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New School BMX 2004 - Now => New School Park, Street & Dirt => Topic started by: HARORIDER on February 07, 2010, 03:56 PM
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answers and reasons behind them please :daumenhoch:
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:) If money is not an object,then a custom build is the way forward.But there aresome amazing completes these days that don`t bust the bank,personal faves would be WTP,Subrosa,Fit,Sunday.
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Id probably go for a complete for around £350 - £400 and upgrade as bits wearout.
As above though if funds are no issue :daumenhoch:
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wtp complete paul
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Park, Dirt or Race?
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Complete then you can swap out any parts at your leisure :daumenhoch:
Have a gander in the RAD Shop :daumenhoch: I'm sure Dave can sort you out :4_17_5:
:coolsmiley:
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For the amount of riding most of us old dudes are gonna do a 300 quid complete would be more than up to the job
But... for me it has to be a custom build... :daumenhoch:
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I very much agree with Heywood on this :daumenhoch:
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I was going through the Dan's Comp catalogue recently and was putting together ( just for fun) a custom bike and it came to something like $1,200 American dollars. :shocked: ...and that's just going through the pages saying " I like that, I want those, I'll take a few of them". If I had the cash, sure I'd spring for it but you have to ask yourself, is it really going to make the difference between a custom bike and a top of the line complete? Personally I'd prefer to save about $600 and go with a completed bike and trade out a few of the parts and make it my own. Incidentally, I'm thinking about picking up the Verde Radia and messing with that a bit. It already goes for about $490 American right now but a few hundred more can really get it the way I like.
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I bought a wtp trust 2008 at a real knock down price (300) which was a great complete bike at the time. The only thing left of it now is the wheels.... so I guess it 'became' a custom along the way. But I do ride twice a week. :daumenhoch:
Completes now are much better now so I would go down that route for starters.
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got a subrosa complete,more than happy with it,and will change a few bits on it.
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wtp complete paul
i really have a dislike for wtp and i dont know why
proper grates me lol
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Complete, Then swap some bits. If you look at what comes on a complete and starting adding up to buy the bits seperate it soon goes past the complete price
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:) After reading all the replies,I`d still go down the custom route,1 reason is you have more of a choice of components.You can save a fortune if you use industry contacts,special offers etc it needn`t cost the earth.I built a complete bike for one of my kids for £168,only thing I didn`t buy was the bars and front wheel.
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Pauly - race or freestyle gentlemans relish-chops?
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It all depends really on your experience. For racing I'd go custom build because I know exactly what I want and why I want it. For street or park use I'd o for a complete because my experience is limited in that area. I can then upgrade as and when I can for parts that I'd prefer.
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I got back into riding about 2yrs ago and bought a complete for 2 reasons.
1) I didn't want to spend a fortune and find out a few months down the line that I was hardly riding.
2) Todays completes are great for the money.
However 2 yrs later I still have the bug and have now changed everything on my bike except the seat & frame and have forked out over a Grand, but when I change my frame I will still have everything from the complete and sell it to pay for my frame so it's all good.
Steve. :daumenhoch:
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Go Custom for several reasons.
1. You get what you want (assuming you know what you want)
2. You get to know how it all works & get the satisfaction in knowing you did it & its unique.
3. If your an Ebayer like me you can do it on a very small budget.
Start with a good frame for your needs & go from there, that's what i did on my accomplice & proclaimer (pic in my avatar)
calum :daumenhoch:
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Like I said earlier, if you can afford it, do it! ;)
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custom means you get exactly what you want...for a price.
bear in mind your wheel set and frame could come to near £500 easy and you can tell getting a custom straight off could cost near to a grand, but will be really nice!
for £500 you could get a really good complete, I was browsing the 4down brochure the other day, the Fit, FBM and United completes looked reall good value to me.....if you don't want a front brake.
the answer really depends on what your budget is.