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All about the bling factor???
Gnarlyscoots:
--- Quote from: griff on October 31, 2014, 10:02 PM ---You on about here or the museum Terry?
Don't see so much bling on here tbh
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John, no offence to our American users but, some of them guys on the Museum only know how to put bikes together if the parts are red, white and blue. Not many can build a complete era correct bike or a very nice looking bike. Most of them have parts that are all from different era's, 70's, 80's and 90's all on one bike.
I'm probably going to regret airing those words though, too :(
When I look at some of the recent builds posted, everything seems to be along the same line. Redline cranks, DX pedals, Tuf Neck stems, Bullseye hubs, PPP chainrings. I do like the variety of parts that we had back then but most people shy away from things like Viscount Aero seats, Shimano hubs, OPC's, SR stems, Sugino chainrings etc...
It just seems like everybody is chasing the, what we see as expensive, items these days, as opposed to what we really had fitted to our bikes.
Make sense ???
kungfunky:
BMX snobbery. Look at me with my nothing but high end swag, better than your opc tat.. :LolLolLolLol:
dancetothedrummersbeat:
There are certain parts that I really like, and try to put on most of my builds where appropriate. Favourite parts include MX 900/1000 style (Dia Compe on my higher end builds, and Chang Star/Lee Chi on more budget builds). I also like Sugino one piece cranks, and Suzue low flange hubs. I have a Suntour stem on my T/A and MT Fox, but generic Suntour style stems on some of my others. I like to mix up my grips a bit too, so have Am'e rounds on one, and Am'e cams on another. I like Oakley style F1 grips too, but use the Fuan copies. My Skyway T/A has: Am'e grips, a Kashimax MX seat, Profile anniversary cranks and a Tuf Neck chain ring. On one of my current builds (VDC Changa), i'll use some different parts to mix it up such as Oakley B2 grips, a Shot Gun II seat, JDB Hutch cranks and a Pro Neck chainring.... And before someone shouts snob, my other current build is a Falcon Pro Beta which will be factory spec using unbranded/generic parts. There's room for everything: High/Low value, rare/common. I think each is just as important as the other. The one bike I'd like to think I'd never sell is the lowest end bike I own - a Falcon Pro Kappa.
MartyC:
I think there are still plenty of builds out there with great but not "exotic" parts. TBH from what I can remember a lot of the exotic stuff broke more easily bitd or was used just for race days (Sonlites/Bullseye hubs with Pro Class rims) and most people I knew ran Suntour or Pro Neck/Tuf Neck stems and only one or two with Hutch Stems (Geoff Bonwick but he was Hutch sponsored).
I like to see a wide range of parts on builds, it reminds is all of how much variety there actually was bitd :daumenhoch:.
Spen69:
To be honest most of my builds start with an accidental purchase of a frameset I want, I chuck whatever I can find in the garage onto it and then change the bits slowly to get it how I want it. I always use a Suntour stem and GT bars if possible and you rarely find Kashimax saddles on my builds as they get ridden. The one snobbery I find hard to avoid is Dia-Compe brakes. I only worry about the calipers as they seem to be better made than a lot of the copies and I use sticky pad blocks, slick cables and newschool monolevers so I can actually stop the damn thing if it's really going to get ridden, or Tech 3's if it's just a pub crawler :daumenhoch:
I had a phase where everything had Redline Flights on it because I could never afford them bitd but a decent Sugino opc is where I'm happy now :coolsmiley:
I love looking at the high end stuff but it's not for my builds I'm afraid, I like stuff I can remember :-\
Exhibit A m'lord - my latest park and skatepark hack when I'm out with my kids, complete with copy Tuff Neck freestyle stem and my original 80's ProClass wheelset waiting for a few tweaks (tyres and rear caliper changed already!)but getting ridden :2funny:
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