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underrated brands - why?
Jaymz:
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--- Quote from: griff on February 02, 2014, 02:35 PM ---The sections do need clearing up, but personally they're mostly irrelevant because I tend to just click on 'view all unread posts' and read everything
I tell the mrs it's in the interests of moderation but actually it's how I've spent the last few years on here :teef: you never know when something interesting or funny is going to pop up or a thread get diverted
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Ditto.
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yup view all unread, means I don't mis a drop of my favourite drug !
20to26:
I love seeing the out of ordinary stuff for sure - its refreshing. Even the cheap old school street bikes that guys build are great to look at cos you know that the builder had a connection to it and that gives it value. Nobody's trying to dress mutton up as lamb either - they are what they are.
I keep going back to see Jaymz's MCS for example, now there's another one in there too. They're great bikes. Now my interest is stirred.
It's easy to miss the effort guys put into their builds but like some have already mentioned the unread posts is the place to find them..
It seems like the 'love for the unloved' movement is gaining some momentum and personally I'm looking forward to seeing more & more of these bikes built and maybe even having a few of my own to enjoy.
Maybe there can be a "built this month" thread where new or updated builds can be shown - no voting, no prizes, just bikes to check out and maybe links to a build thread if there is one?
Jaymz:
I think you may be right 20to26 (sorry don't know your name but I'm sure I met you at mk once!!)
As much as I like a good hand shandy :LolLolLolLol: over a nice ripper, Haro freestyler, kuwi et etc there is still a hell of a lot of them out there, they were expensive back then and people hung on to them, whereas the lesser known and cheaper brands were generally discarded as a stepping stone to the bigger brands, these are the bikes now that are rare and generally more interesting as you rightly said, the back stories are far better, like costas tensor, pickles building the lowest of low end burner the GS, Sam built the team Murray he had as a kid, Steve and Phil's british collections are just wow, and they just ooze interesting, all with stories and provenance, and most importantly memories which bring big smiles to their faces, my final resto will be my first ever pos BMX, I managed to score one last year, and in few years my littlun will be ready, and his first BMX will be the same as I had when I was a kid
BMX1973:
A lot of Mongoose bikes came with Lee Chi MX1000s and levers, they always seemed ok. :daumenhoch:
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--- Quote from: 20to26 on January 31, 2014, 06:56 PM ---I often wonder why certain brands are looked down upon - ones that in my mind have old school roots but are never going to see the top of the BOTM podium no matter how good the spec or attention to detail....
Brands like Powerlite, Dyno, TNT, Titan and MCS come to mind, and there are others - bearing in mind that MCS still make stuff and did for many of the 'cool' companies - I just don't get it - they're rock solid by the looks of things.
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Back in the day I always found the the cheaper stuff fooked up easy. Victor beartraps, the Suntour XCII copies, always fell apart, often falling off the axles. Cheap CW bars that crushed if you showed them a stem :D Lee Chi MX1000's that bent and snapped easy Their Tech 3 copies weren't bad though :daumenhoch:
I have built nearly all my bikes using parts that I used back then and some with parts that are just suitable to the bike. My Kastan that I have just built was out of comfort zone and I did enjoy learning about the parts that I have used on it.
I do agree there is a lot of snobbery in building BMX's but, you wouldn't fit a Landar 1 piece crank to a Hutch would you ??? where as I think Redline flights look out of place on a Torker LP.
I do have something that will please you coming along though :daumenhoch:
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griff:
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Maybe there can be a "built this month" thread where new or updated builds can be shown
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In my humble opinion that is what BOTM is for... 'Build of the month'
Survivors can be VERY cool but just buying a bike someone else built years ago and putting it in means you can miss the personal input (& theoretically it could be sold on each month and entered by the latest owner)
I also don't understand why people wait ages to submit them after they're finished - tactical entries?
It's a bit of fun but I guess some will always take it seriously :teef:
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