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« on: April 24, 2009, 06:31:41 PM »

A year ago a mate gave me his old BMX because the case manager at rehab (for nerve damage to hands not booze or drugs) told me to get a hobby that used my hands.
I had been playing with bikes and trikes for a while but had always regretted never having the opportunity to race BMX as a kid because we lived in the bush. Not being able to race one also meant not having a real bike to tinker with, the old dragster with Tange forks and solid steel seat post was ok, but wasn't a real BMX, and the track we cut around the farm wasn't a real track, I guess only the injuries were real.
Anyway I found VOSBMX and thought I would ask lots of dopey questions and get some skills and ideas so I could build the type of bike I would have loved BITD.
That bike is an old Fatrax which will be going to the powder coaters next week, nothing really flash about it except it is the sort of thing I would have loved as a kid.
I wanted to get some skills in putting a whole BMX together before I did it so with the help and encouragement of all you guys and even some of your significant others I have done that with an old Torker Troy found and kindly sold to me very cheaply with some great extra parts. Advice from Adrian, Brett, Dean,  Glenn, Phil, Richie, Warren, hmm I'll stop listing now and say just about everyone has been great and I've actually finished putting a mid school bike together the way I want and feel very happy and I know couldn't have done it without you guys.
Although I have a few minor skills at making things I certainly couldn't have done a rebuild or customisation or whatever it is I did without you all.
So thanks for the parts, the bike, the advice, the suggestions, the hints on how to do things right, the emails, the pictures, the messages, the support, and the putting up with my lack of knowledge.
I feel like I can tackle the bike I really like now and not botch it.
Of course I have no idea what I'll do with the Black on Black Torker Qualifier, some snot nosed brat without a father might end up with it one day, I'll just look at it for a while and change bits around.
I was also told by a kid at the school where I volunteer that one of his mates has 'some old Helium bike' as he put it, which he is going to ask if he wants to sell; if this turns out to be for real I'll certainly have to be doing good work.

I wonder if Troy has a pic of when he found it anyway it went from this:

To this:

Cheers Tim
PS: I'm still a crap photographer.
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2009, 06:51:00 PM »

Tim, you've done a great job. I like that. It is a great rider and thats what this is all about. For me anyway. Riding and mates.
Your my mate. I am proud to have you as one too.
I have more mates now because of VBMX than I have ever had in my life. All over the world I have mates I could call up out of the blue and have a place to crash.
I don't have the patients to build a show bike or the $$$$'s. I build what I can when I can. Some of my projects take years (my monoshock I got in 2004!!).
Take it easy mate and enjoy the time. You goin great guns so far.
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2009, 06:51:54 PM »

Hey Tim, that torker scrubbed up really good.
These are the only pics I have of it.
Troy






I'll echo Coasty's words that u all are a great bunch of blokes. Everybody here has different building styles & information on how to & diffenent riding levels (if any at all) & live in different states or countrys but we all have a common theme...BMX....
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« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2009, 07:00:07 PM »

Looking good there m8! lookin real good in fact Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2009, 09:40:39 PM »

Well done mate. Everyone here is a good bloke, even Phil  Grin. If anyone deserves to score a helium its you. Fingers crossed buddy.

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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2009, 10:17:38 PM »

Well done Tim looks hot mate.
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