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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Gnarlyscoots on July 04, 2013, 01:33 PM
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Why is Rad so dead these days? I see so many members and guests logged on but not much happening. There's a handful of people making posts etc etc and even BOTM was a bit of a let down, IMO (not build wise but the amount of entries) :(
I know MK is around the corner but it has never been this quiet. Is it money? Do people not have it anymore and feel staying away from here helps them to not get pulled into buying something??
Even the Museum and RB has quietened down with Rewind becoming virtually non existent :shocked:
What's your opinions guys ???
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i think the crash has had something to do with it
not all members have come back, lots of mid schoolers seem to be missing, maybe they realized there is life outside of rad and are still running free :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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I thought that too Terry,its tumbleweed town,its like rewind :2funny:
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I thought that too Terry,its tumbleweed town,its like rewind :2funny:
maybe its a conspiracy - wheres jimmyp when you need him ;D
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many are still trying to log into their old accounts :D
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... or its the unhealthy influence of the babes-thread since steve took over ;D
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70 views and 5 replies too :laugh:
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Can't be bothered :-\
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I think in my case I'm not as active cos of the crash (loosing PMs that meant a lot and all me posts ) have made me loose momentum and also cos I'm suddenly brassic bleedin skinteroo... (I can't even afford a set of repop ame rounds :'( let alone finish my Bob Haro Replica ) so it's hard to get excited about stuff for sale or lovely new builds.....
I am really looking forward to RADTOR, MK13 and Blackpool and maybe this is another explanation for the lull..... the rides and events really are great fun and the lads I've met in person are all top blokes... what I'm trying to say is that the "real" RAD bmx events are so much better than just "cyber" chatting.
Seeing 50 old blokes on beautiful old bmx bikes riding down the high street is just magical :4_17_5: and hilarious :LolLolLolLol:
Crazy prices haven't helped both on here and the bay :2gunsfiring_v1:
I commented to someone at Chester too that the quality and prices in the "for sale section" seems to have declined rapidly in the last 6 months as well...?
just some personal ideas....anyone agree or feel the same ?
Ant
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I'm here :crazy2:
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im still getting used to the new site tbh.
some sections iv'e not even looked in yet :-\.
while it was down i joined a few different sites that i go on more than here now.
perhaps others have done the same.
you know us brits dont like change. but iv'e thought the same about the amount of posts thats on here now. does seem very quiet.
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im still getting used to the new site tbh.
some sections iv'e not even looked in yet :-\.
while it was down i joined a few different sites that i go on more than here now.
perhaps others have done the same.
not swingers sites again Dave?? :P
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... any recommendations ?
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Coming from a member that hasn't been on here for donkeys i feel that i can add my two pennies worth.
What i loved about rad was buying parts. I haven't bought anything for ages. Years in fact. The other night i spent ages looking through the old for sale threads. I was amazed at how little there is on here now. It seems everyone is either hoarding or there genuinely is nothing for sale.
I remember the days (sound old!) when the for sale section in the week nights used to be full of awesome parts. Battling the likes of JT, Monkeybiscuits, Radman and Bananaman for THAT part. It really was a case of blink and you miss or snooze you lose. The prices were still high back then but it seems that there was more money around for sure.
I wouldn't dream of spending the money on bmx like i used to. Is it because i am more cautious or is it because i cannot see the value when other things take priority? If something nice came up i would be tempted, as i have got the bug and visiting the site only increases my urgings but to spend what i used to just seems crazy. I probably would prefer to buy something else but maybe this is because i have done the old skool bmx ''thing''. Who knows?
On to the site. It seems the site members are all still logging on. Loads of new members too which is positive. It is mad to see that i have been away for a good 2 years and the same people still log on. What was i doing for 2 years? Time flies. The site is still the best out there for os bmx. Probably because i spent ages on it and i am used to it more? I think it needed sprucing up.
Give it time and members will always return. It is great that i was allowed back however I am shocked to see the other banned members not posting....weird.
I think the question is how long as os bmx got left? It's all been done. We have seen it all and we have had it all. We are also getting older and skinter. Rad will probably become more of a site for friends to visit with the bmx theme taking a back stage. Only my opinion but thats what i feel after a long time away. Or it needs a lot more parts to be made available by you devious hoarders!!! >:D
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I think you are right about the for sale section,the parts you need so rarely come up these days and im not talking about your esp stem etc but your blue kashi aero or red Oakley b2's,things like that,your basics,they are getting so hard to get hold of.i think there are so many people into collecting now that its created a shortage of parts,ive been collecting 5 years and in that time I can honestly say ive only shifted tittle tattle largely not desirable stuff with the exception of my 83 gt pro that offloaded at easter.i must still have at least 90% of the things ive collected the since 08
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maybe there are people struggling to get past the security question/numbers
I was OK with NOS, but reading those characters was a bit difficult (had to wait until I was on my pc and could click on the audio button to hear what they were)
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I think maybe it's to do with rad being down for such a long time that we ended up being better lovers , so now they want attention all the time because they got used to it.
