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Mid school "collecting"
skateparkrider:
I think it is safe to say that if you frequent the Blue you are a devout BMX nerd. I know that some members on here currently "collect" old and midschool BMX bikes. Not trying to turn Blue into TheMuseum or anything... just curious how many people on here "collect" stuff from the mid school era of riding. I guess mid school is a subjective term, but to me it would be around 1995/96-2003/04. Basically to me, right when bikes started going to 1 1/8" threadless head tubes up to the point where everything started hitting the light weight phase.
Do you collect stuff? What do you collect? I know some guys only try to collect actual compete bicycles while other guys like to collect a specific part from multiple brands. One of my buddies is a big sprocket guy and I know of another guy who has a shit ton of bars.
Just wanted to start a conversation on this to see other people's thoughts. I myself wouldn't really consider myself a "collector" but when I think of all the random shit I have I guess I could totally get pegged as one. I guess I would rather be called a collector than a hoarder...haha. I have started to notice a few of my friends starting to get into building up old bikes from their youth the past few months. We are all in our early 30's, which seems to be a point in life where people get nostalgic about things from their youth.
Narcoleptic Insomniac:
I have an s&m pbr that is yours if you pay shipping.
skateparkrider:
Ha, I'm not looking to buy. Just curious if other people are noticing the rise of popularity in collecting the mid-school stuff. It seems like a lot of the hard core old school guys on The Museum are saying that it is a buyer's market on the old school shit right now. A lot of people are getting out of it and selling off their old stuff. Like, it seems like the new cool thing to try to snag up on craigslist/ebay/etc is from the midschool era and the old school stuff isn't hitting as hard as it once was. Maybe the majority of the old school collectors have had enough time to search out all the shit they wanted. Maybe not. Who really knows....
Plus, I'm a Standard/T1 fan. S&M stuff is cool. But it was never really a big thing where I grew up at because of my close proximity to Standard. You rode Strip bars, Trailboss/STA and Bash forks where I was at growing up. That seems to be what all of my local buddies are trying to snag parts wise for their nostalgia builds. Unless somebody has a super bad ass Heavy As Fuck frame they would want to get rid of.... I'm good on the S&M frames.
milhous:
I enjoy old SBC stuff.
Alice Glass:
I have some new condition FBM Old76 bars if anyone wants em PM me
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