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Allan's Bmx bikes? what you lot think?

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Taipan:
I've noticed allan's selling a few old school style bikes lately.....I saw this GT performer but its crammed full of re-issue parts? now I do like the look of this one (dunno about the other re-issues he got for sale?) so what do you think of it? is it worth it? would you buy it?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GT-1985-Performer-Custom-Old-School-BMX-Bike-Black-Gold/282767306199?hash=item41d63eadd7:g:nLcAAOSw1QpaLT74

dp and chopper dude:
I'm quite shocked at the price vs the quality of the bikes he's putting out. If they are selling and the people buying them are happy then that's fine. If the Performer is the green good survivor one I think it is then that's a shame to see an original frame turned in to the one on the link. This is my attempt at being dipolmatic.

griff:

--- Quote from: dp and chopper dude on December 11, 2017, 11:37 AM ---This is my attempt at being dipolmatic.

--- End quote ---

I think that was a very good attempt

Retrodan72:
There's absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Alan Woods was and to some people (Wiganers) still is a UK BMX legend and probably one of the founding fathers of the BMX scene back in the 1980s. He's a very good friend of a lot of RADsters and very generous to RADBMX when it comes to MK raffle prizes etc.

However, I'm pretty certain that he employs a load of high haired, bearded, skinny jeans and Vans wearing 'dudes' to knock these bikes together using some of the shite that's been repopped over the last 10 years. For Alan it's probably a very lucrative business move and he is probably rubbing his hands at the sudden top up of his pension fund. There's no way Alan has put his hands on any tools to build these bikes, they're the work of someone that were born 5-10 years after the 80's finished (see seat post height and bar angle).

They're throwing these bikes up on Instagram on a daily bases, I even offered a few opinions on tyre choice too, to make them look more 80's, only to be told that this is a customer's bike and the tyres follow the spec that they've listed, then the same bike ends up on Alan's eBay listens list.

You know me, I love a repop part, but in moderation.

It's a shame really, but I see what AW gets out of it*


*if they sell.

hotdog:
These are my observations.
Apart from the price,I do not have an issue with the bike. It's been tastefully built with new and original parts. Compared to some of the 'Ronald McDonald' bikes I've seen knocking about,this looks killer. The seat height and bar angle look spot-on to me (I have an '85 Pro Performer so I know).
I assume Alan knows his market otherwise he wouldn't have succeeded in business for the past thirty years. Ultimately he's a businessman,with overheads,making a living but he's still fully into every aspect of bmx,old and new,still rides his  bike to and from work everyday and supports many old school events in person all over the country throughout the year. Still,nobody's perfect.
And no.... he's not 'me best mate'  ;D

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