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Has it now burst?
stidds:
--- Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on April 20, 2014, 02:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: stidds on April 20, 2014, 02:19 PM ---but that is always from members that got in the hobby, built one bike (usually a shit one), paid way too much money for the parts and now cannot recoup that ££ they laid out in the first place... i.e. dumb fookers.
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A bit harsh is that Sean. Some members get ripped by other members just so they can move on to higher priced items for themselves.
With so many 'repop' parts on the market too, some are bound to buy unaware of the product being 'fake' but paying top dollar for it.
And what is a 'shit bike' in your eyes? An old school bike built with repop parts or a bike built with old school parts but not to your liking?
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To be honest, anybody who gets ass raped over parts without doing some simple homework on prices get what they deserve IMO.
It is not hard to do some searching on parts and prices and to get an idea of what to use and how much to pay.
A shit bike for me is simply throwing money at something just because all you can remember from your past are well known parts (MX1000, Comp III etc etc etc), I don't personally care what the bike is or the parts used, what gets me is the lack of imagination when it comes to parts to use.. Kashi Aero= boring as fook, Tuff Neck = more boring as fook, etc etc and you pay a massive premium for these parts.
Using repops these days show more imagination than paying £250 for a Dia-Compe MX1000.
fischflo:
where else do you get to see bikes like shearer's JMC long standard, OK on the museum maybe or at the Aussies .......
like others have said, if some of the boys don't shift.. or rather show up that much any more, that probably says more about saturation of a few at a particular moment in time than about general interest .
looking at the past few botms, i don't have the feeling the quantity or quality of the builds has decreased at all, and i can't think of a ..better indicator of how rad's doing, but i can't comment on the 4 sale section, hardly go there. but like others have said, if some boys etc....
:radbmxsmilie: "bump"
pickle:
People come and people go, we all go through stages of losing the love a bit or having life throw you curve balls.
Most come back and some don't and move onto the next 'thing' but alls good :daumenhoch:
WINI:
Judging by some of the prices banded about (and bought) down here recently, fk all has burst.
It comes, it goes. The rides are bigger than ever by the sound of it, but sales of some parts are down.
It'll even itself out eventually
stuntmaster:
the bubble has burst when you can get hutch stems for £40 quid again and mx1000 for a tenner , i can`t see that happening for a long time and no way has the bubble burst , the reason stuff sits around for sale too long is too many greedy people out there who want top dollar for stuff as ebay is plastered with it .
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