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Offline simontw

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Newbie With An E-Bay Impulse Buy
« on: June 22, 2013, 09:55 AM »
Hi I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for some general advice please. Last week I had a crazy idea to buy and rebuild a BMX. There are two small issues with this idea. I've never owned or even ridden a BMX and it's been easily 15 years since I even rode a bike at all. I do spend most of my time tinkering with stuff and I've just finished building a car and I have found myself nothing to mess with.

Being new to it all I did a bit of research into size and then jumped on ebay to look for cheap BMX's local to me. I found one cheap, locally so stuck a bid in and won it for £20.



It didn't have any information about manufacturer or model but I managed to figure out its a 2011 Saracen Amplitude Wave which from reading up isn't that great of a bike but it was fine for my first one.

I want to give it some new paint and modify it a little bit. My main question is if I spend money on new parts are they easily interchanged onto other frames if I wanted to get a better frame in the future.

I stripped it all down last night ready for paint.


It was so easy to work on compared to the cars I'm used to. I should have got into this years ago although looking at some of the top end bits it's not going to work out alot cheaper than messing with cars.

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Re: Newbie With An E-Bay Impulse Buy
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2013, 10:26 AM »
Can't go wrong for that sort of money  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Newbie With An E-Bay Impulse Buy
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2013, 01:07 PM »
Alright Simon ... welcome to RAD  :laugh:

You got a project there  :daumenhoch: at £20 I don't think you really got a bargain... thats about what its worth... but have fun with it and make it better than it was  :angel:

How heavy is it?
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Re: Newbie With An E-Bay Impulse Buy
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2013, 03:58 PM »
Well yeah after looking round £20 seemed about right for what it is but I mean for £20 I wouldn't mind if I decide to bin it or just sell it on.

Will a lot of parts I buy be inter-changable if I decide buy a better frame at some point in the future? Pedals, wheels, chain brake handles etc?

Weight wise. I'm not sure as I have nothing to compare against having not handled a bike for a long time. I did think it would be lighter carrying it built up but I was surprised how light the frame and bars were just on there own.

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