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Too Much/Rare To Ride
Rusty 73:
Should be ridden always in my opinion.Get them out on the streets where they should be. No point being tucked away in someone's private collection for them to drizzle over :D
Gnarlyscoots:
I have ridden NOS tyres, pedals, seats, grips etc etc. Personally, I don't see the fuss about it all. Tyres I can understand, especially if rare or hard to come by but I find it hard to roll on new tyres as they didn't come from my era, if that makes sense :-\
The trouble is, there are so many hoarders in the BMX scene that they stock pile it all, leaving just small amounts that get sold over and over again as people swap out parts. As you may have noticed, a lot of the real nice tidy mint and NOS stuff does not get sold on much anymore. This is due to rising prices of those parts because of demand, so people are holding on to them. This is turn raises the price when they do get sold but they move so quickly.
It's a never ending vicious circle that will not change until stuff gets released from hoarders vaults, so to speak.
Rusty 73:
Well said mate :daumenhoch:
Jono:
--- Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on May 18, 2015, 09:10 PM ---I have ridden NOS tyres, pedals, seats, grips etc etc. Personally, I don't see the fuss about it all. Tyres I can understand, especially if rare or hard to come by but I find it hard to roll on new tyres as they didn't come from my era, if that makes sense :-\
The trouble is, there are so many hoarders in the BMX scene that they stock pile it all, leaving just small amounts that get sold over and over again as people swap out parts. As you may have noticed, a lot of the real nice tidy mint and NOS stuff does not get sold on much anymore. This is due to rising prices of those parts because of demand, so people are holding on to them. This is turn raises the price when they do get sold but they move so quickly.
It's a never ending vicious circle that will not change until stuff gets released from hoarders vaults, so to speak.
What he said
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griff:
--- Quote from: hunterdubber on May 18, 2015, 08:46 PM ---I think all bikes can be rode including show bikes ,because the biggest majority of builds are "restored " riders already :daumenhoch:
So they can be repainted and re decaled once again to be mint :coolsmiley:
However I don't think riding a full on show bike with the perishable components on is a good idea
This is where survivor parts or repro items NEED to be used and swapped over
Riding with Rare or NOS Tyres ,Grips or and sometimes seats is unnecessary and pretty foolish
Even if you can afford to replace them ,your ruining one more original :crazy2:
Any other part that is metal wheels stem bars posts calipers etc aren't in danger of ending up in the bin :)
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Wait till Radleigh Chris, I'll do a video of Carl skidding the ET the length of the Bowling Green car park >:D
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