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So you think you've got a stash of goodies...
beard1973:
I must be feeling ill... I find myself agreeing with you...
How about we take a trip and we liberate all this NOS stuff and redistribute it over in the UK... kinda like BMX Robin Hoods... :coolsmiley:
RATTY:
Dont knock the collectors too hard, they are as much part of this hobby as the racers, or the flatlanders and freestylers. You get moneybags and pousers in all walks of life, just like bitd, I would be riding my mongoose 2 with no matching parts and the local rich kid would turn up on a brand new KZ1, it didnt make him better than me, but it didnt make him an arsehole either!!!
I still like to see the NOS stuff, just the same as when I went window shopping at Alpine sports or Superbike.
But I gotta say, I washed the filth and mud off my Redline today, and that bike gives me so much more satisfaction than any shiny nos bike that may be lurking in some collectors loft :daumenhoch:
Each to their own
DIRTBIKER250F:
--- Quote from: RATTY on August 22, 2007, 12:32 AM ---Dont knock the collectors too hard, they are as much part of this hobby as the racers, or the flatlanders and freestylers. You get moneybags and pousers in all walks of life, just like bitd, I would be riding my mongoose 2 with no matching parts and the local rich kid would turn up on a brand new KZ1, it didnt make him better than me, but it didnt make him an arsehole either!!!
I still like to see the NOS stuff, just the same as when I went window shopping at Alpine sports or Superbike.
But I gotta say, I washed the filth and mud off my Redline today, and that bike gives me so much more satisfaction than any shiny nos bike that may be lurking in some collectors loft :daumenhoch:
Each to their own
Could not agree more, Some very harsh opinions on this post. Cant knock someone who spends his life collecting old music albums, or war memrobilia or lets say old bmx parts. I think some of the posts on this thread say more about the poster than anything else ::)
Paul :Great_Britain:
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gt0733:
i'm on the fence. i couldn't agree if it's a collection or not. a collection would mean he would have one of each colour, type etc. i don't know who he is on ebay but i reckon he'd be doing alright ;)
Superkav:
I think most of that gear is long gone, it seemed to me that he just got into buying up old bits that were only going to be junked if he hadn't bought them. When he mentioned shop owners saying 'take the lot for $100' it had a desperation to it on their part. I personally know a guy who runs an old bike shop in Bushey and when BMX went boobs up here he junked a skip full of parts that he couldn't afford to keep.
No one knew there wuld be this revival, the internet etc. To keep his business afloat he had to buy up the next big thing, mountain bikes, or go under.
My point is (I think) is that this guy is showing off what he HAD.
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