I love this bike...it's my ball-burnished 1981 PK Ripper with unstamped Landing Gear forks and original, unknurled SE Powerwings. The brakes are Dia-Compe MX900s for the front and MX1000s for the rear, with vintage DC brake pads and mint Tech 4 levers. The stem is a beautifully polished Tuf-Neck Pro Model and I've used a Tioga Beartrap headset. The cranks are rechromed Bullseye Second Generation 185mm on a sealed-bearing Bullseye bottom bracket. To this, I fitted some used, but very nice Suntour XC-II pedals. The seat is a near mint Cycle Pro Shotgun II, and the seat post clamp is an NOS, black anodised, stamped Tuf Neck. The wheels are chrome Araya 7x rims, laced to Campagnolo Record high flange hubs. The grips are A'Me Cams. The chain is Izumi. The pad set is a repop. I am still looking for some mint silver Tech 3s for this build.
FRAME: 1981 SE RACING PK RIPPER FORKS: LANDING GEAR (UNSTAMPED) HANDLEBARS: SE POWER WINGS (UNKNURLED) HEADSET: TIOGA BEAR TRAP STEM: TUF-NECK PRO MODEL RIMS: ARAYA 7X 20x1.75 HUBS: CAMPAGNOLO RECORD TYRES: MITSUBOSHI RAINBOW LABEL COMP III FREEWHEEL: SHIMANO DX333 16T CHAIN RING: TUF-NECK 40T CRANK: BULLSEYE (2ND GEN) BOTTOM BRACKET: BULLSEYE BRAKE: DIA-COMPE MX900 / MX1000 / TECH 4 SEAT: CYCLE PRO SHOTGUN II SEAT POST CLAMP: TUF-NECK GRIPS: A'ME CAMS PEDALS: SUNTOUR XC-II PAD SET: REPLICA
I picked up this 500A frame from the US for a real bargain. It wasn't in great shape, so I had it powder coated in a candy red by Danny at PWS Finishing. The Araya TB507x rims are from Natsukashi BMX and they were laced to Bullsheye hubs by RADBMX ShopThe brakes are 1984 Dia-Compe MX 890s with Tech 4 levers. The vintage single pinch, full wrap Redline 170mm 401 Flight cranks were rechromed and the 43T chain ring was in beautiful condition. The Brute stem and STR-1 bars were both picked up on Ebay from the US, as were the Redline seat post and the Peregrine seat post clamp. The minty freshRedline stamped Viscount seat came all the way from Australia and the repop MKS pedals were from Japan. The frame may not be rare or particularly desirable, but I love this bike... it's a definite keeper. Thanks Steve for the pad set!!
