My DMR Trailstar [Archive] - FARKIN.NET Forums

Adi

24-04-2003, 12:55 PM

Sweet bike! Yea you wouldnot want discs if you are doing grinds because you would bend the rotor(s)

C ya!

oz-freerider

24-04-2003, 06:16 PM

no disc's for another reson that i can see, i was no rear disc mount that i can see

CHEWY

24-04-2003, 06:42 PM

i luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv it. im getting one. how do u like it? what year?

Ryan

24-04-2003, 08:39 PM

Yeah, it's about a 99 from what I can figure maybe even a bit earlier, got a standard MTB bottom bracket with horizontal dropouts which you can't get anymore and oz-freerider's right, there's no rear disc mounts, though being steel I could probably get some welded on. Peg is gone now, solid rear axle lasted exactly 5 grinds before it was bent beyond saving, 10mm is just not fat enough for pegs. To answer your question Chewy, I luuuuuuuuuuuuuv it too, the easiest way I find to describe it is 'it just feels right' buy one and you won't be dissapointed.

Adi

24-04-2003, 10:00 PM

Does anyone know how much a dmr trailstar retails for, you know the 02 or 03 ones :)

24-04-2003, 10:06 PM

$650ish from any shop who deal with dirt works (every shop deals with dirt works)

andrew

25-04-2003, 06:09 PM

heres my sidekick
http://www.mygonzo.com/media/11747.jpg

25-04-2003, 06:17 PM

mmm big BMX, i love those clean lines

25-04-2003, 09:17 PM

heres my sidekick
http://www.mygonzo.com/media/11747.jpg

Looks like ya chain might actually stay on now! Looks SO much better without that derailleur.

Ryan

25-04-2003, 10:01 PM

Single speed and rear brake only, the way nature intended :)
Two thumbs up dude, love it!
Question though, were you always intending to use it as a SS? If you were why go with the vertical dropouts?

25-04-2003, 10:11 PM

with the sidekick if you go horizontal drop out you have to get a BMX BB aswell i think.

skillz

26-04-2003, 12:05 AM

hey Andrew, how much did it cost to build the whole bike?
im interested in building a cheap bike from old parts,

Adi

26-04-2003, 12:50 AM

Doesn't look that cheap to me :shock:

One hell of a sweet bike there andrew!

andrew

26-04-2003, 12:51 AM

heres my sidekick
http://www.mygonzo.com/media/11747.jpg

Looks like ya chain might actually stay on now! Looks SO much better without that derailleur.
steeeeve :D
ya it works! damn finally :twisted:
skillz, it cost me not mcuh at all, <1g, but i was lucky i guess

skillz

26-04-2003, 11:48 AM

kickass, you were damn lucky though

nhd

26-04-2003, 05:57 PM

how were you lucky? allready had most of the parts in hand ? anyway i love both those bikes, top job.

skillz, didnt you just get a new bike? whats the rush to get another ?

26-04-2003, 10:07 PM

how were you lucky? allready had most of the parts in hand ? anyway i love both those bikes, top job.

skillz, didnt you just get a new bike? whats the rush to get another ?

He got:
Frame: $450 (on special)
Wheels + fork: $250 + his old XC wheels which I'm now killing :D
Cranks + BB: $90 or something I think
And other parts I'm pretty sure he had just sitting round... right Andrew?

Ryan: Would you turn your nose up at a $700 frame for $450 just cos it had vertical dropouts? ;)

skillz

26-04-2003, 11:33 PM

whered you get the frame from? i havent seen many DMR frame shops around

yeah nhd i got a new bike, just thinking if i should build one in the future.

26-04-2003, 11:36 PM

whered you get the frame from? i havent seen many DMR frame shops around

yeah nhd i got a new bike, just thinking if i should build one in the future.

Brunswick St Cycles, naturally.... best shop I know of!

Ryan

26-04-2003, 11:48 PM

skillz: DMR are imported thru Dirtworks (remember the catalogue a few AMB's ago, that was Dirtworks), which means just about every shop in Australia is by default a DMR shop.
Socket: Hells no I wouldn't, $450 for a Sidekick is a sick deal.

26-04-2003, 11:52 PM

Yep, $450 is almost as good as the deal I got on my Trailstar....