Maybe people are hoarding ready for mk13
Could be that people like to read more then they write.
Fook knows!
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I think this post isn't going to win me any friends...
In the past few years that i've been on RAD i've witnessed the site slowly derail. Before it fell over I was noticing that the majority of posts had nothing to do with BMX, it was either babe of the day or "my worst shag" and other unrelated bollocks, worse was the proliferation of opinionated posts littered with negativity and hatred - i'm not for a second criticising peoples opinions but none of it I would describe as RAD and certainly not fun. Personally I come on here to enjoy myself and to escape into the hobby however, most of what gets posted is irrelevant.
Myself and a few others have started to populate the new site with our old builds or photos showing various parts which is great, if more people joined in then it would stimulate more interest, but you have to stoke a fire to make it burn, not just sit there and hope it'll happen.
The other thing i've noticed is that i've had PMs from newer members asking for advice on parts and prices as they're too afraid to list a part in case they get shot down in flames by some of the long term members (of which i'm not) - that isn't healthy. We have to remember that we all started somewhere and arrogance will certainly not energise this hobby - more kill it.
If someone builds a bike, celebrate the effort don't pick holes in it. We learn and refine as we go, but thats motivated via encouragement and improved with the knowledge of others. Knowledge is a gift that should be shared, not a throne to sit on.
So people share your builds, list your parts in the threads be it a Dicta freewheel or 1st Gen Campy Skyways, lets give those guys over on the Museum a run for their money! :daumenhoch:
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can't argue with that.
I don't sell much to be honest and i aint bought from RAD for a long long time.......but a newish RAD member PM'd me a few days back asking for something i had which i probably wasn't going to build. We agreed a price and the frameset, bars and a load of freebies is on it's way to another new member who's about to get in to the hobby, hopefully he'll stay and build some corking rides and do a better job than i could.
Me...... can't see me doing anymore unless i pick up a DB senior Pro for the right money so i'll probably bid you farewell after MK, it's been a good 7 years but it's coming to an end.
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I think this post isn't going to win me any friends...
In the past few years that i've been on RAD i've witnessed the site slowly derail. Before it fell over I was noticing that the majority of posts had nothing to do with BMX, it was either babe of the day or "my worst shag" and other unrelated bollocks, worse was the proliferation of opinionated posts littered with negativity and hatred - i'm not for a second criticising peoples opinions but none of it I would describe as RAD and certainly not fun. Personally I come on here to enjoy myself and to escape into the hobby however, most of what gets posted is irrelevant.
Myself and a few others have started to populate the new site, with our old builds or photos showing various parts which is great, if more people joined in then it would stimulate the interest more, but you have to stoke a fire to make it burn, not just sit there and hope it'll happen.
The other thing i've noticed is that i've had PMs from newer members asking for advice on parts and prices as they're too afraid to list a part in case they get shot down in flames by some of the long term members (of which i'm not) - that isn't healthy. We have to remember that we all started somewhere and arrogance will certainly not energise this hobby - more kill it.
If someone builds a bike, celebrate the effort don't pick holes in it. We learn and refine as we go, but thats motivated via encouragement and improved with the knowledge of others. Knowledge is a gift that should be shared, not a throne to sit on.
So people share your builds, list your parts in the threads be it a Dicta freewheel or 1st Gen Campy Skyways, lets give those guys over on the Museum a run for their money! :daumenhoch:
you should get on some of the Arsenal forums Jaan,there aint no love lost there,pure hate in many cases,and that's for each other,everybody says what they think,RAD is a pure love in compared to them :smitten:
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Was thinking exactly the same the other night Terry. I was hoping the relaunch might give the site a bit of a boost but as Chris was saying, the only threads that seem to be popular these days are the duff ones about non bmx stuff. I thought things may pick up once the weather got better but as you say its quiet on the museum too and they dont have the 3 dry days for riding that we usually get of a summer.
