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A revisionist view of 80s BMX ... What do you think?
oldschoolace:
Its one of the reasons why i have found myself with alot of survivor builds. Parts groupings you probably wouldnt even consider, character, reminiscence of childhood rides, rarity etc. I know i will never win anything with then but im not in it for that.
One of my fave parts i have got in recent times was a bold set of freestyle tyres. When i say bald i mean right down to the gum in nice oval skid mark indicating patches.... just as i had as a kid :smitten:
factory pilot:
--- Quote from: deeman on September 30, 2016, 01:04 PM ---I think at the age of 12-15 which is when most of us rode BMX hard, there was NOTHING better than getting the latest mag and drooling over the ads for bikes you rarely saw on every street corner. Fast forward 20 years and most people want to create the bikes in those ads as they made such a big impression on them when they were young......
Had my parents had enough money to go and buy say a Haro Master complete, I would have probably been SO stoked on it that I wouldn't of changed a single part! Let's face it, most kids BMX bikes looked like sacks of shite bitd with whatever we managed to beg/ borrow /steal with odd wheels and odd colours everywhere and while some favour the survivor look most will agree a factory catalogue look is far more aesthetically pleasing...especially if the bike is to be displayed or 'shown'. The 'scene' is more about building the bikes you could never afford as a kid.
It makes you wonder who actually owned all the bikes we have now 30 yrs ago as most of us can only recall one spoilt / rich kid who owned a fancy bike whilst everyone else was on Burners!
I think the reason a lot of pre 85 bikes end up looking a bit 'samey' is that the colour choices for parts were not that exciting before then and most decals/ graphics reflected that.....
I reckon it's only people who attend shows a lot that become a bit 'overexposed' to this stuff, personally I would get really excited if I saw someone riding a T/a down the road.....
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I think you are right about over exposure for many ... ( myself included at times ) I used to spend quality time on rides looking at all the bikes but now there are so many people to catch up with that the bikes sadly have taken a back seat ... I'm determined to have a proper squint at the ones on show at Blackpool tomorrow..
I've got to say though that I still do get a buzz from a TA ( Andy's is particularly clean and simple ( just black/chrome parts ) ... But equally a rare beast like a GJS also floats my boat as well :daumenhoch:
I felt that at MK the bikes in the fields/helipad got overlooked a wee bit too ( rain/socialising/BH are my excuses ) and I saw some crackin' builds ... Personal favourites like Pro Burners, Rippers and Quads ... Not Bike of the show winning stuff but still stuff that gets me personally excited :daumenhoch:
chubby:
--- Quote from: oldschoolace on September 30, 2016, 09:07 AM ---For me it's overexposure. Think I may have even mentioned it at MK.
EVERYONE does their TA white or chrome with the usual red, white and blue colour scheme so they end up a little boring
( There I said it :LolLolLolLol: )
Haros are the same, the world is overrun with masters, fst's and sports and few stray from the expected colourways. I don't know if it's a lack of individuality, wanting to fit in, wanting it to look like the magazine shots bitd or just a need to keep the resale value high? Probably a bit of all of them, but as a result we get bored and seek the exotic or unusual.
I hang my head in shame but I actually said to Rich on seeing the haro tent "ah it's just a load of stock haros"
I did have a look round in the end on the Sunday but I did find myself a little bored looking at over restored bikes. The odd survivor was a joy to behold
I guess what I'm trying to say is familiarity breed contempt
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Never set foot in the place, seen one seen em all :yahoo_silent:
Suppose everyone wanted one bitd but I just don't get it :uglystupid2:
There's tons of weird shite out there & I'm glad everyone leaves it mostly to us :daumenhoch:
Waxintaxin:
The flavour has changed in the 18 years I have been around the scene
You have to also remember that only a few collectors were around and therefore every build was new and exiting as you hadn't seen it before.
So how has it changed
I remember that rippers were the frame to have and they were on of the most expensive to buy although that's relative to today's prices bit 60 or 70'quid for a frame and forks was a lot
No one did a custom colour build as that's not how they came
Survivor wasn't really a thing
And you built bikes from NOS without thinking as it was plentiful
JMCS became expensive and rippers dropped off price wise and the more exotic stuff became more expensive
You built your bike a stock as possible as that's how it came bitd
Brands that were ignored were plentiful and as prices rise the cheaper bikes became more popular
Glynnyboy:
Just a TA,,, funny you do hear that. I think a few got a shock a few month back when someone asked the question on one of the fb groups what Is your favourite. I think skyway TA came out top.
This story sums my thoughts up on TA's up to this day.
As a kid I had a super burner a buddy of mine had a tuff. His parents were well off and I remember coming up to the Christmas after getting our burners, he asked me what in my opionion the best f/f you could get was and what parts id put on it.
Well I went through the list of all I had taken in through scanning those pages of bmx action. On Christmas day there was a knock at the door and my mate was on my dream bike. He had taken the list I went through and told his dad that was what he wanted for Christmas. :2gunsfiring_v1: :LolLolLolLol:
I love TA's I was looking the other day through the 1000+ in the museum and I think I saw less than 30 that could have possibly floated my boat.
After having my XL for around 5 year and been very apprehensive over chroming nightmares I took the plunge got it done and it turned out a happy ending for me. If I had to chose just one bike out of all ive built over the last 9 year it would be the one I'm building now.....Just a TA .
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