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Has old skool been done to death ?? .........................
theRuler:
i like all bmx bikes, all ages from any era.
and really when you think about it anything over 10 years old is "old school"
CD17:
I just like all bikes, I ride a road & MTB, but love collecing & building 80s BMX :)
Moose:
--- Quote from: Stodgy on April 21, 2007, 08:06 AM ---I love it all; old, mid, new, riding, collecting, the mags, the people. It's all good to me. :daumenhoch:
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I think this almost says it all..........................
....................along with this
--- Quote from: wish id kept my TA on April 21, 2007, 07:04 PM ---I just like all bikes, I ride a road & MTB, but love collecing & building 80s BMX :)
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re-discovering bmx's (old school that is) has made me realise that I just love bikes. It doesn't matter if it's old school, new school, MTB or road bike, if I like the look of it, I buy it. Admittedly, old school is and always will be my 'first love', but I don't bother riding them at all and never have. I've ridden my mid-school and new school in the past, but if I'm honest I don't ride them anymore. I can't ride a 20" for toffee and never really have been able to so I've given up trying.
I now just ride my MTB and my 'pub bike', but I still collect old school BMX and even buy new school stuff to build (and not ride). They're my pieces of art and one day I'll have them all lined up in their own 'gallery' (if I ever stop buying long enough to finish some of them) ::) :LolLolLolLol:
OrgasmDonor:
generally people are gonna go for thier era, but then again all collecters of anything will acumulate to speculate or buy whatever comes up that they have an appreciation for. my BITD was 79-86 and i love the bikes around that era but i also love the quirky bikes of the very late 80's and early 90's, bikes that i wouldnt of knew existed if i hadnt stumbled across them on here or elsewhere while looking for bits, the hwa fong daddy, assassin, elf double cross etc i like what i like, this aint a fad to me its an appreciation of some of the best usable geometry ever created, and the myriad of quality accessories that embelished these frames n forks. there are many a true collecter, i only buy what i like or as with many of you, i buy what i really liked BITD but couldnt afford. im sure 2007 riders will collect thier era 20 years down the line but will also by then have an appreciation of the bikes they evolved from and maybe add them to thier collection so the scope will vary if you truly enjoy the bikes.
Frosty:
I love the os bikes, just my time, I don't know anything about the mid or ns bikes as I was rebuilding my first car then and into booze n birds etc etc.
I'm sure everyone is right about the two aspects of the hobby, os for building and ns for the riding, other than the os races scene which does seem to be doing rather well thanks to Ratty and Co.
Replica's, I love em, the Bob Haro's and Mike D's etc all awsome. I could look at Dave's Gen 1 and Jay's numerous Haro's all day long - they just take me back to when I was a spotty yoof!! That said I have built one bike back to oem advert spec (laserlite) and the thrill of the chase for parts is as much fun as the building.
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