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Is building bikes easier now or back then?

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griff:
Not sure if I'm going to build anything else, happy with what I've got but last year I didn't have much trouble chucking my Curtis together thanks to lots of help from this place  :4_17_5:
Hoping to get out pedalling a bit more this year and see some ramps, didn't build them to just be ornaments!

bobbbbsy:
Too many mongs got into the scene last few years .. and they are prepared to pay through the teeth because to them current prices ARE THE prices... f ing noobs.

Retrodan72:
For me, now is easier.

The bigger this hobby gets, the more the companies that were about in the 80's jump on the bandwagon churning out reproduction parts, the easier it gets for me to grab the parts I want, without paying through the roof for them.

Hardly anyone will approve of my ethos, but I don't care.  :daumenhoch:

dancetothedrummersbeat:
Do it your way Dan. In my opinion you build some of the best bikes on here. They just look 'right'. building on a budget doesn't mean it looks crap. Kashimax seats/Hutch pedals/AM'E grips etc. Look essentially the same, with very slight differences to distinguish the original to the repro. Some of them aren't exactly cheap, but much cheaper than the originals, so all good  :daumenhoch:

My GJS (if it ever arrives) will be built using a mix of original & re-pop parts. Don't have the pockets or the heart to go with an all out OG build (as it will be a custom colour anyway)

rodriguez:

--- Quote from: Retrodan72 on January 23, 2016, 03:47 PM ---For me, now is easier.

The bigger this hobby gets, the more the companies that were about in the 80's jump on the bandwagon churning out reproduction parts, the easier it gets for me to grab the parts I want, without paying through the roof for them.

Hardly anyone will approve of my ethos, but I don't care.  :daumenhoch:

--- End quote ---

I do, difference between you and a lot of people is you're open about it.  :daumenhoch:

As long as they look like they should BITD that's what matters, build what you want, how you want according to what your pocket can afford.

I can remember looking at Alans site in around 2003 and thinking "I'm not paying that for a set of DC brakes that were shit BITD for that price" they were around £30, people were racing old school bikes using Pitbulls so I bought one of those instead and a set of ACS 860s   :idiot2:

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