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Has Oldschool Bmx building had its day?

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martylaa:
I see the prices on bits and I ask myself who can afford to build Oldschool bmx builds anymore, saw a ESP stem sell for almost $1000 recently!
What do you think? Can you build a bike from bitd with today's prices and rarity of the parts?

dordymush:
you can if you don't need it built within a week.
patience is the name of the game nowadays i think.
 

Gnarlyscoots:
I have sparred in length with someone about this, and we are just sat on the fence at the moment  ::)  ;)

IMO, the price of parts going up is good for those that have them and want to sell at huge profits. That is, if there are any takers. It's nice to have a bike that's worth, say, £4000 but, only if you will ever sell it or, someone wants to buy. The big boys will always buy the most sought after stuff for their collection, but that's just it, a collection.

I like to ride mine so I tend now to go for the good survivor parts. No point ruining NOS stuff.

Just build how you want to. Some will say that it's not era correct, some will say that the parts are pants. Who cares. You build for yourself  :daumenhoch:

Gnarlyscoots:

--- Quote from: dordymush on October 13, 2012, 06:23 PM ---you can if you don't need it built within a week.
patience is the name of the game nowadays i think.
  

--- End quote ---
Dordy, I will be dead waiting for some of your builds to come along  :D  ;D

AKGOFF:
No, there's still plenty out there but as said, you just have to be patient and do some research if you're looking for a particular part.
It's all still there for the taking but no, most of it is not cheap unless you get lucky on the Bay.

Adam

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