I guess you cant force the issue and it would be great to see the site buzzing but it may just be a combination of good parts drying up and people outgrowing old school. There is only a certain age band that will have been around in the 80's and also going through their mid life crisis. Maybe that explains the growing interest in mid school.
At least old school should start becoming more affordable if that is the case :LolLolLolLol:
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The Sun is out :daumenhoch:
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The Sun is out :daumenhoch:
This.
Happens every year about this time dunnit? Agree with Tezzer though, it's a bit quiet, but that's to be expected with a site re-launch after a bit of down-time.
And yeah, this is a very, very tolerant forum compared to most out there on 'teh internetz', other bmx sites included *cough*
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Great feed back guys, just what I was looking for really. Thanks for that too Chris, my sentiments entirely. The old 'lounge' was the most used section after bmx chat and was full of threads which I feel do not make Rad.
Keep it coming guys, it's good to hear what you feel about old school bmx and where you think it's heading :daumenhoch:
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If Im perfectly honest Im struggling to get my head around the new forums on here. It seems like each section has double the number of sub forums, and some things that were combined have now been split into further categories. Im sure if I took the time to go through it all Id figure it out easily enough, but the new forum does seem a whole lot more complicated then before. Personally Im not always sure where I should be posting certain things, so I tend to just not bother. For example, where do I post some pics of a build? Tech and restoration? Mid school bikes? Flix pics n chat? My simple mind is struggling to figure it out.
I still love it in here though. (insert bumming comment here) :LolLolLolLol:
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I think leehunt fookEd it.
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it's interesting reading this from one of the few who has seen the full cycle of the site from the beginning
And it's interesting reading the comments and opinions on the subject of people's perceptions on the subject. The site always goes a bit slow in the summer but I do agree that it is not as active as it has been, but the site is merely a reflection of its members and the cycle they are going through, as with all hobbies they go through these cycles as new member groups join and fall away. It's natural that people come and go and it keeps the hobby itself going. As more people discover old bmx ,the more they build old bikes and the stock of parts disappears from the marketsw hen I started collecting there were not many bikes built and a lot of parts available.now lots of builds out there and no parts to build them.
IMHO the hobby has lost a lot of good people with a passion for old bikes,but I bet they. All still have their bikes sitting there looking lovely.they will never sell them so all that stock disappears from the market
Once the supply of parts disappears for ever ,the prices find a ceiling and the new blood so to speak disappears as they can not build anything
IMHO
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i think a lot of what Chris said in his post is right tbh. we are all new at one time. and its more posative to help the new members and not highlight there "faults" as the saying goes "if you have nothing nice to say say nothing"
Sadly there will always be negative people on any forum waitting to poke fun at newbies and exploite them.
But a forum works best when us the members add to the forum. does'nt matter if its your latest build, posting up your wish list, asking for help , if you add something it makes the forum big and better. maybe people do spend a lot of time on threads like babe of the day , but at least it keep something on the forum flowing.
Plenty of rides organised this year , and the ones ive been on so far have been brilliant .
Maybe some of you reading this thread who do just that sit back and read could post a few pics of your rides, start a new topic, or maybe organise a ride in a town that hasnt held a ride yet?
i suppose we all from time to time drift away from RAD then drift back , and thats not such a bad thing , but maybe we should all try and post something a bit more often and keep interest flowing :daumenhoch:
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I love the site for info, pics, the craic, a place for me to vent and tell you my woes. Just miss the bumming gags. :2funny:
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I almost didn't come back on, missed the site when it crashed but got used to it not being here
Not been on much since it came back on :-\
Lost interest in building any old bikes quite a while ago
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... are we going down :-X ?, i didn't see that really. ok maybe not that much going on in the lounge at the moment, but was more looking at other peoples gorgeous builds anyway recently/after the 'big move'. ... and there seems to be no end to people building up really nice bikes here, from my perspective. - i for one just enjoy watching other people build or show off their bikes/parts etc. I myself could never build anything that could only come close, so hey.. But one or two bike coming up at some point .... :D ;D I never understand poeple complain about the silly threads..... i mean the whole origin of this site was one big explosion of whacky sillyness...........
