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richiebozza:
I have had my Mongoose since the 80s and throughout the years bought the odd bit, so yeah I remember buying on ebay some flip down mint Haro forkstanders for £15 and GT mallet stem for £15...it wasn't that long ago really, just shows how quickly the interest in old school took off.
It was a nice time as I could finally aford the parts I couldn't as a kid...now it's gone back to me not being able to aford anything again.

The interest in 'vintage' is in all areas I guess, now every one and their uncle knows vinatge sells, comics, furniture, records, rusty lights from abandoned industrial warehouses...it is all expensive now.

I guess everyone watches Cash In The Attic and wants their own piece of the pie.

poorboyee:
back when I switched from skating in 92 to riding, a few of the local bike shops around used to get bulk boxes of discontinued 80s parts ;) they would get them cheap from suppliers or bike shows/meets, JE-CYCLE WORKSHOPS "goodie box" was always full of good stuff and always cheap :coolsmiley: AME grips/suntour stems/suzue hubs/various seats & posts/dyno & haro gloves/koolstop-eagleclaws & tuffpads/tuffneck combodisks/various chainwheels/various tyres...and the 80s obligatory novelty dice duct caps ;D ;D ;D ;D

steve69:
I remember one of my first purchases when I signed up to eBay in 2002, ten pairs of Skyway Pro pads with an extra four pairs of fins and loads of fitting nuts and curved washers.....








Just under £20 delivered  ^"^

dancetothedrummersbeat:
Prices had started to go up when i got back into BMX - July 2009, but were still reasonable. Managed to get a skyway t/a frame & forks for about £200, although it needed a re-chrome. Full dia compe brake sets (901's) from Biagio were £30 each. New in packet suntour stem £30. NOS tange grips from Biagio, £12 a pair - unopened in the bag

bigfatolly:
Was just thinking that the other night,ebay is so full of cack parts now it's unreal.

I've had one or two badly listed bargains off of there in my time,Chrome Rickman FS frame and fork which I still have for £130,and a pair of MRD forks for £30 BIN.

Small fry though compared to all the great deals I have had from this site over the years from fellow RADSTERS.

I though like many just can't justify the prices of building a bike now.

Do people even build many bikes now? I don't really see any builds on Facebook,just a lot of showing off and what's it worth posts.

I'm currently mulling over selling all my spares and maybe one of my bikes as I really can't see me building again.

Still come on here most nights for a quick look,but that's about all it is these days  :'(

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