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OLD SCHOOL Vs MID SCHOOL Vs NEW SCHOOL
TwoBobRob:
Hehehe.......
Gotta agree with The Sunday i'm afraid.
I think people might be getting a bit confused here in this thread. And its not helped by the fact that so many of us have had massive breaks in our riding. I was bloody lucky to return to riding in 94. I only missed 10 years.
If you can be bothered to look (and I'm sure you can't) you'd see that I never, ever comment on owt from 84-93. I wasn't there, I can't have an opinion.
The OS thing is simply nostalgia, nothing more, nothing less. nowt wrong with that. To suggest one is better than another doesn't add up in my book.
I got into a little bit of grief on the old forum when I started a thread suggesting that what we have here on this site are two distinct different breeds. We have riders and collectors. The age of these people means fook all. I'm 41 and I'm a rider. Through and through. Never been a collector and never will. I'm not old school - i'm just old.
I notice that the collectors amongst us analyse things a lot more, and do tend to have more opinion about them generally. I'm cool with that. The riders amongst us tend to move with the times and technonlogy, embrace as it comes and goes, then move on. I'm cool with that too.
When these two breeds bump heads in a thread like this, thats when we get all the interesting posts!!
As long as we're all still enjoying it, job's a good un ;)
darkersomeday:
my niquitin patch was wearing off :daumenhoch:
kick303:
started riding in 82/83 no major gaps and pleanty oof bikes and each one was special in its own right and each newer design/model enabled riders to progress.
old skool bikes look amazing on here and it maybe due to the nostalgic quality of remembering warm summers and fast learning curves when i first started. (i cant afford one right now though) loved my TA!
mid skool bikes had a different solid feel and gave birth to street and full on vert capabilities, as far as style goes i remember them being a little more hardcore and purpose built for which ever style you preferred.
new skools have again have pushed the design element forward to the next step with shorter rear triangles and heat treating to reduce frame weights. as for styling the non existant seat post thing isnt for me i like to have the saddle available at all times and some of the frames out there with massive cuts and holes in dont fill me with confidance. There is a new skool frame with a style to suit you out there and you can build a top ride for 2/3 of the price for a museum piece.
I'm not sitting on the fence but i am happy with my current bikes performance (Sunday) as it is solid and light enough for an old radster. I would love to own my old haro sport diet from 94 as it was so stable in airs/step thrus or nose picking or my Dyno slammer which was indestructable. Old skool it would have to be a TA to wheelie round the streets and generally look cool just t*ssing about on.
having said all this i miss the chrome of older rides and on looks alone any bike decked with shiney bits and tuffs make me yearn for yesteryear and i would even do all that homework over again just to relive that period of my life (even puberty) :-)
that said i dont miss one piece cranks and rattly headsets...............ahhhhh internals and profiles there is a god.....
ron burgundy:
BMX evolves... just sit back and enjoy it... even the shit stuff, cause that's what makes the good designs even better :daumenhoch:
TwoBobRob:
--- Quote from: darksunday on November 24, 2007, 09:06 PM ---my niquitin patch was wearing off :daumenhoch:
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