Wer'e doomed, no more parts, peeps just lazy and prices are crazy.... ::)
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did i just say i enjoy ...." watch other peeps show off their parts"? :-X :crazy2: :LolLolLolLol:
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put all your old tat away fellas and move with the times
Mid school is the NEW old school :daumenhoch:
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I almost didn't come back on, missed the site when it crashed but got used to it not being here
Not been on much since it came back on :-\
What Betty said. :-\
I used to make most of my thread entries via the Recent Posts list; I know this has been added back to the page after I made a suggestion to do so, and it is much appreciated, but I reckon it could do with being at least twice as long. Easy (re)entry to a discussion without having to click through Sections etc.. I know, I am lazy. :-[
I am trying, and still buying bits for builds, and looking forward to meeting up with the Northern Monkeys at RADTOR, but we are also in the middle of diving season, so I am kinda busy with other stuff, too. ;)
RAD is still the home of OSBMX, though, and everyone loves a RADster! :4_17_5:
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I posted a thread before rad went down saying was anybody else not feeling it at the moment.
Plenty agreed that they'd lost interest.
Rad being down didn't help but I do think there's been quite a large decline in decent threads and quality parts in the last few months.
Lots of chancers and flippers too so this doesn't help and eBay prices are now so ridiculous.
People on there wanting top dollar for bikes put together with any old shite.
This is still the place to be for parts but the nice, rare bits are long gone.
I hope things pick up as people get used to the site and the influx of new members is, like Chris said, a real positive.
Long live RAD.
Steve
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The cost of building proper OS bikes is ridiculous to be honest. There's a lot of us seriously into BMX and riding who have a love for Old BMX who are excluded for that reason. The general interest is definitely there as seen when old pictures are discovered and posted on FB or whatever, the memories and banter come flooding out. Also when OS racing was bigger there were loads of people buying/swapping parts and bikes specifically for racing.
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put all your old tat away fellas and move with the times
Mid school is the NEW old school :daumenhoch:
:4_17_5: :daumenhoch:
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i've never been a massive poster on here,less than 2000 posts in over 7 years.there used to lots of goodies for sale
and new builds all the time but the prices these days are just crazy,i,m still on everyday though just being me usual
boring self.
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Come to the ride on Sunday or MK, that'll get you excited again, MK last year was superb, that lake ride and whole atmosphere made me realise that old school bmx will be here for a very long time. The new site has unsettled some but it isn't much different. The For Sale section isn't ike it was even last year but not much amazing stuff appears now, they are all on builds on in boxes. I put up a thread before Rad went down saying I thought things have slowed down, but generally it always does, then 2 weeks before MK it kicks up again. Members leave, lose interest, new ones arrive, the cycle continues on.
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There might not be the same amount of traffic on here as normal but as Matt said wait until MK and you'll see plenty of peeps out with their bikes. One thing I have noticed is that people have been using FB a lot more since the crash
There are more OS cruises and private skatepark nights than ever though so I don't think anything is dying out for a good while yet, not when people are still able to pedal :daumenhoch:
AND COLOGNE IS NEXT WEEK
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I have been mad busy :D I have looked at plenty of posts but not made many comments :-X
I have noticed that the rides this year are a lot more frequent and are very well attended a few years ago you were hard to get 10 or 15 people on them :daumenhoch: and now 50+ people is common place, The forum will take time to build again but with the buzz of MK looming people will come flooding back :4_17_5:
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There are more bikes built now than ever before
Members come ,some stay for awhile ,some stay for a few posts and some stay forever
Just the way it is
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I can't afford to build bikes. I earn exactly half now what I did a couple of years back, disposable income? pfft. I've got 3 kids and a 4 bed with a sea view to pay for.
If I had the dough though I'd do a Haro Master, not one of those bent drop out ones, a proper one :daumenhoch:
I still like looking at the bikes other people are doing.
Be it one of the massive money bikes or the back in the day POS that means something to the builder.
Over ten years I've been chatting with like minded people about old skool bmx on the internet and way back then there were probably 30-40 of us in the UK shooting it.
Which suits me ;)
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I agree that although the for sale section has been slow, the amount of radsters making the effort and travelling to the many rides shows that the scene is still popular. I agree with the comments that a few others made regarding the new site. I do think there are too many subsections, especially regarding builds. For example i'm not into mid school, so don't tend to check out the 'builds/bikes' section. I prefer the old tech & resto section where you get to see a range of threads with different builds/eras on the same page. Mods, regarding people not re-registering; i may have missed this, but is it worth putting a notice in the ras homepage telling people that this is a new site, so members who have not logged in for a while will know they have to re-register?
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We've had 660 people re-join since we lost the old site, even LondonHellboy made it back in, if people can't find a way in they must be licking windows :P
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We've had 660 people re-join since we lost the old site, even LondonHellboy made it back in, if people can't find a way in they must be licking windows :P
I did have to ask Matt what NOS meant though :D ;D
I have been here for a while now and it has taken a couple to years to adjust to the site and the members but now get on with most and look forward to new members coming and hopefully livening things up a little. I always look forward to the new builds from members and hope to take ideas for my own builds from them and then in turn give ideas back with what I build.
