Full Version: My DIAMOND BACKS
my goal has been reached 4 DB's matching tuffs to radpads all have DB kashimax seats, DB pedals, DB sugino cranks, DB stems.
Simply stunning Lew.
Clearly the best collection of DBs in the southern hemisphere.
I wonder if anyone else in the world has more restored DBs WITH matching rad pads.
Beautiful work mate.
Clearly the best collection of DBs in the southern hemisphere.
I wonder if anyone else in the world has more restored DBs WITH matching rad pads.
Beautiful work mate.
Very Cool!! Nice bikes!
Wow! They look great!
An old racing buddy of mine raced a DB Senior Pro, and he had the Black and Silver radpads... seeing yours brings back a bunch of memories
An old racing buddy of mine raced a DB Senior Pro, and he had the Black and Silver radpads... seeing yours brings back a bunch of memories
It doesn't get much better than this...
Scotty
Scotty
Excellent stuff !!!!
Lewis you must have a TURBO some where around there
Lewis you must have a TURBO some where around there
Now thats cool!
You have been very busy by the looks of it Lew and the final product looks sensational. They wouldnt have been easy to get parts for.
Nice builds bro! I sure dont remember seeing those pads.
wow they look fantastic
Very, very nice collection!!
They are all super clean! Awesome quality....Good job!
WOW! Killer stuff there, Lewis.
Man, those DB pedals look killer. How long did you have to look for the black ones? I need a pair bad!
Man, those DB pedals look killer. How long did you have to look for the black ones? I need a pair bad!
Wow!!!
Sweet! Nice work, nice collection.
Kudos to you......... Extra Sweet Builds!
Thats a really neat picture. You should studio a shot like that... Calendar city!
Those pics bring me chills. It's like seeing them at the bike shop BITD. I love them! Nice job.
WoW !!! What a flashback. BITD if built one DB, I must of built a thousand of them. We were a major DB dealer then.
I LOVE your collection... A+++
-Steve
I LOVE your collection... A+++
-Steve
Holy cow, man your DBs blew me away! Schaweet!!
Sheez. That's the prettiest rainbow I've ever seen.
Stunning. What month do you want?
Thanks so much. I have a soft spot for DB .I did have a Turbo but it was incomplete with no cranks bars pedals. This is what I wanted to put together right from the start. All the DB parts were hard to score the seats (not yellow) pedals specially the black 4 years I waited for them and I only got them 6 weeks ago. Rick how does the March of the Diamond Backs sound it would be an honour. Thanks for all the kind words.
dont use the rear brake on the blue one...........it will pop your tire for sure.
whoever rides the blue one must be shorter, the seat is 1.645 inches lower than the others.
sweet bikes
whoever rides the blue one must be shorter, the seat is 1.645 inches lower than the others.
sweet bikes
Yeah I saw that. The blue team pro is a medium size frame as is the gold the red and black are senior pro size frames. The mediums have a laid back angle on the seat tubes.
Unreal. Unreal. Unreal !!!!!!
Wow! I love Diamondbacks and THOSE are amazing dude! You are the indisputable King of Diamondbacks.
Wow, where did you get the time machine to go back and get those new???
Awesome.
Awesome.
Were you trying to get all the parts the same on each bike?
That is so awesome. A concept collection. Dig it!
Unbelievable!!!! Super sweet bikes man. My hat's off to you on your attention to detail. STUNNING!!!!
After seeing those, I'm gonna just go and throw all my bikes away!!
[ October 11, 2006, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: BRIAN HAYS ]
After seeing those, I'm gonna just go and throw all my bikes away!!
[ October 11, 2006, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: BRIAN HAYS ]
That's a super cool collection. That stuff doesn't show up very often in any color, so to have one of each is incredible.
Wow, I'm definately sure that took too long to build / acquire.
Nice JOB, definately...
Nice JOB, definately...
Lewis, well done. I can see the patience and dedication to getting the right parts oozing out of the photos.
Lewis, mate that is by far the best collection I've seen in a long time. Especially of Diamond Backs! You've outdone yourself bud. Where do you go from here???
BTW, Nice wagon!
BTW, Nice wagon!
