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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: 58 delray on April 04, 2010, 12:20 AM
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started out last october on here and bought a few bikes, maybe upset a few people as i want to ride them, now riding cruiser and old school. putting together a looptail to ride.
44 yrs old and gonna ride again
i know some of you just restore but whats the split?
love some of the restos but i look at them and want to ride them :) ;)
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old schools crap, get a new school for riding
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I've got some bikes that are just for show ,( because of there NOS parts it'd be a shame to ruin them after theyve been kept pristine for 30 years )
I've got a N/S park bike , I used to regularly ride parks upto about 2 years ago, something I got into in early 2006 and hope to start up again .
I've 2 bikes ( 1982 and a 1992 ) for O/S racing (which I've been racing now for about 3 North regional series
, Finished overall Summer2008 3rd , Summer 2009 2nd , Winter 2010 2nd, British championships , not forgetting racing MK08 and MK09
Love it :4_17_5:
The thing about BMX with me is I love every aspect ,
the collecting,
the riding,
the Old stuff and the new ,,,
whether race or ramps :smitten:
Into all of it for the fun :smitten: :)
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I'm a rider/racer.
I can appreciate aspects of collecting though, but only cos of my love for the sport itself.
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andy why ride a old school they really are sh1te, i looked at ed's dp last night...ffs it didn't know which way to bend and flex next, if you wanna have fun you cant beat new school
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I'm a Collector & Hoarder ::)
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I'm a Collector & Hoarder ::)
:crazy2:
and toilet seat sniffer
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>:D
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I was a rider then a load of broken and dislocated bones and a few stitches later i became a collector for some reason.
Now i have about 10 bikes just sat doing nothing really, i took one bike out this morning dog walking but it felt so small as i've been using my Mountain bike for ages now.
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Both, though collecting is something I can take or leave. Riding is where its at, for me it makes sense of having nice bikes.
I do tend to look at my all my bikes as riders and if one is not getting any I feel guilty and consider moving it on.
Injury really pisses me off but it makes my riding better when I get back on it.
I like other peoples passion for the collecting/restoring...Hoarding ;) thats the good thing about this place, you can be with your own kind, its like rehab in many ways,
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I think its hard to realise the understand collecting the old bikes
, because of the fact that they aren't just objects/ornamental,,, and they were built to be used. ::)
But if you have a bike that is built up with parts that are mint/NOS , then why spoil the condition of it being just like new
,as it was in the mags and bike shops you remember :smitten:
If you want to ride a GT , T/A etc it makes sense to buy a survivor, cost less to buy too ::)
There are other collecting hobbies the same , where the enjoyment you get from the simply owning and looking at the item is enough
whether it's vintage cars , wines , watches , dolls , alot of these collectable items go forever untouched or unused .
It's pretty simple, but obviously if you dont get it you wont do it . :)
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i build bmx's like i remember them from bitd.
i suppose i'm a hobbiest..
not really a collector, although i have a few nice bits.
i'm way too fat/lazy to ride anything..except the obvious :D
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i build bmx's like i remember them from bitd.
i suppose i'm a hobbiest..
not really a collector, although i have a few nice bits.
i'm way too fat/lazy to ride anything..except the obvious :D
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Diggler don't you collect dead bodies :-\
or just ride them ???
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Diggler don't you collect dead bodies :-\
or just ride them ???
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/u24/hunterdubber/Necrophilia.png)
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its all good ;)
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old schools crap, get a new school for riding
Agreed :daumenhoch: Old school bikes look nice but Id never ride a show bike. Id ride a survivor but at the end of the day you cant beat NS technology.
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Have no interest in new school...will watch the odd vid on here and think modern riding is great just most of the bikes are very dull visually (not all).
Not bothered about collecting either,prefer riding old school,will do one more build a us performer or another TA as a nice rider and that's me wack.
Have big admiration for collectors,unfortunately carpet queens would never survive at mine I would just have to ride them and scuff em up.
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Diggler don't you collect dead bodies :-\
Only in the winter, dark nights for collecting, cold cellar for storing :daumenhoch:. I take the summer off to recharge the batteries (of the cordless cutting equipment)
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I tried collecting, all it did was take up far too much room, so I got shot and now just keep a couple for riding...
To me if it doesn't get used there is just no point.
Ray.
