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Hi from Sweden...

Just about to start a reproduction of my bitd bike, an 1985 GT Pro Performer.

It's was a 1985 US built Pro Performer, which unfortunately has long since disappeared from my parents place Although I managed to source a '85 US frame to build my bitd bike from.

It's currently white but once soon the frame and forks will be repowdered GT green.

Although my bitd bike didn't have 401s, I couldn't resist myself this time:

Pedals were and will be Shimano DXs. The new ones were gold with plenty of rash marks, but I've stripped, polished and added new end caps, either I'll leave them natural or possibly have powdered black.

Brakes will be Nippons, just needed a polish and I added the black lettering to them. Will convert them to the heavy duty hex bolts once they arrive. Levers were originally Tech 7's, but having great problems sourcing a pair, so I'll settle with Tech 5s for now.

The wheels will be Araya Aeros (7W), although the managed to find need a bit more work than I first thought. Had planned to restore them silver, but might end up powdered white depending on how nice I finish I can get on them.

Really enjoying the build so far... My wife, however, she's less than impressed with the mess

----EDIT----

The finished bike: http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/gt_bicycles/ … PaFs_JyGSo

Last edited by tfi_friday (2013-01-16 2:49am)

crusher · 2011-05-27 7:05am

I think i would leave it white, but it's your bike. Enjoy the build i'm sure it will come out fine.

tfi_friday · 2011-05-29 10:41pm

I was tempted to leave it white, but even if I did that I'd need it repowdered as the white is much whiter than the original GT white (the seat post is NOS). But since it's my bitd build I'll go for green.

brackett · 2011-05-29 11:22pm

Go whatever you want man , it's your bike.

Just because you are in Sweden doesn't mean you have to post your build progress in this section.

Im moving this to the catchall of BMX fun because thats what it is.

Welcome to the museum.

Kezmo · 2011-05-30 1:05am

Nice bike...

freestyle4me · 2011-05-30 1:36am

Too white eh? Looks like a good powder job though. Can't wait to see it built up in green! I really love the green GTs.

tfi_friday · 2011-05-30 1:40am

It's a bit tough to see in the photos, but if you compare the frame to the bars you'll see the frame has that blue-ish white... yeah I'm picky The powder coating job itself is spot on though.

-st0nka- · 2011-05-30 1:47am

Nice stuff there, good luck with build will look awesome

macr0w · 2011-05-30 4:15am

Where's your helmet young man?

tfi_friday wrote:
Hi from Sweden...

Just about to start a reproduction of my bitd bike, an 1985 GT Pro Performer.

Nice pile-o-parts you have there.

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tfi_friday · 2011-05-30 12:46pm

macr0w wrote:
Where's your helmet young man?

Shhhhhh, don't tell my mum!

erdalicious · 2011-05-30 1:15pm

get me some Swedish chicks!

tfi_friday · 2011-08-06 2:53pm

Bit of an update... still some parts on the way.

Got the frame and a few extra parts back from the powder coaters (SuperBikeDan) and couldn't be more pleased with the results.

The seat clamp was in a rough condition when I bought it, but polished it up had then had it powdered. Then sanded and polished of the excess powder.
Before:

After:

Did something similar to a set of Dia Compe Tech 7's. Stripped, polished and painted. Hard to believe they're the same levers now.
Before:

After:

Restored GT Fork Standers, which were originally chrome.

Gt Frame Standers, which were originally black.

The rims will be Araya Aeros on GT Coaster and Superlace hubs, but I still need to get the spokes sorted so that's just a matter of time.

Redline 401s, Shimano DX and GT Power Disk:

Still plenty of work left to do, mostly with the wheels, but so far by bitd rebuild is coming along so much nicer than I could have imagined.

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THE FUN PALACE · 2011-08-06 4:41pm

It looks awesome man, a green seat would really set it out

erdalicious · 2011-08-06 4:45pm

so far so good, +1 for the green seat!

i love the GT rear hub

JS-44SDS · 2011-08-06 5:49pm

Not a fan of green but it looks really cool...and the resto job is 2nd to none. Have fun man.

bigbob818 · 2011-08-06 6:25pm

Looks awesome! Great work on the levers and seat clamp. Digging the green and white

lperezco74 · 2011-08-06 6:34pm

erdalicious wrote:
so far so good, +1 for the green seat!

i love the GT rear hub

+1, ive never seen one of those GT coasters before, they look great

wfc09 · 2011-08-06 7:34pm

Damn..............That looks killer!

norcalshan · 2011-08-06 8:32pm

You are doing some very nice work there...
That bike is gonna be off the hook...

tfi_friday · 2011-08-12 5:47pm

Refinished the Nippons for the build and very pleased with the results!
How they looked at the start:

I wanted them white and to switch to the heavy duty allen key spindles so I drilled them out before sending them off for powdering. The quick release just needed some minor clean up of the excess powder around the washer to get them looking like this:

To make the inlay black I used an black oil paint Sharpie, then polished off the excess. One of the caliper arms half done:

And the end result:

halfdozenbuzen · 2011-08-12 6:54pm

Green GT's x 1000 Nice Brother Swede

Ghostzapper · 2011-08-12 8:10pm

Skit bra job! Roligt at ser mera Svenkska BMXers. Forgive my sorry Swedish spelling, I don't have a Swedish keyboard on this computer. Post some action shots next.

halfdozenbuzen · 2011-08-12 8:40pm

Get it done then we will drink Gloog and get shitz face Thats talking Swedish the easy way. I m not waiting 4 months to drink it again.

CBR_TOY · 2011-08-13 1:31am

I'm not a f/s guy but damn if this isn't a sweet rebuild! Love the color combo's and attention to detail

the seat post clamp is too

zombie_jesus · 2011-08-13 3:32am

tfi what up man? AWESOME job on this. miraculous turnaround on that seat clamp there.

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