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wow canti brakes hitech 80's style nice bike i want i want

wat r those things on the spokes?

hey,
those are cantilever brakes..
RRS was the first to use those..
the things on the spokes are called zip ties, they make the wheel stiffer, according to some. I REALLY want an RRS 24" for the bmxmuseum.
they were the FIRST to make them!!!
Cheers

YEEEEEEES, that`s a real nice one. Am I right? Are there Bullseye hubs on this beauty?

Last edited by oeli (2007-03-03 4:44am)

I found someone who has one of these in Mint cond complete... .is this bike complete worth a grand ???

I think that is what he will want !!!!

I had a red 20" (pretty rare around the track back then, only one I ever saw, too small for me too damn!), and I had a blue 24" crusier, the crusiers were suuuuper popular, great geometry, it was so nice never to have to readjust your brakes, or loosen or tighten your back wheel. The forks were called "Hot Legs" you can kinda make it out on the forks in the picture. They also used 110 or ten speed headsets which were considered higher quality then the bmx sized headsets of the day. I know somebody that has a white crusier I'll have to see if he could upload some pics. Oh and that Uni seat was called a Moon.

Last edited by Iweldbikes (2007-10-14 11:36pm)

If you look at some late 70's BMX Action mags there are some articles about RRS mods and they are done to early Garry Turner (GT) frames.

just one????? where are they all????????

how would zip ties help the wheel be stiffer?

I was once told the brakes are RRS, but I don't think so. I think they are early Dia-Compe cantis. Some people use Mafacs.

I have a pic of Geoff Rutherford's RRS (It's actually a modified GT.) and it shows the brakes. I can email you the article if you send me your address. I've wanted and RRS ever since I saw that article. The bike is total sickness.

The BBs are easy to use and adjust. The eccentric is meant to help you tighten the chain. Instead of pulling the wheel back, you rotate the BB in the eccentric.

I'm not sure RRS ever sold completes, but maybe. I only know of the frame kits, which had the f/f, BB, brakes. You can probably build it as you like.

Love those things. Have since the day I saw the article in BMXA on Geoff Rutherford's RRS prototype. They used a GT for the frame. Had the coolest, painted, crossbar-less Cook Bros. bars, too. That was a SICK bike.

I'm with you Planet-X!  I remember freaking out when I saw that article in the mighty BMXA.  I've always wished they had published those pics in color.  I know it would have crushed my dreams even more - $800 frogskins back in 1979!  Holy Cannoli!

JP

I'd like to see what the dropouts looked like - if they were modified as well.  Good luck finding that bar/stem combo!

JP