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Have no interest in new school...will watch the odd vid on here and think modern riding is great just most of the bikes are very dull visually (not all).
Not bothered about collecting either,prefer riding old school,will do one more build a us performer or another TA as a nice rider and that's me wack.
Have big admiration for collectors,unfortunately carpet queens would never survive at mine I would just have to ride them and scuff em up.
x2 pretty much as sweetbeats has said. am done collecting for a bit as well. all my bikes will get a spin out at some stage although il try nothing fancy on my show bikes. seems a shame for them not to be ridden imo.
eh jase that haro is lovely mate and was great to watch you knocking out a few tricks on it :daumenhoch:
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When you go to MK and walk through looking at all those carpet queens it's like being in a bike shop in 83.
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When you go to MK and walk through looking at all those carpet queens it's like being in a bike shop in 83.
What if the bikes are 84/85 surely that would be one crazy shop :crazy2: :LolLolLolLol:
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When you go to MK and walk through looking at all those carpet queens it's like being in a bike shop in 83.
:daumenhoch:
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i got a new school 20" and 24" that i race and also a old school 20" and 24" that i race. i'm not bothered about building up a show bike either, to me bikes should be ridden. Saying that though, none of my bikes are nos or mint, they are survivors.
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Who fooking cares, who's business is it what anyone does with their bikes.
Whoopee sh*t you ride your BMX wow, does that mean you are better than people that only collect?
90% of people on here ride BMX, it is just some of us do not ride our expensive, rare 'carpet queens', but we do have bikes to ride on the street/track/skate park or round the block with the kids.
I know this is gonna piss a few people off, but carpet queens hack me off!! :rant:
bikes are for riding and if i can't then my girls will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is going to piss you off but your attitude hacks me off. If you don't like show bikes then find a forum only interested in riding and you can type away to your hearts content about how special you are.
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thought you only liked chrome bike s Sean :LolLolLolLol:
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thought you only liked chrome bike s Sean :LolLolLolLol:
;) :-*
Love ya Wardy you nutter. I am still looking for those chrome tyres.
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I've got some bikes that are just for show ,( because of there NOS parts it'd be a shame to ruin them after theyve been kept pristine for 30 years )
i honestly didn't know you are a collector too,let's have a look
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i'm a bit of both to be honest but then i come from the school of whatever makes you happy, collect or ride or both it don't matter to me.....it's all BMX :daumenhoch:
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Who fooking cares, who's business is it what anyone does with their bikes.
Whoopee sh*t you ride your BMX wow, does that mean you are better than people that only collect?
90% of people on here ride BMX, it is just some of us do not ride our expensive, rare 'carpet queens', but we do have bikes to ride on the street/track/skate park or round the block with the kids.
I know this is gonna piss a few people off, but carpet queens hack me off!! :rant:
bikes are for riding and if i can't then my girls will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is going to piss you off but your attitude hacks me off. If you don't like show bikes then find a forum only interested in riding and you can type away to your hearts content about how special you are.
Mod of the year :daumenhoch: common sense rules
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Who fooking cares, who's business is it what anyone does with their bikes.
Whoopee sh*t you ride your BMX wow, does that mean you are better than people that only collect?
90% of people on here ride BMX, it is just some of us do not ride our expensive, rare 'carpet queens', but we do have bikes to ride on the street/track/skate park or round the block with the kids.
I know this is gonna piss a few people off, but carpet queens hack me off!! :rant:
bikes are for riding and if i can't then my girls will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is going to piss you off but your attitude hacks me off. If you don't like show bikes then find a forum only interested in riding and you can type away to your hearts content about how special you are.
Grumpy bum :LolLolLolLol:
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i collect riders :daumenhoch:
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i ride collectors. :daumenhoch:
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diggler rides collector riders
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he's a bearded dingle :D he rides people in the colon in colne :LolLolLolLol:
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How dare you ride your bikes :LolLolLolLol:
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I collect OLD SCHOOL BMX only :4_17_5:
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I collect OLD SCHOOL BMX only :4_17_5:
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I collect gay porn only
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No problem Andy, thanks for the explanation and you are right that you can do what you want with your bikes also, ride the fooking wheels of them my friend.
I am locking this thread as it has been explained and no offence was intended.
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BMX. Pah. It's all rubbish. Fooking kids bikes.