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tmx

aka chromegoddess
Mar 16, 2003
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that's such a badass bike, seismic. just love how compact that frame is. it'd be such a monster with modern dh geo. any idea what the frame / build weighs?
:shocked: which is it? you bugged the superco office or you're psychic?

seismic, did you read the history behind the hitman on our site?
 

tmx

aka chromegoddess
Mar 16, 2003
1,683
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Portland
thanks jpop.


xy9ine, it seems there's so much going on around here i didn't know about some of it until yesterday. LOL! oddly enough i was finding out around the same time of day as your psychic post. seriously, did you bug the joint?

the beans are in their preliminary soaking stage so it's too soon to spill 'em.
 

Jimmy_Pop

Turbo Monkey
Mar 1, 2002
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Phoenix, Az USA
"the beans are in their preliminary soaking stage so it's too soon to spill 'em."

that's the perfect amount of time for me to start saving my pennies. cant wait to have a superco!
 

sikocycles

Turbo Monkey
Feb 14, 2002
1,530
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CT
After 4 season I decided to get my silver RaceLInk repainted.
Here are a few picture. Should be good for another year or two or once someone that will remain nameless starts to build a new DH bike. You know who you are.

 

ire

Turbo Monkey
Aug 6, 2007
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You guys are gonna laugh at me, but I never noticed that the RL has a BMX BB. Your new paint job looks great
 

xy9ine

Turbo Monkey
Mar 22, 2004
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vancouver eastside
so hot! love the old skinny-tubed rl's. especially sweet with the ti coil & floater. can i have it?

random: i saw a guy in full commuter mode ride down my street the other day on a yellow rl. i've yet to see or hear of any brooklyns in vancouver, and this guy just rides by my house as i'm sitting in the living room. i almost ran out the door after him. trippy. also tragic in that it doesn't look like it ever sees dirt.
 

seismic

Turbo Monkey
Dec 22, 2003
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South East Asia
so hot! love the old skinny-tubed rl's. especially sweet with the ti coil & floater. can i have it?

random: i saw a guy in full commuter mode ride down my street the other day on a yellow rl. i've yet to see or hear of any brooklyns in vancouver, and this guy just rides by my house as i'm sitting in the living room. i almost ran out the door after him. trippy. also tragic in that it doesn't look like it ever sees dirt.
That is a pitty...it should see some dirt.
 

sikocycles

Turbo Monkey
Feb 14, 2002
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Number 46 alive and well.
Keep thinking I want a new DH bike but this one ride so well. Now it looks new. The color came out super sweet.
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
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May 23, 2002
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You guys are gonna laugh at me, but I never noticed that the RL has a BMX BB. Your new paint job looks great
yes and no...it has a custom BB that uses eccentric cups with pressed-in profile bearings...I'm not sure whether or not the size of those eccentrics is standard to anything or not. It's not just a press-in BMX style setup.
 

jonKranked

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Nov 10, 2005
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You guys are gonna laugh at me, but I never noticed that the RL has a BMX BB. Your new paint job looks great
actually its a large bb shell for an eccentric bb. this is how you keep tension on the non-drive side chain (going from the cranks to the jackshaft spindle). its euro sized bmx 3 piece cranks. You could run regular mtb bb on it (i think) the only problem is that I haven't seen standard mtb cranks that are LSD compatible. that's LSD "left side drive", not the hippy drug.


edit: sandwich beat me to it!
 

DHS

Friendly Neighborhood Pool Boy
Apr 23, 2002
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the RL bb is a bmx bb, american standard. but the width is different.

but for other frames with the american bb, you could run that eccentric if you wanted too. say, the old part bike.
 

ire

Turbo Monkey
Aug 6, 2007
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actually its a large bb shell for an eccentric bb. this is how you keep tension on the non-drive side chain (going from the cranks to the jackshaft spindle). its euro sized bmx 3 piece cranks. You could run regular mtb bb on it (i think) the only problem is that I haven't seen standard mtb cranks that are LSD compatible. that's LSD "left side drive", not the hippy drug.


edit: sandwich beat me to it!
ah, makes sense...it would suck to have to run a tensioner on the LSD
 

jonKranked

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yup, i run the eccentric cups in my park to push the spindle further to the rear..shortening the c/s length
have you had problems with durability on the eccentric cups? I know a few people who were interested in doing this, but weren't sure whether or not it could handle the abuse. And this is on more than just bmw frames...
 

chaloots

Chimp
Mar 16, 2004
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dirty jerz via Bklyn
no issues yet but i have to say i've been riding my bmx more than the park so i dont have that much time the setup..i can tell you that mod and dremeling out the drops so i can slam the rear wheel the bike feels much better(to me) for park and dirt