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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Peanut on November 30, 2005, 02:35 PM

Title: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on November 30, 2005, 02:35 PM

How anoying is this!

One of the guys here at the office has just come back from lunch and said that they spotted a chrome bmx in a skip full of junk down on the industrial estate, I asked him what it was and he said it had a 'GT Performer' on the downtube and looked a bit like mine. I asked him if the tube at the back was flat or slanted and he said it was slanted.

Thing is, it's now too late for me to go and have a look, plus I have to be home asap this evening as we're moving house tomorrow and I won't be back here till Monday.

as I said, noooooooooo!

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: ORB on November 30, 2005, 02:44 PM

Nip off to the 'toilet' for a min....

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on November 30, 2005, 02:48 PM

It's about a mile and a half away!

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: ORB on November 30, 2005, 02:50 PM

Tell em it was a big un...

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Frosty on November 30, 2005, 02:53 PM

Skip off early and use the moving house as an excuse!!!

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on November 30, 2005, 03:21 PM

Damn! Damn! Damn!

Just legged it down there and couldn't see it anywhere, turns out it's behind a small wall rusting away, I must have been about 10ft away!!!

Bo77ocks!!!!!!

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: ORB on November 30, 2005, 03:23 PM

Go again, tell em you have the runs....

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on November 30, 2005, 03:31 PM

Sounds like it's been there a while so it should still be there Monday (in theory), I just wanna take a look now!!!!

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: tricknuts on December 01, 2005, 03:34 AM

do you think I could spot it with that google satellite photo thingy??

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: theRuler on December 01, 2005, 09:15 AM

for sure.
you could probably see peanut sifting through the bins too :)

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: pickle on December 01, 2005, 11:50 AM

where is this wall/skip?  if it's near me i'll get down there!

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on December 05, 2005, 09:08 AM

I have it, dawn raid this morning yeilded a bike, not what I initially thought but may do for a winter ride.

Alas It's one of these, I think someone must have left it out in the sun too long.

(http://www.mercadolivre.com.br/org-img/preview/MLB/032005/26567051_7377.jpg)

ah well, it's got a nice front loading GT stem and heaviliy corroded dx pedals that might be worth a resto.

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: theRuler on December 05, 2005, 09:18 AM

could be worse
i like those frames
i like the low slung top tube

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on December 05, 2005, 09:37 AM

Quote from: theRuler on December 05, 2005, 09:18 AM

could be worse

You're not wrong.

(http://www.volksrods.com/177b0440.jpg)

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: theRuler on December 05, 2005, 09:39 AM

ahahahahhahaa

there was actually a BMX marketed that had bars like that
it was called a "hi-jinks" - a bike shop near my grandparents used to stock it, circa 1984
the brand name escapes me. could have been a puch or murray

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: Peanut on December 05, 2005, 01:43 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/Image001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/Image002.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/Image003.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/Image004.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c128/BenBissett/Image005.jpg)

How can people let things get into this state?

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: theRuler on December 05, 2005, 02:29 PM

its a shame

the rear dropouts scare me a little though

Title: Re: Noooo!
Post by: oberonspacefruit on December 05, 2005, 02:35 PM

so THATS where out natural mineral reserves have gone.....