My first "real" trick frame was this purple Sadio Booster that I really liked, but just like everything else I have ridden, it broke [my heart]. After only about three months of riding it, the top/head tube joint cracked almost all the way through the weld.
I was eventually refunded my money, and got a US made frame in the meantime, but this purple guy just kept calling me to be ridden. My new workspace at Arc-en-Ciel finally lit a fire under my ass to get this thing fixed and riding again. Ha, it was basically Josh making fun of me for not doing it sooner. First step was to re-weld the crack. Second step was to put beefy ass gussets on it to prevent it from ever breaking again.
Put on some paint-pen highlights and crappy pinstriping, and this beast is ready to ride again. And yes, of course I have matching sunglasses.
I realized as I was building it up that I was going to need like 4 or 5 standard spacers, and also that I didn't have a dust-cap or the inner compression race/ring for the integrated headset. Since I now have the tools, I spent a couple hours and just made them both. I don't have a picture of the race/ring since it's under the dust-cap/spacer, but it's just a simple 45 degree cut on the OD of a 1-1/8" ID ring with a slit cut in to allow it to compress in.
After many months of sitting sad and lonely, this bike is being ridden again. I built it up with some new 26" wheels I made, and have been abusing this thing in the most fun way possible.
