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A revisionist view of 80s BMX ... What do you think?

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Waxintaxin:
Same here Glyn
I am building a quad and I am exited to do so

Jaymz:

--- Quote from: oldschoolace on September 30, 2016, 09:07 AM ---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.

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not me!!!

factory pilot:

--- Quote from: Waxintaxin on September 30, 2016, 05:47 PM ---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

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Thanks for the insight Rich   fistblump
I guess the OS is and will always be a ever changing landscape.
I've heard stories of NOS f and F being stripped and OG decals removed back then ..
I guess it's all relative .. I guess very few could have predicted how the scene was to grow and how it would have its own rules and changing fashions based on supply and the urge to do something different ...

kungfunky:
Been around a long time and like many others who have served 15+ years collecting have heard this saying many times "been done to death". Plenty of valid points above and when you have seen dozens of identical builds it can be harder to get a stiffy about them.  there's nothing wrong with that when your the one building them as its a new and exciting build, but it can sometimes be a case of "when you've seen one Gen1 built as a Bob rep" you've seen the all, and the same goes with any bike.

The thing that floats the  older collectors boat these days is not only their own builds but original finish builds, or something completely different which is not easy to find.

OrgasmDonor:
Been a member on here since very early days of the original site, the very first rad meet was at Sheffield indoor, it was awesome to see the bikes you only ever saw in mag ads etc.

Thing is, bitd there were bikes shared across country and almost every kid had one or another, bikes got snapped, bent, scrapped etc.

When collecting started it was collecting for all the right reasons. No one knew that bmx could possibly be worth so much, you just bought what you liked, or more importantly, what you wanted or liked bitd.
If a ta turned up it was a big deal, se rippers were sooooo fookin rare in the early noughties that it was an event when someone found one.  It was said about 2001ish a ripper frame had sold at an art and design auction for £3000. General trends start appearing on ebay, people start asking about bikes, people realise that rusty kids bike in the shed might be worth more than scrap and it starts big time. You start seeing loads of rippers, ta's, dbs, gts, jmcs etc. Now there are more than enough bikes to go around the comparatively tiny number of collectors to number of kids with bikes bitd, that most are common

I like seeing something different, I think its only a ta, ripper, is a fair comment. mid school was similar s&m was the look for bike, now flooded.

Have to say that, although I have never owned one, that I agree with comments above, the gt pro is possibly the most under appreciated bmx of all.  Thing is a lot of collectors were not that interested bitd and have a knowledge of the market  and what's desirable, not what actually were great fookin bikes. Gts are much rarer than any other bike in their class and ridable and beautiful. TAs (never a fan) are worth more than just a ta comment because they were built well and are a pretty frame. Alloy se's were shite, hutch quality was shocking etc.  Its all down to market, trends, knowledge and I really hope personal taste, because that's when the different stuff appears that keeps this scene interesting.

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