redline26 by Paul de Valera, on FlickrJust got it rolling, rides pretty good. Going to ride it around for a few weeks before I take it apart and finish the metal work and prep it for nickle plating. Enjoy.
Redline Squareback 26 bmx tribute bike
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redline26 by Paul de Valera, on FlickrJust got it rolling, rides pretty good. Going to ride it around for a few weeks before I take it apart and finish the metal work and prep it for nickle plating. Enjoy.
Love the Dodge!
Just got it rolling, rides pretty good. Going to ride it around for a few weeks before I take it apart and finish the metal work and prep it for nickle plating. Enjoy.
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Awesome tribute! Will look amazing in nickel 
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Jason
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Did you weld this up yourself? Is there a thread I missed? I would love to see your process.
Eh, well I did weld it up myself but once I get started I just go until it's done. I guess that is why I've never entered in a build-off as I'm not going to stop to take pictures. I've been making stuff just to get my TIG skills up so there you go. I used our Genuine Bicycle Products fixture for the front triangle and made another fixture for the squareback rear end. I made drop outs like the early Champion ones as they cost as much to make as a pair fof Surly track dropouts and are way cooler in my opinion. I made the frame and the bars are our Genuine Bicycle Products 818 bars that I cut the straight cross member out of and welded the V cross member to make the V bar. The Redline stem is a copy too, I had 3 NOS clamps and my pal made castings, another friend had an original stem base so I made a copy from his. They are different enough that it won't be easy to pass it off as a copy as mine is 22.2 diameter instead of the stock 21.1 and my welds are not as good in my opinion. I used mid-late 70's era crap for the rest so it should look "era correct" whatever that means now and to whom I would not know 
Great work! Love to see those home burnt frames! 
I like it!
Here's a funny thing...I had a chrome (nickel?) Square Back when I was a kid. Wound up trading it away for an FMF (which I promptly broke on a jump..) and then moved on to early Mt. Bikes..(this was around '82).
Anyway, I heard awhile back from a mutual friend that the dude I swapped with is still around and has the old redline hanging up in his barn.
Well, last night I got a totally out of the blue text from the guy asking me to call him...
Probably will and hopefully I'll roll out to his place and take a look at the old ride!
Plus, he wound up with an old over under shotgun of mine in a different swap...kinda want to see if he'd let me buy it back..
Here's a funny thing...I had a chrome (nickel?) Square Back when I was a kid. Wound up trading it away for an FMF (which I promptly broke on a jump..) and then moved on to early Mt. Bikes..(this was around '82).
Anyway, I heard awhile back from a mutual friend that the dude I swapped with is still around and has the old redline hanging up in his barn.
Well, last night I got a totally out of the blue text from the guy asking me to call him...
Probably will and hopefully I'll roll out to his place and take a look at the old ride!
Plus, he wound up with an old over under shotgun of mine in a different swap...kinda want to see if he'd let me buy it back..
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redline26 (2) by Paul de Valera, on Flickr
redline26 (1) by Paul de Valera, on FlickrYeas same older champion style dropouts and a red menace fork. Enjoy))