Lewis, I owned a db when I was 13. My oldies bought it off a guy around the corner and it was like new. It was built up very much like your yellow one, only with black parts, including the rad pads. I must have pulled apart and rebuilt that bike a hundred times. I fully loved it.
I felt the most overwelming emotions I have felt looking at your pics, more so than any other bike I have seen, since I owned that db........thanks
Scott
I felt the most overwelming emotions I have felt looking at your pics, more so than any other bike I have seen, since I owned that db........thanks
Scott
Andy getting the exact parts didnt worry me. like different seat post clamps. But with the DB marked parts it sorts itself out I guess. Not easy getting all those.
Like the time I saw a NOS set of black /yellow radpads on ebay I had to go to work, told my lovely wife to bid X amount at X time, she did the X time but not the X amount. it was 2 years later before another set came up.
where from here?? I have sold most of my bits but have kept a few aces 1 RL carrera comin up LOL another long wait.
Like the time I saw a NOS set of black /yellow radpads on ebay I had to go to work, told my lovely wife to bid X amount at X time, she did the X time but not the X amount. it was 2 years later before another set came up.
where from here?? I have sold most of my bits but have kept a few aces 1 RL carrera comin up LOL another long wait.
That really is a time warp collection Lew.
As you know, me and my best mate BITD were both big DB fans. He had an '81, I had an '82.
The DBs for me were like a comet that burnt out too soon - here in OZ it was only 79/80 they first turned up, and then we had a couple of years before the Turbo came along in late '82 early 83 - and after that they were never the same.
Like too many great brands, 1984 and the start of big time Taiwan construction spoilt some great bikes. For me 80's BMX = very early 80's DB Pros.
Thanks for the time travel mate!
As you know, me and my best mate BITD were both big DB fans. He had an '81, I had an '82.
The DBs for me were like a comet that burnt out too soon - here in OZ it was only 79/80 they first turned up, and then we had a couple of years before the Turbo came along in late '82 early 83 - and after that they were never the same.
Like too many great brands, 1984 and the start of big time Taiwan construction spoilt some great bikes. For me 80's BMX = very early 80's DB Pros.
Thanks for the time travel mate!
quote:.......still waiting outside by Brian Hays garbage ............
After seeing those, I'm gonna just go and throw all my bikes away!!
Absolutley stunning collection.
As many here, seeing those brings back memories.
I can still remember the first "real" BMX bike I saw which was a chrome with yellow parts DB. It was my first day of middle school. My life was never the same.
Thank you very much!!!
-Rob
As many here, seeing those brings back memories.
I can still remember the first "real" BMX bike I saw which was a chrome with yellow parts DB. It was my first day of middle school. My life was never the same.
Thank you very much!!!
-Rob
No, thankYOU very much for liking them. Yeah kurt DB went to the pack 84/85.
I love the blue Pro Series. That was the first bike I raced. Nice job!
I can't imagine how hard it was to find DB specific pieces in each color. Wow. How long did it take to do this? Amazing.
very nice collection
Time flys, but I think from the first DB F/F close to 5 years. some parts I had just about given up like the black MKS DB pedals and the DB TEAM PRO decals (the blue ones) in the end they were redone from original decals that were peeled off and scanned. I have some on the bay for sale. It was a massive thrill to find the black pedals.
You know, it's not unusual around here that somebody posts pictures of a bike after they've put tremendous time and effort into the build, and somebody else....or several others decide they need to steal the spotlight. As if to say,"Look at me! I've got one too!!!".
Your collection, however, is so drop-dead beautiful - that not a single soul has attempted to post another Diamondback. I must say - you absolutely deserve the spotlight. They are just flat-out gorgeous.
Your collection, however, is so drop-dead beautiful - that not a single soul has attempted to post another Diamondback. I must say - you absolutely deserve the spotlight. They are just flat-out gorgeous.
Aw shucks.....thanks a million.
This is artwork..... pure artwork in a gallery stuff. I keep looking at the pics and think what you must have gone through to get it all.
At what point did you work out that you were going to have 4 bikes.
Stunning.
At what point did you work out that you were going to have 4 bikes.
Stunning.
mmmm, just lovely. I can't imagine how much time and effort has gone into those bikes, a credit to you.
Incredible. You have inspired me to build up a clone of the Diamond Back I had when I was young.
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