It's a shame the for sale section has died down a lot though. Are people holding onto what they have now in case they need it for the future and don't want to pay the ever increasing prices? I do have a lot of gear to shift but sometimes feel it pointless posting it as nothing seems to move :-\ I find it shifts easier on the bay although I have taken a few hits on stuff but, I only use my paypal balance to buy other stuff so need it to shift to get the funds, if I want to build something fresh :)
I guess it's just me really. I love to build. It's all about putting it together for me and bringing to life something that is inane. Then I like to ride it to get a feel of the bike. It's then that, if it doesn't suit me, I need to get it stripped and moved on.
Oh well, c'mon guys, let's get this place buzzing again and get lots of stuff up for sale so I can get my 2 builds together :LolLolLolLol:
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Exactly :daumenhoch:
All the time there's two old farts losing the feeling there's another new guy buzzing on it and that's what's keeping it alive ;)
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We've got a couple of rides happening soon and then MK. There'll be plenty of banter after those and then things should start to liven up. :daumenhoch:
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I agree with some that RAD was a little flat before the crash and that most of the posts were non BMX related, the market is still there for high end parts no doubt about it and there's still plenty of it knocking around but you just have to look a little harder to find it. The day's of picking up amazing parts really easy have gone for now and I think that some folk lose interest if they have to do a little leg work and track them down. The long hard hunt for parts is what's always been appealing to me and my collecting so nothing changed on that front.
MK will bring the buzz back no doubt about it, but as far as the site goes if people take a bit of time to post on BMX related topics (ie folks builds etc) and not just look at them that will go a long way to restoring the happy vibes and enthusiasm on here. Take Vos's stunning 82 Pro class for example 220 views and only 22 replies !.
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May sound stupid but i would love a night on here where all of the ''old'' members logged on and we had some good banter. Like a meet but online.
It would be easy to do. I reckon it would revitalise the site and bring a bit of bmx back to the site.
I do miss the crazycraig waffle. Loved them threads... :2funny:
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Agreed on both counts there gents. I always try to post on everybody's builds regardless of what it is, Burner to VDC. All builds are created by the vision of the owner and what may look un-agreeable to some, will float someone else's' boat but, variety is the spice of life and each one deserves a contribution and applause :coolsmiley:
There is always the chat box that no-one uses. Nothing like live banter too :D ;D
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I've been on that chat box a few times - every time I go on the one person there logs off. Trying to tell me something eh? ;D
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Agreed on both counts there gents. I always try to post on everybody's builds regardless of what it is, Burner to VDC. All builds are created by the vision of the owner and what may look un-agreeable to some, will float someone else's' boat but, variety is the spice of life and each one deserves a contribution and applause :coolsmiley:
There is always the chat box that no-one uses. Nothing like live banter too :D ;D
I kind of agree with that, but there is simply no place on anything for a snake post! period!! ;D
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Yep, Dordy and I were chatting last night and it's a bit quiet on here. Combination of the site being down for a while meant we had to start entertaining ourselves with other stuff rather than posting on here and also the sun has finally come out so people are beginning to remember that riding a bike is as much (if not more) fun than just building it :2funny:
I personally lost the building o/s bug a couple of years ago and when I missed MK last year I lost it totally and flogged everything except my riders and my old 'Goose. I ride as often as I can at ramp nights and pub rides and enjoy actually having a laugh with you all in person when I can make it. Unfortunately I injured myself with a stupid mistake at the Boardroom and haven't riden for 5 weeks now which has taken my interest down a notch but as soon as I'm back on my bike, no doubt I will be mooching about here more I know :daumenhoch:
I always vote on BOTM even if I don't get time to comment and still love seeing builds, but I'm not loosing any sleep about searching for parts any more :-\
See you all soon you loons :crazy2:
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Does seem a bit quiet probably hasn't been helped by the forum going down and a bit of a slow down in terms of peeps building.
Other forums that have nowt to do with BMX I go on are a bit slow too I put it down to the time of year and good weather.
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Couldn't agree more with what Chris & Midschooljohn said,
Even 6 months ago the site was brimming with for sale threads & some good parts were still coming through plus the site was easier to navigate & it can get a (little) confusing as to where to post what.
