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The future of Old school BMX... ?

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Sparky24:
if you are selling parts i think now it,s hit it,s peak. i  have been buying bits and bobs from the states, due to the fact that it is still cheaper buying and having it shipped over , due to peeps getting greedy. i:e £250 for mx1000,s & tec 3,s and £150 for kashimax aero,s and £185 for a tange 125lp headset,s my builds are for me a hobby not a investment, i couldn,t have top of the tree bmx,s when i was a kid so i have built the two bikes i always wanted now but i refuse to pay over the top prices :tickedoff: :tickedoff: ;) ;)

OrgasmDonor:
i personally have always thought custom builds are the true old school builds, as thats how bmx's were BITD, you used to save up n buy the best bits you could or the bits you liked and hoy them on your forever changing bike set up, stock bikes are lovely, don't get me wrong, and i really appreciate the effort put into them but they all look the same, factory replicas, rider replicas, team replicas, replica replicas, i prefer a good bike with carefully chosen bits to a brochure bike any day. Jesse james' Hutch with the parker hubs n studd stuff on it fookin rocked in my book, i know you aint gonna be able to re create something like that easily but it was way cooler than any of the gold hutches IMO as it was alot more creative. fashion has gotta change before people take a chance on rarer less known frames, take a look at bigplinkys bike of the month this month, pure quality and something fresh :daumenhoch:

he aint gettin my vote tho coz he's a c*nt!






























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Sparky24:
i agree with orgasmdonor, about bmx building. my aero pro is not chrome and is not a factory build, it,s a sparky24 build so at mk08 when it,s along side other aero pro,s i know mine from there,s and i hope peeps will see the thought thats gone into it :)

Waxintaxin:
Glad to see you posting neil

and i agree the  camps for original and custom are going to split

its in its infancy imo and whether numbers of collectors drops it will still be a hobby for some people, its fashinoble at the mo and i reckon next year will see some mainstream exposure , IE television or major magazine coverage as its such a cool thing and collector numbers will rise and then fall off as it drops out of fashion , but there will always be collectors for sure

and i think that repro parts will become much more prevalent and fool a lot of people , like they do now imho
 provenance and the ability to know the stuff you have is genuine, will play a big part and the history of parts will be more of a concern

all in all the hobby is here to stay imho and if your a collector and do it for the love ,it matters not if prices fall or go up and numbers of interested collectors drops or falls

love it all me , but i find non standard bikes ( ie custom pits,things in colours and finishes that they never came in,gold bike s) not for me , and i am more of an original parts type of person

Rich

harris:
just give eth me the part and i will restore it and fook about with it till im happy .
i got me slippers on and sitting comfy so pull up a chair and just enjoy what we rearly like
talking sh1te spending countless hours months and days enjoying this sport/hobby.

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