and most are Hi-tensile Steel.
For strength you want 4130 chromoly frame and forks, in a sliding scale strenght wise it'd then be 7005 Aluminium, and the bottom of the range, and the heaviest and weakest would be a Hi-ten steel/cro-mo mix, where only a few tubes are cro-mo and most are Hi-tensile Steel.
Classics! I tried but failed to find a picture of my Raleigh classic. I used to have a "Raleigh Extreme". It was dark purple with covers on the wheels and 5 speeds! I remember getting it on my 6th or 7th birthday and I know there is a pic of it somewhere amongst the family album. I just remember walking down my stairs and there it was.
My friends were all dead jealous, but I was totally out-done a couple of weeks later by Martin Bickley who got a "Raleigh Even More Extreme", bike for his.
I was gutted!
The only difference was the colour. His was bright green!
Those were the days!
My friends were all dead jealous, but I was totally out-done a couple of weeks later by Martin Bickley who got a "Raleigh Even More Extreme", bike for his.
I was gutted!
The only difference was the colour. His was bright green!
Those were the days!
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