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New School BMX 2004 - Now => New School Park, Street & Dirt => Topic started by: PHIPPSIO on March 29, 2008, 09:22 PM
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I am an old schooler so please excuse my ignorance on new school matters. I am opening my eyes to the new school phenominum and i was wondering what u guys opinion was on the best bikes of 08. I have heard good things about we the people, eastern and FIT, and negative comments about subrosa, haro and some of the usual suspects. I am in the market soon for a ns ride and wondered what the consensus is........help appreciated :daumenhoch:
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to be honest most new school frames are like for like these days. all around the £200 mark. wafer thin 4130 to keep the weight around 4.5 - 5 lbs. all are double diamond design and probably churned out from the same factory in taiwan. if you want something of real good stuff, i.e. technology and thought! look at some of the s&m's, the top end fits, T1, and later in the year standard. basically the companies with mid school crudentials, they know the technology!
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I'm not up on the new bikes but while looking for one for my daughter I decided on an Eastern as you get a lot of bike for your money.
http://www.easternbikes.com/
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cheers fella's, anyone else got an opinion?
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Agree with what CBCL said but it kinda depends on your budget and whether you gonna buy a stock complete or build a custom.
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:) The WeThe People complete bikes range is pretty good,seem to have something for every budget & the build quality is up there on the top end ones.
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WeThePeople have a great range of completes, Eastern have stepped up and looking real good, Premium Products are doing some lovely completes now and worth a peak at the new 2-hip range too.
If you're going custom...man, the world's your oyster.
It all depends on budget and use.
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cant go wrong with a sunday frame :daumenhoch:
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i got a fit complete and not had to change a thing on it :daumenhoch:
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I still fly the DK flag, full 4130 , hard as nails well speced, :4_17_5: my 07 4pack/general lee :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m279/zed2000/bits186.jpg)
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Yeah i have heard a lot of good things about FIT, what about eastern and we the people, anyone reccomend these and i quite like the l of mirraco too
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I still fly the DK flag, full 4130 , hard as nails well speced, :4_17_5: my 07 4pack, prior to its general lee make over :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m279/zed2000/bits150.jpg)
where's the pics of the general lee makeover?
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I still fly the DK flag, full 4130 , hard as nails well speced, :4_17_5: my 07 4pack, prior to its general lee make over :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m279/zed2000/bits150.jpg)
where's the pics of the general lee makeover?
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stickers are on there way from dell, :4_17_5: im leaving it grey though, as no time to respray ,plus will be different ;) pics on there way soon ady :daumenhoch:
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if i was building on a budget i think i'd go for one of these, headset and BB included!
http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/11028/Blank_Value_Frame_2007
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Don't order from winstanleys.....
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Don't order from winstanleys.....
no i know........i never would but thanks for the heads up :daumenhoch:
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i did (before i read everyones comments) and everything arrived in 2 days, no problems at all :-\
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i did (before i read everyones comments) and everything arrived in 2 days, no problems at all :-\
consider yourself very lucky mate.....normally it's either out of stock or they send you something completely diferent! :tickedoff:
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I bought an Eastern Jane in October, it's been a pretty solid bike, but when you come to change things, it's been a bit annoying. Headset went, uses cane creek, not campy like everyone else. Just took the cranks out and it uses a euro BB, but the spindle is nether 19mm or 22m.
Just something to be aware of.
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Don't order from winstanleys.....
why not?
theyre good :-[
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they have a bad history of not having the items they advertise, or sending you something completely diferent from the advert or what you ordered.....and their customer service is shockingly bad!
other than that you pays your money and takes your choice
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i never had a problem with em. ordered khe 165mm flat cranks c/w titanium axle as soon as they were shown in ride the other year. they said they'll be in later in the week and sure enuf they were at my door within 2 days. think they got the price wrong as incl tit axle they were well cheap.
a mate ordered a macneil frame but it never showed so complained and canceled the order and went elsewhere. few weeks later the cancelled frame turned up. he was never billed for it. ;D ;D
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Sounds lik a lottery :shocked:
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I personally think the We the people completes rate up there.
