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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: aerostylie on January 12, 2011, 08:49 PM
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looked down upon or acceptable?
bitd with only me dad working was sometimes the only items I could afford.
Picked up a few cheapies off the bay, all NOS.......feast at your leisure :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/PICT0800.jpg)
PS: not for sale ;D
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perfectly acceptable imo paul :daumenhoch:
i could have seriously only dreamed of having the parts i have now bitd
part snobbery does defo exist with a lot though :LolLolLolLol:
dave
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I say yes, but i tended to go with second hand or older good stuff rather than. I still do tbh, a five year old Ghia rather than a new L .
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i bought my own stuff back in the day ,,, paper rounds and a weekend jobs paid for it ,,,no place for landar for me then and not now :2funny:
p.s nice little landar stash :daumenhoch:
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nothing wrong with a bit of landar unless your snob
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Crazy craig had Landar "chip cutter " number plate on his CW Phaze 1 , Quality :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c73/craigtheman/CWPHAZE001.jpg)
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not got any but why the hell not ???
its like using pattern parts on cars - great if can afford the expensive stuff but BITD it all rolled on our block!
Unless you were a twonk and then you got some of that.. :knuppel2: :LolLolLolLol:
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Used loads of the stuff bitd at 1 time or another. Not a lot of cashola about in my life back them :'( Some of it is good stuff other isn't ::) I had plenty of their brake calipers shatter on me :-[ Have the scars 2 prove it :4_17_5:
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cool comments, was expecting a flaming tbh, happy to buy this stuff along with MX thous.
another item, Belvin 44t chainring, but quite weighty :crazy2:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/PICT0801.jpg)
At least its affordable, can't evisage these products going for large sums in years to come?.........someone's bound to say crap is crap ;D
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Our local shop was a Landar heaven, most of us decked out our Burners with there parts, two finger levers and Oakley copy grips etc...but when we got into it and were old enough to do paper rounds we saved up for top line parts, I had a TA with flights from Paper round money.
Landar has its place and the quality was not that bad.
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when yer were young it's what yer pocket money went on >:D
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30 years on its a bit late to question theyre place in BMX! But Landar and 'Dai Yung' tires were always favorites for the but of our jokes.
We all used to take the piss out of these brands calling them 'imo' (imitation) - but then again we all had 'imo parts at some time or another! Landar seat clamps were very popular cos we would ride so far between riding grounds and golf clubs >:D that the seats would get highered and lowered all the time and of course we never had the correct sized allen key did we. Landar made cheap replacement clamps :daumenhoch:
Again, in Harrogate we had a specialist BMX shop - BMX Specials, se we werent short of access to the quality branded stuff if we could afford it.
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Without these brands we as kids probably would have been able to keep our bikes going :daumenhoch:
OK now we are older we want the best we can get for our bikes but they definately have a place in BMX History along with Lee Chi and other such copies :4_17_5:
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christ it was all we could get in our local Raleigh shop :daumenhoch:
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You should have got off your arses and worked
To buy the good stuff :LolLolLolLol:
Blaming your parents , shame on you :D
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christ it was all we could get in our local Raleigh shop :daumenhoch:
And it appears its getting like that again at the local eBay shop! loads more lesser brands being bought now as prices of premium brands go through the roof.
Is Landar the future of this hobby?
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christ it was all we could get in our local Raleigh shop :daumenhoch:
And it appears its getting like that again at the local eBay shop! loads more lesser brands being bought now as prices of premium brands go through the roof.
Is Landar the future of this hobby?
Sure i seen a landar crank on the bay for £45 quid so maybe your right.
Team megamax is the choice of champions though :LolLolLolLol:
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They certainly do have a place in BMX as they were a major seller bitd. I think you just have to match like with like :daumenhoch:.
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Thank you for your comments guys.
Think I should re-phrase the question a bit differently........do they still have a place today, ie builds, or is there an element of 'cheapo, you don't know what you're doing' :LolLolLolLol:
Think Marty is right re match like with like, but have no problems buying lower end items and say wacking em on a TA......yep I've no idea what I'm doing ;D just love anything BMX related.
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Always said an honest & true 80's build would be a TA a Ripper with burner parts on it. A new f&f with used parts on it.
Used to see bikes like this after someone had upgraded their f&f, probably after a load of saving up and probably a birthday!
When will someone build one of these? and for that matter when will they recieve any props for doing it! :LolLolLolLol:
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I use a Landar plate on my OS racer. It's the plate I used BITD and realy like being an inverted snob.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<see profile pic.
Personally I'd like to see more love towards the likes of Landar, Ammaco, etc.
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My bike evolved from BURNER with Landar,formos parts etc into Rickman freestyler with aero zytecs.
BITD i really wanted a GT performer f and f but Rickman was £50 cheaper,wanted tuffs but got zytecs as they were £20 cheaper,thats how it was for me back then.
I used to swop parts and buy secondhand at Poole bmx meetings.
I actually bought a sst layback for £3 secondhand there,imagine what that would be worth now.
So yes landar etc deffo has respect.........
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There's a seller on fleebay that has a plethora of belvin and landar bankrupt_bike_parts. Ive had a fair bit off him for building up my OS toys r us bikes :P :)
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I had a few pairs of Landar pedals, in fact I still have a NOS pair in original Landar box. Wish I kept them really as had a few colours. Very nice looking pedals and look very similar to Skyway pedals.
I remember my local bike shop having a huge landar advert in the shop and sold it by the bucket loads. They were good quality at an affordable price. :) :daumenhoch:
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was lucky enough not to have to use it bitd (i worked in a bike shop) and won't use it now but it is deffo part of bmx history
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another cheapo copy purchase this week from the bay....£9.99, nos scorpion plate and was in unopened packaging.
If you squint really hard and look about half a mile away, it could be mistaken for a Haro Tech ;D
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/PICT0866.jpg)