well kiwi expat Lixy had stepped it up a notch with an awesome website to document her BMX builds.
check it out here: http://lixbmx.com/
Her Healing Freestyler Project started a while ago and I was able to help with a freestyler frame and forks I had in my collection.
Im super proud to be a part of this build. All of the credit goes to Lix in reality but I feel like Ive helped save an awesome part of kiwi pop culture. Finally my bike hording has a reason!
This is what the frame had become. As much as I loved the rat kiwi lowrider I had always planned on a resto:
Restored to this:
this is a pic of her and her OG bike
Junior Lix! 9yrs old, summer of 1987 clowning around on my original Healing Freestyler #BMX (Taken with instagram)
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new decals made up out of scrap at work. gold for welly
cleaned 30+ years of grease and grime off the frame, fork and cranks. then mocked up with a few nice bits from my parts collection
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we moved elliots van into the workshop in the weekend