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What are some really stupid mods you've seen? I think shaving drop outs is kinda stupid, or drilling holes in shit "save weight"
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People welding railed seats to their toptube. Cutting brake mounts off. Bolting seat posts in. Drilling holes in crossbars.
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I drilled holes in my tt and dt, cut my seat tube down, cut off brake mounts, shaved drop outs and made a cut out in the headtube and bb shell to save weight.
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I come from an era when shaving drop outs was the in thing. Back in the early 2000's Drop outs where fucking massive so you just shaved the bottom or contoured them to the shape of your peg so you didn't wreck your drop outs grinding because quite a few frames didn't have heat treated drop outs too. Also to Zenith, A lot of frames in that time too only came with welded mount options & i know from my point of view it was sheer aesthetics but i didn't like the big lugs, guides & in some cases welded gyro tabs sticking out of my frame! If you did a good job of it & then Re-painted your frame you would never have known the frame came with the mounts etc.
Now to what i think are ridiculous... I never liked the Eastern grim reaper style frame with all the fucking stupid cut outs but what made it worse was when kids decided they could do it to their normal frame & just cut massive holes in their frames! I never liked Drop Outs with holes in them stock but when people drilled holes in them i think that's pretty idiotic! Never got the whole wedge mod thing either cutting your frame down so you can never run anything but a wedge post *Claps Hands* good way to ruin your frame buddy. When Sunday showed their original Second Wave it had the shorter headset cups that just held the bearings & didn't cover them, i have seen a couple of people take a grinder to their head tubes (Not just on Sunday frames either!) Drilling holes in your grip tubes on your bars because it "prevents throttle grip" is also a fucking stupid idea IT DOESN'T I know a couple of companies still offering this too! As mentioned by a couple of you doing it to your cross bar too! Way to weaken your bars one of the most important parts of your bike that you REALLY don't want to break! I've seen people only run 2 bolts in the front of their 4 bolt face plate because that's "all you need" & you "save weight". I think that's all i can think of right now, over my 12/13 years in BMX i have seen some Fucking Retarded "Modifications"
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Four wrote:I drilled holes in my tt and dt, cut my seat tube down, cut off brake mounts, shaved drop outs and made a cut out in the ...more
Chrisaustin wrote:Thats just stupid.
But my bike is lighter. Also cut my bars, seat post, got rid of my seat clamp, cut forks, took the padding out of my seat and cut my grips down a bit.
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Chrisaustin wrote:Thats just stupid.
Four wrote:But my bike is lighter. Also cut my bars, seat post, got rid of my seat clamp, cut forks, took the padding out of my seat and ...more
Chrisaustin wrote:Thats just dumb though.... there is a such thing as overkill... and shaving off parts is overkill..
But now i can hop whip i couldnt before on my old 23lb tank.
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Four wrote:But my bike is lighter. Also cut my bars, seat post, got rid of my seat clamp, cut forks, took the padding out of my seat and ...more
Chrisaustin wrote:Thats just dumb though.... there is a such thing as overkill... and shaving off parts is overkill..
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I drill holes in my grips to save weight...
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Chrisaustin wrote:Thats just dumb though.... there is a such thing as overkill... and shaving off parts is overkill..
Four wrote:But now i can hop whip i couldnt before on my old 23lb tank.
Chrisaustin wrote:Pussy. all i can say is, pussy
but now my bike is like 18 or 19lbs bcas i also have all ti, bolts, spindle, seatpost and I put holes in my barends because the plastics are too heavy normally.
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I removed my seat, cut the seat tube flush, and stuck a maxi pad to my frame with the adhesive tape. Saved soooo much weight! I'm going to drill holes in my Ribcages next so they look like the old mongoose proclass rims!
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Chrisaustin wrote:you're joking right? thats a stock GT race bike weight.
no jokes, i think it's kind of heavy tho. I got folding tires but I think ima get race tires and a lighter headset and sprocket mine r too heavy. I'm actually working on drilling holes in my rims too, to make them lighter because they're really heavy too.
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Haha I actually tried to 180 without a seat the other day since the animal wedge post thinks it's so funny to move when I ride and I couldn't haha. I couldn't even hop.
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Chris if you don't mind me asking how old are you? You seem to have no grasp on sarcasm at all! Four has been making a mockery of you & you seem to have no idea whats going on haha.
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I know he's joking.. i got it right around " But my bike is lighter. Also cut my bars, seat post, got rid of my seat clamp, cut forks, took the padding out of my seat and cut my grips down a bit." Just didnt know if he was truly a dumb ass like the illuminati guy or if he was joking... its hard to get sarcasm on the internet.
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I have seen a friend shave his integrated headset into a standard one. Also bitches running an 18 inch back wheel haha
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i guy i know cut his seat tube out completely on his old atkien frame.
And he rode hard and still has it lol.He did it for style not weight.
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I chopped off my balls to save weight.. now i run .5 milliseconds faster than before.
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i always found putting holes in yourself helps. I have noticed with my new piercing i can hop all of 2cm higher......
jk holes in shit is retarded. saw a dude try to warranty bars with holes in them...
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the coalition holy cross bars come with holes in them. they actually look really dope.
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