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Dumpster diving: First BMX bike since 1975
We stopped at Jim's new house over Christmas. He got the house cheap because
the previous tenants had trashed the place, and left all their junk. They left 4 parts cars, 2 motorcycles (basketcases), and a big pile o' BMX frames and parts. (!) The stuff was legally his, and he was getting rid of it *that day*. I picked through the BMX stuff pretty good, even though I was in my Christmas dress clothes, and it was like 20 degrees F, and the wife was hovering over me with the "we need to be at so-and-so's in 15 minutes" nag. A hauling crew had already started to toss all the junk into an awaiting dumpster. I had to just about tackle one of the guys to get a big box of BMX parts he was ready to dump. I know a lot about MTB's, road bikes and such; but BMX is another world. I was guessing about some stuff that looked proprietary (cranks, funky rear hub, gyros). We only had room for one bike's worth of parts in the car, so I had to pick a good one from the 8 frames, 5+ wheelsets and 3 big boxes O' parts. I ended up with an Oryg frame - huge oversized tubing, friggin' bombproof steel frame, with a U-brake. It has pretty decent parts hung on it: Profile splined 3-piece forged chromed steel cranks, decent looking rims, sweet old-skool handlebars. This bike could withstand a nuclear holocaust. I got the loot home and bolted together something resembling a bike; but it's not quite ready to ride. It looks pretty sweet. Damn, bro! This bad boy is *heavy*! It's gotta be heavier than my CrMo SS MTB. All of the frames in the pile were friggin' heavy. I used to ride BMX before it existed as a sport. I remember reading about BMX - the new sport - in a magazine, and noticed that the bikes looked a lot like mine. I hung up that good ol' bike in 1975, after many years of dirt jumping, wheelies, drag races, ditch slalom, you name it. That bike took me everywhere. I rode it till the wheels fell off. Now I have a modern version of a BMX bike almost 30 years later. All those years I've never ridden one. Maybe I'm too old for BMX; but it will bring back some memories to ride it around a little, maybe take a few drops and hop some curbs. I don't have any kids to give it to; but I'm sure I can find one somewhere. Rocketman -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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Dumpster diving: First BMX bike since 1975
"Rocketman" wrote in message
news:On7Ib.73299$VB2.146576@attbi_s51... parts. I ended up with an Oryg frame - huge oversized tubing Doh! Just realized that there's probably no such thing as an Oryg frame. The frame has no decals, I was just guessing on the brand (based on what looked like a matching fork, which had a big Oryg logo decal). Yeah, I did notice that "Oryg" is "Gyro" spelled backwards. LOL! Well, I told you I didn't know much about BMX. Anyway, it looks like a pretty sweet frame. The dropouts looked beefier than the other frames, and the previous owners had thoughtfully hung all of the choice parts on it, so I figured it was the best one of the bunch. Rocketman -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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Dumpster diving: First BMX bike since 1975
"Rocketman" wrote in message news:On7Ib.73299$VB2.146576@attbi_s51...
We stopped at Jim's new house over Christmas. He got the house cheap because the previous tenants had trashed the place, and left all their junk. They left 4 parts cars, 2 motorcycles (basketcases), and a big pile o' BMX frames and parts. (!) The stuff was legally his, and he was getting rid of it *that day*. I picked through the BMX stuff pretty good, even though I was in my Christmas dress clothes, and it was like 20 degrees F, and the wife was hovering over me with the "we need to be at so-and-so's in 15 minutes" nag. A hauling crew had already started to toss all the junk into an awaiting dumpster. I had to just about tackle one of the guys to get a big box of BMX parts he was ready to dump. I know a lot about MTB's, road bikes and such; but BMX is another world. I was guessing about some stuff that looked proprietary (cranks, funky rear hub, gyros). We only had room for one bike's worth of parts in the car, so I had to pick a good one from the 8 frames, 5+ wheelsets and 3 big boxes O' parts. I ended up with an Oryg frame - huge oversized tubing, friggin' bombproof steel frame, with a U-brake. It has pretty decent parts hung on it: Profile splined 3-piece forged chromed steel cranks, decent looking rims, sweet old-skool handlebars. This bike could withstand a nuclear holocaust. I got the loot home and bolted together something resembling a bike; but it's not quite ready to ride. It looks pretty sweet. Damn, bro! This bad boy is *heavy*! It's gotta be heavier than my CrMo SS MTB. All of the frames in the pile were friggin' heavy. I used to ride BMX before it existed as a sport. I remember reading about BMX - the new sport - in a magazine, and noticed that the bikes looked a lot like mine. I hung up that good ol' bike in 1975, after many years of dirt jumping, wheelies, drag races, ditch slalom, you name it. That bike took me everywhere. I rode it till the wheels fell off. Now I have a modern version of a BMX bike almost 30 years later. All those years I've never ridden one. Maybe I'm too old for BMX; but it will bring back some memories to ride it around a little, maybe take a few drops and hop some curbs. I don't have any kids to give it to; but I'm sure I can find one somewhere. Rocketman I'm supposed to look at a friend's friend's old GT this week, even though I'm 6'2 with a bad back and there's no way I'm going to fit on that thing anymore. Still, I'll look. I've already got a couple 'artwork' bikes that don't come down from the wall much. /s -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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Dumpster diving: First BMX bike since 1975
In article L08Ib.4406$I07.10362@attbi_s53,
"Rocketman" wrote: "Rocketman" wrote in message news:On7Ib.73299$VB2.146576@attbi_s51... parts. I ended up with an Oryg frame - huge oversized tubing Doh! Just realized that there's probably no such thing as an Oryg frame. The frame has no decals, I was just guessing on the brand (based on what looked like a matching fork, which had a big Oryg logo decal). Yeah, I did notice that "Oryg" is "Gyro" spelled backwards. LOL! Well, I told you I didn't know much about BMX. Anyway, it looks like a pretty sweet frame. The dropouts looked beefier than the other frames, and the previous owners had thoughtfully hung all of the choice parts on it, so I figured it was the best one of the bunch. http://www.staff-bmx.com/store/gyros/oryg.html You're right. The Oryg in question is an interesting rotor device that fits around the top of the steering tube. It allows the handlebars to be spun completely around without fouling the rear brake cable. The brake cable comes from the lever, splits with a special splitter, and then attaches to the top disc in the picture. That disc can lift the lower disc up, but the two discs can rotate, one turning with the stem, the other fixed to the frame. A second split cable is attached to the lower disc, from whence it goes through an, er, un-splitter and runs back to the rear brake. The front brake cable goes down inside the middle of the steering tube, comes out the bottom of the fork crown, and needs no special treatment. These features are only found on freestyle BMX bikes. Racers generally have only a rear brake, and no gyro. -- Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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Dumpster diving: First BMX bike since 1975
Ryan Cousineau wrote in news:rcousine-
: http://www.staff-bmx.com/store/gyros/oryg.html Heh...reminds me of a swashplate from a helicopter. -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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