LTJ's fresh finds: Vintage looptail BMX!

[horsefarmer]

Scored an awesome bike today!
@kelvin hahnel gave me this bike in trade for some work I did for him, perfect period Klunker, check out the length of those chain stays!:

Great bars and stem:

Nice straight blade BMX style forks in chrome, should clean up nice:

Thinking about some aluminium rims and a switch to coaster brake for no cables, a general clean and then ride!

Thanks again Kel!

Luke.

Plenty of ground clearance at the crank for sure !

 

[LukeTheJoker]

@chattymatty Thinks my MasterSports may be a CyclePro rebadge... Pretty cool if it is!
Certainly looks extremely similar!

Luke.

 

[chattymatty]

And that Norco rebadge I mentioned:

Like I say, everyone who rides these around here loves them- nice relaxed geo and bombproof... they just just don't get much love from the 4130 snobs (he said, looking around, rolling his eyes, coyly looking for any distraction to draw attention away from himself )

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Not so much a find as a buy, but they were hard to find and I kind of lucked into them...

26 inch, 48 hole, double wall, eyeletted heavy duty tandem rims for a future Klunker build:

Looked everywhere trying to find 48 spoke rims or even un-drilled 26" rims, eventually found them through a one line mention in an eBay add for a closing down bike shop. Got them for $20 each and $22 postage, total $62 AUD!

Luke.

 

[Chad T]

Nice score!

 

[Bicycle808]

I'm loving your new ride, @LukeTheJoker ... I agree, the geo and details are very similar to old CyclePro bikes.... which is a very good thing.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I'm loving your new ride, @LukeTheJoker ... I agree, the geo and details are very similar to old CyclePro bikes.... which is a very good thing.

Thanks 808! Really looking forward to cleaning it up and throwing some rims on it!

Luke.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Picked up some tire fodder for future builds today!

V8 SUPERCAR TIRES!

A wet weather tire and a slick:

Turns out the slick has a small puncture in the sidewall, I am pretty sure it could be repaired though!

Luke.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Picked up a 1980 Repco Hotfoot BMX today!
Made by Giant...

A clean up, maybe some paint, new wheels and call it done!

Luke.