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1986(?) Privateer carbon fiber mini, only one ever made. Featured in BMX Plus or Super BMX following a Mini Shootout/head to head article. I would love to include a scan of the article, but I can't find it.

 

The tubes are hand spun carbon fiber glued and pressed into alloy lugs, drops and headtube. The frame weighs just under 40 ounces and cost PeddlePower over a grand to manufacture.

 

This has never been posted anywhere, and unless you have that magazine or hung out in my garage you've never seen any mini like this before. Hope you like it, I've always wanted to build this like it's shown in the magazine so if anyone has it or knows the month/year please contact me.

 

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Just finished this one-my first and only mini build. Got to get better pix though.

 

Parts run down.

 

 

F/F NOS Profile Mag Mini

Headset NOS Black Stronglight w/ SST red dirt skirt

HDST Lock NOS Hutch Magnesium

Seat clamp none TI bolt that also holds the quick release

Seat UNI Mini NOS Graphite

Stem STUDD Mini

Bars RACE Inc. to be replaced

Grips AME Mini Duals NOS

Brakes DC 750 Center pulls NOS

Brake Lever Shimano DX NOS Black

Cable DC

Brake pads Skyway Pro pads NOS

Tires Panaracers NOS

Rims NOS UKAI Black 1 1/8

Hubs Profile LF Gyrolite Magnesium AL axles

Spokes Titanium

Nipples Red alloy

Freewheels Suntour 14 and 17t

Cranks NOS Profile Magnatanium mini 165mm TI spindle

Chainring STUDD with Studd bolts

Pedals Profile Magnatanium mini Mag bodies and TI spindles

Pads Black ZAP

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hector...great article! not only does it have the carbon-fiber privateer,gary houseman's free agent but it also has cyclecraft's "mini" w/ the titanium forks! a few months ago i acquired one for my niece, but didn't have a clue what direction to take it in....'87 is a little out of my element. lol speaking of houseman, did you notice rich "rocket" houseman has joined the "society"? coming soon....pics of his "old ride" w/ gold plated parts! :ThumbsUp:

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That shootout article is priceless Hector. I love that Cyclecraft mini. Did CC make those in-house? I assume they did, but always wondered why the dropout on their mini's were different than their other models.

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Before JMC built "mini" frames little kids rode bikes similar to this:

 

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*1977 JMC "short"

*Matthews fork 1st gen

*DG mini bars (alloy)

*24 hole Fiamme sew up rims

radial lace front, cross-skip radial lace rear

*48 hole Phil Wood BMX hubs

*Dura-ace cranks (drilled)

*Weinmann caliper (drilled)

*Plastic seat (drilled) mounted directly to frame seat tube

(no seat post clamp)

*Union pedals

*Grab-On grips

*JMC Pit Stand (optional)

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1976 Steve Skibel was on the new DG BMX team with Stu Thomsen and Jeff Bottema. Steve was a pint sized mega fast racer and with the help of his father Steve Sr. they combined efforts on building "mini" sized bike and parts to allow Steve to have the edge on his competition. Introducing euro bottom brackets, alloy cranks, caliper brakes they got a bike below 20 pounds.

 

The February Bicycle Motocross magazine featured Steve on the cover and his trusty mount. Steve is the youngest rider ever to be on the cover of the mighty Bicycle Motocross Action. The brand new DG Super Pro Junior frame features the early mini fork that has drilled vs. stamped DG dropouts. This frame features a built-in seat post clamp to save weight. The Dia-Compe brake lever and caliper have been drilled to save weight also. Combining the Sugino alloy cranks, Stronglight alloy headset and bottom bracket, then Campy track hubs makes for one fast machine weighing in at 19 pounds!

 

Myke Landis was another DG racer and his Dad modified the rear dropout to include another allowing for a rear geometry that suited Myke better.

 

Click here for a video presentation

 

Hope you all enjoy another historical ride from the cover of Bicycle Motocross Action.

 

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VEHICLE

 

Frame - DG Super Pro Mini with dual rear drop outs, one of a kind (original DG stickers)

Fork - DG mini with drilled fork tabs vs. stamped (original DG stickers)

Stem - DG / Powerlite (DG advertised once but didn't produce)

Bars - DG mini

Grips - DG blue, NOS

Headset - Stronglight alloy

Rims - Araya 7b

Hubs - Campagnolo high flange track, NOS

Freewheel - Shimano, NOS

Front Tire - Kenda diamond tread 20 x 1.75, NOS

Rear Tire - Kenda diamond tread 20 x 1.75, NOS

Caliper - Dia-Compe 890, drilled for lightness, NOS

Brake Lever - Dia-Compe, drilled for lightness, NOS

Brake pads - Mathauser finned

Chain - Regina, NOS

Chain ring - Sugino 42 teeth, drilled for lightness

Cranks - Sugino 171's, NOS

Bottom Bracket - Stronglight alloy

Pedals - Bob Reedy

Seat - Leather, NOS

Seat post - DG, 4 inches for lightness

Seat post clamp - Built-in

Padset - DG original

Plate - Rectangle 103x

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Hoping some people that have been cranking out minis the past couple years will contribute their bike's photos to this thread.... and to the database.

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Mini/Junior Shootout BMXA May 87

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holy chet, there it is, and its an 87 BMXA! thanks hector, ive been looking everywhere for that magazine!

 

damn its still hard for me to tell what parts were used..

I know Lynch said the cranks were TA's and the hubs were hutch magnesiums. emoticon_duh.gif

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Mini/Junior Shootout BMXA May 87

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holy chet, there it is, and its an 87 BMXA! thanks hector, ive been looking everywhere for that magazine!

 

damn its still hard for me to tell what parts were used..

I know Lynch said the cranks were TA's and the hubs were hutch magnesiums. emoticon_duh.gif

lionel, you finally gonna build it?

 

 

that's such a dope frame.

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1990 Badd & company

 

one of 10 made, I had 2 of them. One with euro bb went to Bellingham Washington and one is still with my son. He races on this lean mean machine!

 

When i say 1 of 10 made, they only made 10 excalibur (model) with b&e who was making it for system cycles - Still Badd.

 

""Unfortunately for Bruce Goin, the tide was shifting in the sport, and 'rider-owned' companies like S&M were quickly pulling ahead. It was an era where having a brown S&M Holmes was far more respectable than having a chrome Badd, even though the two bikes were built side-by-side in B&E's weld shop. An attempt to create a unique new set of frames ended in failure - those frames, by the way, were sold for $59.00 each by System Cycle under the brand name 'Excalibur' - and Bruce decided to withdraw from the business. He sold his stock of frames to a variety of people. The 2B "10th Frame", if I recall correctly, was a painted Badd XL that saw a lot of action at dirt jumping contests. In any event, 'Badd & Company' was assumed to be gone forever, yet another victim of our sport's fickle tastes."

 

the painted one (pro sized) (not mine)

one of 10

 

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My 2 when i had both of them in my possession at the time. Notice one is euro and one is american BB

 

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