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Welcome! => Welcome => Topic started by: J69 on August 20, 2011, 03:32 PM
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Hi guys, I'm about to embark on building an old school bmx & one of the more affordable frame & fork sets out there seems to be the aero reflex. Now I was big into bmx freestyle back in the early to mid 80's & owned many bmx's, the best of which was a DP FIREBIRD freestyler with skyways, i cannot for the life of me though remember the aero reflex. I remember the make aero, I had & broke a pair of aero zytec mags, (you'll never beat skyways) but the question i need answering is; Are aero reflexes any good (I know they are blatant GT pro performer copies), but they look cool & are they strong as I want to ride the bike as well. One other thing, just how much should I be paying for an aero reflex frame & forks? Your help & opinions guys would be very much appreciated, cheers. :daumenhoch:
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Hi J and welcome, Aero is a good little frame to get you started, I had one back in the day and loved it.
Not had one since my BMX rebirth but I've heard the rear foot platforms get in the way of our adult big feet so you may need to chop them off.
Rob :daumenhoch:
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Hello and welcome :)
I am in pretty much the same boat as you, just recently got myself an aero frame and forks and am currently in the middle of sourcing all the parts for the build, should be done in the next month or so...hopefully ;) Havnt owned a bmx for well over 20 years.
As for the cost...it seems to vary, I was watching them on the net for over a year before I actually decided to buy and build one. Prices look like they are on the up, but theres still a few bargains to be had, a lot of them now are £70-100...even saw some on the net advertised for £195.
Rad members so far have been very helpful both with sourcing parts and questions about stuff :daumenhoch:
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Hi - I cant say if they are any good as I have one of those NOS ones, still in its original box and never assembled. I think ill build it over the winter. I have read a few comments that they are a nice ride as quite compact so make thinks a little easier..
Regarding prices: I paid just under £100 for mine (delivered) a few months back and I think they are pretty much the same price now. So, a very nice frame for relatively small money..
Keep us updated..
Paul
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I bought one a few year back, NOS in the box £35
Built it up just to roll round with the kids, rides really well tbh ..
As said, good frameset for little money & a good starting point
Lee :)
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I bought one a few year back, NOS in the box £35
Hey Lee - feck, that was a good price!! I have watch lots of these go through ebay and typically sell for 100, sometimes boxed ones go up to £140. Im actually surprised they dont have a little more street-cred' as they have everything going for them: they look nice and they are English. Maybe because they are quite a few NOS available, prices are low..
I keep thinking about selling mine in the box before I build it as built, I will loose money on it. But then I keep hearing people say they ride nice so then think ill keep it as a real throw around bike..
Paul
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Cheers for all your opinions guys, I'm really st :daumenhoch:arting to warm to the idea of buying a NOS one, thers's one on the bay at the moment but it is slightly overpriced, I'll keep looking. Ideally would love another Firebird freestyler frame & forks like I had back in 83 but these are now selling for silly money, god I wish I'd put it in parents loft & left it gather dust over the years instead of selling it for peanuts! Aero reflex it is then for me, preferably boxed NOS & at the right price, if any of you know of one, let me know - cheers. :daumenhoch:
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£35 NOS :shocked: obviously prices are alot more nowadays
They are a good frameset if you ask me, everybody has to start somewhere
Once built up it will look good ( GT Performer )
These are the kind of bikes we used to knock around as kids
None of these Hutch's, TA's or Rippers and the like
Those were for the fooling rich kids, but we had enough fun with what we had
I have just bought a exact frameset of my 1st BMX, probably less cred than a Reflex
I personally don't care what people think, its the Sentiment of it
And once that bike is built I will never sell it
I could if I wanted buy top end frames & kit to go on it
But I wouldn't wanna ride the fooker & couldn't justify them just sitting
You don't have to spend mega to enjoy this hobby, everyone's in it for different reasons
Get the bike built & get it rode :daumenhoch:
Lee ;)
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Hey Lee - good comments.. Sorry, I missed the part where you said "a few years back". I thought it was a recent purchase for £30..
J69 - if you are looking for a Reflex, firstly, defo get custom decals for it as the stock ones make the bike look cheap (IMO). Maybe consider a full bike? eBay say's a complete bike sold for £150 a few days ago. Okay, it was pick up only which drives the price down, but this does show how little you can spend on a really decent Reflex.. There is another current listing with a BIN of £250.
Let us know how you get on..
Paul
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Think I bought it about 3yr back
Only built it up last year & just go on it with the kids
I like it tbh, looks very retro :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/oo219/tobytyke0_1/BMX003-1.jpg)
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Think I bought it about 3yr back
Only built it up last year & just go on it with the kids
I like it tbh, looks very retro :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/oo219/tobytyke0_1/BMX003-1.jpg)
That looks very cool mate, I definately want one!
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As per what J69 said - very sexy!
ta,
Paul
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mad money...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-AERO-REFLEX-FREESTYLE-/250877675161?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a69798699
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mad money...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-AERO-REFLEX-FREESTYLE-/250877675161?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a69798699
yeah, twat.. And they want £25 postage! If someone paid me £850 for a £250 bike, I would deliver it for free and offer them a blowy..
Paul
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The thing is he probably things the bike is worth that :idiot2: :idiot2:
Fookin chancer & it's people like that who are killing this hobby for the genuine enthusiast's :knuppel2: :knuppel2:
E-mail the cnut and tell him he's a cock-a-doodle-doo :D
Lee ;)
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Yeah, thats probably the most expensive one I've seen advertised...'kin silly money...