I dont k now if it's money or what but it's impossible to shift a F&F set in the for sale section on here for anything like what i paid less than 6 months ago. I don't know if it's the price of things or that people (expect) something for nothing on here but i'm moving all the stuff i have to sell on to the bay & maybe not even have it listed in the UK as it's just the same people scanning the listings there as it is on here.
Still loving RAD though .
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I think this post isn't going to win me any friends...
In the past few years that i've been on RAD i've witnessed the site slowly derail. Before it fell over I was noticing that the majority of posts had nothing to do with BMX, it was either babe of the day or "my worst shag" and other unrelated bollocks, worse was the proliferation of opinionated posts littered with negativity and hatred - i'm not for a second criticising peoples opinions but none of it I would describe as RAD and certainly not fun. Personally I come on here to enjoy myself and to escape into the hobby however, most of what gets posted is irrelevant.
Myself and a few others have started to populate the new site with our old builds or photos showing various parts which is great, if more people joined in then it would stimulate more interest, but you have to stoke a fire to make it burn, not just sit there and hope it'll happen.
The other thing i've noticed is that i've had PMs from newer members asking for advice on parts and prices as they're too afraid to list a part in case they get shot down in flames by some of the long term members (of which i'm not) - that isn't healthy. We have to remember that we all started somewhere and arrogance will certainly not energise this hobby - more kill it.
If someone builds a bike, celebrate the effort don't pick holes in it. We learn and refine as we go, but thats motivated via encouragement and improved with the knowledge of others. Knowledge is a gift that should be shared, not a throne to sit on.
So people share your builds, list your parts in the threads be it a Dicta freewheel or 1st Gen Campy Skyways, lets give those guys over on the Museum a run for their money! :daumenhoch:
Point in case !
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,164276.0.html
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Not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.........Christ you should give single track world a look, people ask pathetic questions like......what coloured frame goes best with white forks! I kid you not.
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Not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.........Christ you should give single track world a look, people ask pathetic questions like......what coloured frame goes best with white forks! I kid you not.
red and yellow and pink and blue, orange and purple and green, i can see a rainbow,
fook it send then the link :LolLolLolLol:
http://www.ralcolor.com/
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Why is Rad so dead these days? I see so many members and guests logged on but not much happening. There's a handful of people making posts etc etc and even BOTM was a bit of a let down, IMO (not build wise but the amount of entries) :(
I know MK is around the corner but it has never been this quiet. Is it money? Do people not have it anymore and feel staying away from here helps them to not get pulled into buying something??
Even the Museum and RB has quietened down with Rewind becoming virtually non existent :shocked:
What's your opinions guys ???
Maybe the time of year (holiday season) and the summer 8) . More people spend time outside.
When the afterseason will come the people will come back i think ;) .
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I was noticing that the majority of posts had nothing to do with BMX, it was either babe of the day or "my worst shag" and other unrelated bollocks
The worst shag thread was the lowest rad has ever been.
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Not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.........Christ you should give single track world a look, people ask pathetic questions like......what coloured frame goes best with white forks! I kid you not.
:2funny:
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we all have our ups and downs in everything we do-that's life-as for ebay prices I bought a nos blue dc clamp this week for £62 and a couple of years ago peeps were wanting around the hundred mark :shocked: and did anyone see that basically nos blue square edged tuf neck stem in blue on ebay for £100 :shocked: by the time I had clicked the buy it now button it had gone :'(
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I agree with some of the prev posts and also for me due to losing my job money has been tight so ive not built anything this year so had no questions or pics to show.
Tried to stay involved went to MK and done the 26 charity ride with a few of the guys last weekend.
Im sure now the rainy weather is back we will have a bit more input as we cant spend more than 5mins with our other halfs :coolsmiley:
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It's 100% to do with the weather ,now the rain is bk we will all be festering on the sofa board and spending money we don't have!
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For me I started slowing down when money wasnt as flush and then the rad crash. before it went offline i logged on everyday. now its every other day just to have a poke around. I personally will think about selling alot of my parts back on as I have boxes and boxes of stuff. Ill keep most of my completes as they look lovely on the wall and are a good talking point. I do wonder wether to sell the lot and put the money to something else but I cannot bring myself to choose one to sell.
Im sure ill b on here more in the winter. Hell I got a streatbeat to finish but ive been looking for the right brakes and powerdisk and the tyres......one day :slayer:
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For me it was when the site went down. The longer it stayed down the more I lost interest.
I started to do other things and catch up on diy jobs.
But I'm just starting to come back around.
Just hope the site doesn't crash again