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What have I become?
JT71:
Alex is spot with what he says isn't he?
you start a build, you say "it's a budget build, i got some used bits, they'll do"
but once you buy one new piece it starts to snowball and next thingyou know is you won't be happy unless it's all NOS parts.
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nosepickben:
Yeah, i was the same alex. The first non-newschool bike i built was a project to restore an old race frame which had the geometry i wanted to ride skateparks on, it was a bit weak but i built it with a mixture of newschool + nice oldschool bits, apart from the black 14mm axle wheels, it was all white and gold, rode it for a year or so, ran it's course so to speak, then i went on an s&m laf. Then i got another race frame, (one i wanted bitd) and built that with nos parts, that was the robinson i raced at mk07, it's got some rare bits on it that i really ought to have preserved but i'm firmly of the opinion that these bikes need to be ridden. I now have 4 "oldschool" restos and only one is unridden (it's a tawt to clean!) I will admit to putting ratty pedals onto a nice bike if i go out on it so if it gets crashed then the nos ones don't get scraped. I haven't ridden the robinson or been to a track since mk07, spose i better get my ass in gear, 3 weeks to go and all that..... ::)
SaMAlex:
--- Quote from: Bob_Acid on July 16, 2008, 05:15 AM ---hehe it's a bug Alex. The great thing about restoring/building is you can devote many hours to your love of BMX without actually getting on one. I take nothing away from actually getting out on a bike, It's just another angle to bmx i spoze.
--- End quote ---
Na, no bug caught here. Infact, its put me off ever trying to build a real show quality bike ever again! ;D
Id rather throw a bike together in order to get out on it as soon as posible! I want it to run nice, but time spent polishing is riding time wasted
(each to their own and all that, I love looking at other peoples amazing builds :daumenhoch:)
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