As I said earlier, I am in the process of building one too, hoping to come in around the £300 mark...on budget so far with about 50% of the parts I need bought, looking to use decent used or nos bits, mostly from the period, buying as and when the right bit at turns up on here or ebay at the right price. :daumenhoch: But there will be a few compromises as I plan to ride the bike ;D
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I would have thought on here would have been your best bet for sourcing parts
Ebay is getting way out of hand price wise imo !!
Lee :)
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I would have thought on here would have been your best bet for sourcing parts
Ebay is getting way out of hand price wise imo !!
Lee :)
For sure but, you also get crazy prices in here but our forum etiquette seems to stop people replying "are you frickin crazy?" Im sure Im not alone in often buying stuff off ebay then seeing the same item being listed in here for 200 or 300% more!!
But back to your point, yes, generally speaking, people on here do know what something is worth and list a price appropriately. People in here can also factor in the fact that there are no ebay fees plus, I expect this accounts for the majority, people feel they dont mind taking a small price hit for the sake of simplicity and forum community spirit..
Love and harmony..
Paul
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That Aero on the bay is stupid money!not even dia compe brakes!i would want a go on his missus as well,and she better be fit!!!
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Welcome to the site.
I'll be selling mine soon. Will put up pics over the weekend :daumenhoch:
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc259/marley8008/aero001.jpg)
not a bad framest imo here's my old one , i think i sold it for a couple of hundred quid complete
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Hi guys, I've got me an Aero Reflex frame & forks, was watching two over the weekend, both NOS & still in the original box with the decals still in the sealed bag with the original Aero paperwork. Got out bid on the 1st one that went for £175!! I was willing to go to £130 for a NOS one, anyway the following day I won the other frame I was watching for a bargain £94!! To say I was pleased is an understatement. Frame turned up today & is mint, chuffed to bits. By the way, have any of you seen the complete bike some complete chancer is trying flog on the bay right now with a bin price of £3000! & no I haven't added an extra zero, some people......
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Hey fella,
Welcome to the addiction that is 'Old School BMX' :daumenhoch: I got hooked back in Nov 09, i won a complete Aero Reflex for £235. The 1st pic is roughly how i won it & the 2nd is how it ended up after some tinkering, one day i might get the frame powdered in lavender.....though the chrome does look lush :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/bikephotos013.jpg)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/lavenderreflexpics009.jpg)
Congrats on your winning bid, enjoy the build & post up some pic's when your done :daumenhoch:
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one day i might get the frame powdered in lavender.....though the chrome does look lush :smitten:
Mate - DEFO do not get it powdered!! Old school bikes in Chrome are becoming rarer and rarer. Sure, if the chrome is shagged, consider a paint job but don’t ditch good chrome!!
J69 - great news you got a Reflex..
Paul
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Welcome to the bank-balance-draining hobby that is o/s BMX fella and congrats on the NOS Reflex for £94, I'd say that's a good deal myself despite the £35 price tag on them a few years back, we can't get those now :shocked:
Best advice is take your time and try not to just build it out of NOS gear, it will be a waste of money. Grab yourself a cheapish set of NS Tuffs and you're half-way there mate as you will build it, ride it and a week later be trawling through ebay looking for a bigger frame as you'll be completely hooked (and a bit annoyed by the rear frame platforms catching your shoes!)
You will deffo get your money back (or very close to it) at that price on the frame though :daumenhoch:
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Cheers for all the comments guys, I'll be building it up over the winter months ready to ride next spring, that way I can get the right parts for the build without the wife giving me too much grief over the cost of it all! Will defo be putting tuffs on it & EZ bars, the rest at the moment is undecided other than I will almost certainly go for custom decals, they look so much better. I'll post pics when I'm finished & thanks to everyone again.
J
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I have a couple of questions that I hope some of you guys can answer;
Can anyone please tell me what size diameter seat post I will need to fit my Aero Reflex frame as I don't have the shim (do I need the shim?), can I fit an Elina UL post & seat combo?
Is the bottom bracket 'American' size & can anyone recommend a decent one to fit with 1 piece cranks that wont cost the earth.
Whats the best product to use for polishing chrome - not removing rust or anything, just purely polishing already very good chrome.
As always, your help is very much appreciated. ;)
Cheers
J69
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i need a shim for my frame,struggling o find one,someone suggested cutting a section of coke can to size.think im gonna try it!!
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Try here...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIKE-CYCLE-SEATPOST-SEATPIN-SHIM-AllOY-MANY-SIZES-/280518051574?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item870b014352
:daumenhoch:
Good luck with the builds guys, just finished my reflex yesterday... ;D
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Cheers for the ebay link, do you what size is required for an Aero reflex frame?
J69
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Depends on what size seatpost you're using I guess...the original size on the reflex is 25.4mm (thats the size of seat post clamp I'm using anyway).
So you will need 25.4 - whatever size of post you're using...hope that makes sense :daumenhoch:
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Just had a quick look at the elina posts, theres one on the bay which says its 25.5 which would suggest that you dont need a shim ;)
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No no no no no....... :knuppel2:
The seatpost CLAMP you are using is 25.4mm inside diameter Beelzebub because the outside diameter of the seatpost TUBE is 25.4mm :shocked:
You need to get this right as Newschool bikes and Burners run 25.4mm outside diameter seatposts. If you buy one that size it will be too big.
Problem is I don't know off hand what the actual OD of an oldschool post is - I think it's 22.2mm or something like that, but someone on here will know. Don't forget the thickness of the frame tubes have to be removed from the 25.4mm ID of the clamp to work out the OD of the tube....
Fook, I've confused even myself and I still don't know what the shim size should be, but it was also me that suggested to Deeman cutting a coke can to make a shim, so give that a go first :daumenhoch:
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Thats me told then... ;D