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Has old skool been done to death ?? .........................
hunterdubber:
I only wish I'd got back into this scene sooner (Dec2005) :(
The time from being 11 years old (1982) to 16 (1987) BMX was in my blood ,rode every day :) >:D
So the nostalgia trip ,first discovering people selling items on Ebay , particularly NOS blew me away
A big kid in a toy shop :shocked:
OLD SKOOL WILL ALWAYS BE COOL (if its too dear now for peeps , it's just like when you wanted that holy grail bike BITD )
The bikes and old ads are just part of the magic attached to the many great memories of friends and places back then.
But also the other great thing now with NS it's happenning all over again for me ,buying bits ,riding , meeting fantastic people an' avin a laugh, seeking new places to ride ! ( I'll keep my bike in the loft this time ,to sell on tebay in 25 years to someone who's reliving their youth, this era will be their OS)
Oh bollox I've strayed from the topic
There will ALWAYS be something OS to amaze me :smitten:
As for BMX ,basically I love it
Trev:
No thread is complete without my post pub ramblings on it..... :LolLolLolLol:
I love old school, cos that's what i am... I have a couple of old school skyways, a street beat and a street scene. i know further up this thread, someone said there are so many street beats about. why does that matter?? if you liked the street beat, then build one up. you're doing it for yourself and no one else. so what if there are 100's the same. i'm not that fussed about collecting old school. the one's i have appeared by accident in some sort of way....
if i were to build one up from scratch, i wouldn't be that bothered about getting all the exact parts. my first attempt of an old school build would without a doubt be a Neil Ruffell Orange Street Beat. However, as long as the F&F were orange as were the Tuffs and a white seat and EZ bars, then that would be good enough for me. To get the exact parts would probably cost me an absolute fortune. Neil changed parts on his bike quite often, so what would you classed as correct?
I also like the new school as i prefer to ride rather than collect. i think most people who got back into it, were adamant they would stay old school. but as time moves on, and they want to ride, they are realising more and more that old school is just for show and if they want to ride, then they have to have a new school. i bought a street beat a month or so ago and had a little go on it. trying a cherry picker on it, it really felt as if the tuffs were gonna snap. i really feel uneasy about riding it as it feels so weak.
the bottom line is that old schoolers get back into it for the buzz of getting the bike they never had as a child. then two things happen. firstly, they then want to ride and get their old tricks back. an old school bike rarely can take the weight of a mid 30's guy who weighs in the region of 15 stone. secondly, the prices of "era correct" parts are getting so ridiculous now, that once built most people are too afraid to ride them for risk of damage. therefore a lot are coming to their senses and realising they are paying usually over a £1000 for a bike to just look at. i wouldn't pay that sort of money for any ornament. you may laugh at people who pay thousands for a painting, but aren't the collectors basically doing the same thing??
i think while my body can still take a limited beating, i will continue to ride. once i physically can't ride any more, then i may consider buying some "ornaments".
zed4130:
I must admit ,i have no OS now ,but thats ok ,as ive got my nuschool ride ,and its a bmx ,and thats what it all about BMX old or new ,its not all about how many bikes you have ,its about how much you love bmx :daumenhoch: and anyway isnt 1 enough ? ;)
gary4130:
i think the prices of old skool stuff is part of the problem, just look at the price of dia compe 1000's for a start! :shocked:plus the time it takes to source the right part/s .
as for building an 80's bike looks class, weather its a stock build /replica or rider who cares-just build :)agreeing with madall ,you can tell an 80's bike apart , where nu school bikes all look the same (to me anyway :LolLolLolLol:)
myself for riding i mostly use mid school and my 80's for just cruising around on . wouldn't want to do anything too major on them :LolLolLolLol:
pickle:
I love them all! OS/Mid/New.........I myself though that all newies looked the same and that OS bikes were the be all and end all.......but after building up my street beat, then a Reflex (sold now) after trying to ride Epic on the beat i had to give in to what everyone was telling me and have a go on a new school. well thanks to MeddlE i now went and bought a newie and have never looked back! I love all the schools though......
Old for looking at and cruising on
Mid for looking at and thrashing/cruising on
New for all round thrashing/having a blast on!!! :crazy2:
But it's good :daumenhoch:
Ooops forgot to add..........now i've begun to love and appreciate the new school bikes......when you look at them you can really see subtle diferences. Take a look at Flaz's, Jimwise's Darksomedays bikes and you can see that lots of work has gone into making top notch bikes that can take a hammering. I used to say they all looked the same......but they don't!
And never one to miss an oppotunity.....heres my cheapo newie!
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