Been riding a 2007 Phoenix Pro and haven't had to change a part (Much to Trev's disgust as I haven't bought any bits of him yet :LolLolLolLol:), nice and light with good quality parts as stock. :daumenhoch:
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yours is a nice bike Paul......and getting more use this year than it's ever had!! :LolLolLolLol:
i bet it doesn't stop Trev asking you though about new bars or cranks ;)
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Cheers Rob, it certainly has been taking a pounding this last few months.
i bet it doesn't stop Trev asking you though about new bars or cranks ;)
Just about every 5mins :LolLolLolLol:
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Again Dom gotta say what alot say
'Depends on your budget are you going for a complete around £200- £250 , I'd go for a DK as for that price range I think they are the only ones that come with a all tube cro-mo frame ,forks
So you'd still have a good basis to upgrade parts to later on if you wished
On the other hand if you fancied going balls out and spending more like £900
Then it's an S&M or Fly
with Fly rims , cranks ,brakes ,pedals ,KHE tyres Macneil seat
Probably gone past £900 actually :-[
You can pick up a very good second hand NS bike for around £300 to £400
but , please , please do your homework and don't buy anything too old or something with baba components :daumenhoch:
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http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/13823/Eastern_Element_Bike_2008
26.5 lbls stock weight (without pegs) spend another £100 and you could easily get it down to 25 lb ish :daumenhoch:
oh and buy it off someone else :LolLolLolLol:
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I also was lookin for a newschool bike to retire my trusty Trickstar after 17yrs of service and was surprised that everyone slags off Haro, What has happened their?
I mean the inventor of freestyle and no newschoolers have respect for that name I find that quite sad.
Anyway I finally went for a Mirraco Blend 2 in matte blue and although after a couple of days ridin I popped my knee out of joint (Currently off bike) I really like this
bike, good price, good spec, and In my opinion a good lookin bike.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/kk107/oldschoolrider_2008/Imagen001-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/kk107/oldschoolrider_2008/mirracoblend22008.jpg)
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Don't order from winstanleys.....
TOTALY AGREE!!!
Do not order from Winstanleys wot ever you do!! I've had nothing but problems with almost every order!!
Also.... Eastern bikes are decent!!
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WINSTANLEYS Oh don't start me with that lot.
Being out of touch with newschool Bmx I bought myself a newschool bike locally here in Mallorca but wanted to put a dc hombre on the front ,as my forks don't have luggs for 99o's and I don't know anyone here in Mallorca that i Trust to weld some on I decided after looking at Winsanleys to buy a brake plate and the Hombre from them, seems easy enough..............
So I place my order for a black Hombre and the Brake plate , Then I receive an email saying that the Hombre in black is not in stock, so I then phone them from Mallorca and ask them if they have the brake "In STOCK" in any other colour, they say they have it in silver so I say ok send me the silver one after being informed that to send it to Mallorca would cost me 30 quid which I thought was expensive as the parts only added up to 27 quid I decided to send it to my mate in Glasgow which was stated would cost me 3.50 and as my mate was coming out here the following week was no hastle.
So winstanleys then send the Hombre to my mate in Glasgow with no frickin brake plate and charged me 20 quid postage what good is a Hombre with no frickin plate, then I receive another email from them saying that there supplier doesn't know when they will arrive.
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
p.s anyone have a brake plate for sale !!!!!!!!!
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I ordered my 2006 Hoffman Condor frame from Winstanley's in November 2005, at the store, paid with a cheque
was told by the guy behind the desk i'd have it in 4 weeks... so the next year, Jan 06, after many phone call's...
i get a call to say it's arrived at the store... so i go to the store... ask for the frame i'd paided for 3 months before...
and they'd sold it to someone else!! with the spanish bb i paid for too!!
I did'nt get another frame til Feb!!
Also, last year, i ordered an Odyssey lever, waited 2 months, cancelled the order... a month later they took the money
out my bank and sent the lever anyway!! :idiot2:
Every order, ( bar one ) i have had a problem with!!!
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Wethepeople - Rob, Harry and Klaus are the real deal and it shows in their bikes.
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:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: i agree now i just brought some fly 3 amigos bars waited 1 and a half months for them and when mr parcelforce drops them off i opened them box and they sent me a cream instead of grey with black written next to the colour :wtf:
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haro are releasing more then 1 more line of completes yearly now, to try & keep up with the ever changing trends etc.... the spring bikes look really good...
http://www.harobikes.com/bmx/2008_Spring_BMX_Catalog.pdf
due in the UK around mid May for good prices too......
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dj, who wrote that catalogue? it's bloody terrible!! good job bmxers are thick :D
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that'll be tonyd :LolLolLolLol:
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i'd quote some of the intros but i'm not letting it load up again! the bikes look alright. in an 08 styley. if you know what i mean!