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When is old school ?
dialledbikes:
Barry the Baptist in Lock Stock had the right idea "if it looks old ..........", so you can't really define stuff by date.
But if I had to try to define by date, to me, new school started when bikes got clamp on stems, threadless headsets and v-brake mounts, so circa 1995. Old school is pre-95, new school is 95 onwards.
I don't think "mid-school" bikes need their own category as they can be placed in OS or NS.
Trev:
--- Quote from: RATTY on January 03, 2008, 01:35 PM ---I would have said, pre 80s vintage
80s old school
90s mid school
00s new
just my view though ::)
--- End quote ---
i agree with ratty. if 86 is the cut off, then i'm not really an old school rider. i got my first real bmx in december 85 and didn't start to compete until 87.
diesel:
I bet you that about every 5 years it will move up a year or two:
it used to be 85
Now its 86
in about five years it will be 87 or 88 dependent on numbers and popularity
and so on and so on........
It has to in order to regenerate and keep people's interest for the years to come and to make room for all of the mid school riders who in 10 years will be considered by the popular as old school.
Did that make any sense??
Peter J:
A bit like cars then....if its older than twenty years (or so) its a classic :shocked:
jT Racing:
up to 85 for me, depending on the model. i stop at 84 but wouldn't kick a jmc out of bed for farting. threw my 85 cruiser at pete quad for being too young, gt's were shit after 83. >:D
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