And yeah, nearly every shop in oz deals with Dirt Works, even if only for the DT spokes.

Ryan

27-04-2003, 12:10 AM

PS: Note to those who are quoting posts with pics, while many of us relish the delights of broadband, many still do not and quoting pics makes discussions overly bandwidth intensive for those people. Try and give it a miss if at all possible.

27-04-2003, 07:01 AM

quotes with pics from the currennt thread shouldnt matter as your 'puter should cache the orignal pic then just display the quoted one from cache (as it's the same file name(is that right?))

27-04-2003, 10:57 AM

Yeah that's right.

Mason

27-04-2003, 12:13 PM

That things awsome!!

and is that a BMX peg on the back left?

nhd

27-04-2003, 12:54 PM

while we are on the semi topic of dmr in aus // ill switch to another brand and ask does anyone import Identiti dr jekyll frames ?

skillz

29-04-2003, 07:31 PM

That things awsome!!

and is that a BMX peg on the back left?

by the looks of it.. pretty cool having a peg on,

Ryan

02-05-2003, 11:29 AM

Yeah, pegs gone now though, bent a shimano solid axle after about 5 grind attempts :(

Gutty

02-05-2003, 11:44 AM

Yeah, pegs gone now though, bent a shimano solid axle after about 5 grind attempts :(

But were those 5 attempts fun ? :wink:

JimmyJ

23-05-2003, 01:29 AM

heres my sidekick
http://www.mygonzo.com/media/11747.jpg

andrew man I really gotta come riding with you cause I wanna ride ur bike! Sorry i havnt turned up the past few times :(

andrew

23-05-2003, 01:58 PM

heres my sidekick
http://www.mygonzo.com/media/11747.jpg

andrew man I really gotta come riding with you cause I wanna ride ur bike! Sorry i havnt turned up the past few times :(
no probs dude, wanna ride this weekend?

23-05-2003, 05:42 PM

the single speed :roll:
but nice bikes guys i love the atom rims

JimmyJ

23-05-2003, 05:48 PM

23-05-2003, 05:53 PM

guys, if you could make use of the PM function as not to hi-jack threads to deal with personal matters it would be great
Thanks

Ty

JimmyJ

23-05-2003, 05:55 PM

guys, if you could make use of the PM function as not to hi-jack threads to deal with personal matters it would be great
Thanks

Ty

and thats why I said ill go on msn tonight in order to not fill it up anymore. Feel free to delete my posts if you must.

sxereturn

25-05-2003, 06:00 PM

Yeah, pegs gone now though, bent a shimano solid axle after about 5 grind attempts :(

That's because Shimano axles are shitty. You need a Standard BMX axle. Some of you may know of the company called Standard...they make a heat treated 10mm axle that is stronger than most 14mm's.

fastrider gus

26-05-2003, 09:50 AM

i want those wheels!!!

mayhem

16-06-2003, 02:15 PM

nice looking bike wot shoxs but the frame looks a bit thin is it strong?

Ryan

16-06-2003, 02:43 PM

Yeah mayhem, 4130 cromo so it's plenty strong, tubing thickness is not necessarily and indication of strength.

fastrider gus

16-06-2003, 02:58 PM

hella yeah! they are strong as sh!t.. or so i've heard..

PHAT MTB RIDER MATT

11-04-2007, 06:50 PM

my friend got one the other day. it goes heaps good, the frame looks pretty strong. there only thin tube but there is a fair bit of braicing

Ruckus_Lord

11-04-2007, 06:58 PM

Oh god. You, oh....OH! This is the biggest dig i've ever seen. Give this guy a custom title for being stupid/doing a mega grave dig. That's increadible. Pritty much a 4 year old thread.

Besides, Ryan is a c0re BMXer these days.

mtb.rider.jd

11-04-2007, 07:02 PM

Ok matt, that was a massive grave dig mate. (grave digging is when you post something in a forum from like 2 years ago. lol. I did it once before and got flamed. Don't worry, just because you love MY dmr so much. lol)

will...

11-04-2007, 08:21 PM

my friend got one the other day. it goes heaps good, the frame looks pretty strong. there only thin tube but there is a fair bit of braicing

Holy Shit, can I use your shovel to build some jumps, it must be fricken MASSIVE!!!!!