![]() ![]() It's been years since i built it so i have forgotten some of the parts that are on it. Smooth tread but not slick.does the job since i wore my primo comet all the way to the tube Rear wheel: Old wethepeople cassette hub laced to a chrome sun rhynolite rim (14mm axle,10 tooth driver) Pegs: Odyssey jpeg light front and i think gi peg rearįront wheel: Cheap stock wheel (14mm axle,black everything) Post: Premium (Aluminum and cut to about 1") Nearly everyone was riding one-piece cranks in the eighties, and the Excalibur had a reputation for being stronger than many of the other one-piece cranks that were on the market. Lurking around this section makes me want to ride my bmx bike so bad.įork: Odyssey butted race fork (Grinded slots from 3/8" to 14mm)Ĭrank: Primo powerbite (With titanium spindle) here's a quote from, they were in production from 1987 until 2007: 'EXCALIBUR ONE-PIECE CRANKS. It's fun as hell even as busted as it is. There's no point trying to convert to a 25 9 setup, i should just sell the bike and get a nicer bmx like a felt or something if i wanted to put any more than say twenty bucks into this bike, right? I'm also going to need to put a new inner tube in the back because my patches aren't holding after a flat today after hopping a curb with low pressure. ![]() i'm assuming the bike isn't worth putting much more than that into. seriously i can't ride ten blocks or two passes of a set of jumps without the cranks working loose, no matter how tight i torque them down. If i can fix the crank problem with a ten dollar used crankset, i'm thinking that would be worth it. I am really not skilled enough at dirt riding to do much with it, but it's been great riding this thing around portland and seattle for the last few days. so ****ing fun) and some pump section action at the i-5 collonade skills park. already taken it off some dirt jumps(actually got some very small air. I'm pretty happy with it for a $45 beater. that probably saved me a couple pounds actually, this department store crap is sooo heavy.Īfter adjusting the brakes and stripping some or most of the decals: Since i can't use them for anything, i took off the reflectors, chainguard, pegs and kickstand. aside from crappy brakes, the rest of the bike is heavy as hell and functional. I took the stickers off the bike along time ago there is only one ELF sticker. The front wheel's untrue and the crank spindle's a little rounded so the left crankarm keeps working itself loose. I'm old (25) and I picked up this pile of absolute trash for 45 bucks. ![]()
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