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Mid school "collecting"
montymitch:
Back in the 90's I rode a Homeless Mack, and I picked up a used one cheap on eBay with the intention of building it as a nostalgia piece.
It now collects dust in the garage.
CMB:
I have a few mid school parts that I've collected/held onto over the years.
Antifreeze green 36t Profile Imperial
Fit S2 Seat
OG Shadow Slim seat circa 2004
OG Fit s3 stem
S&M Redneck Lite
T1 Gower Power 39t
I also still have my Fit Series 1 from over 11 years ago.
faldfhkhfidhfid:
--- Quote from: hugh. on October 08, 2014, 12:33:32 PM ---I'm a bit of a weird case with this.
I never rode during the 'midschool' period but I just think most parts made these days look shit. It seems like during 1995-2005 you could tell what kind of frame someone was riding just by looking from a mile away. Now everything looks the same.
I also like how much tougher older parts can be. I fucked up a few 36h wheels before I moved to 48h.
I think I should start a collection now.
--- End quote ---
This. I've got a few old 48H rims and hubs laying around. Couple of old redline proline front loads that were basically a brick and a couple of frames somewhere with the old "oval" top tube which were pretty nice. Also rebuilding a few of my old redline bikes up from the late 90's but have to machine up some new parts for them because I can't be bothered finding them. Have a very large collection of old bars and some 8 piece bars. Love the older stuff
@ss4oLe:
I don't collect shit. Maybe if I had more money and more space to store shit I might.
Honestly, I just need bikes that I can ride. Looking at old stuff doesn't do anything for me.
With that said, I do have some old parts that I probably will never get rid of. Not many though.
Taj said in an interview I read, something about old bikes sucked, why would he want to collect them.. I can get my old bikes fix on the museum.
80's bmx = flexy, breakable bikes
90's bmx = heavy as fuck
modern bmx = fuck yes!*
* I've been saying "fuck yes" to bikes since '77
CHROME_RIMS_YO:
mid school stuff is indeed more desirable these days. 10 years ago i won the ebay auctions for both a nos 21" 3/8" standard trls250 and a nos 21" 3/8" fbm angel of death and spent $125 total between the two. don't see deals like that anymore, plus i'm seeing things from that era go for more on the museum and ebay lately. and by lately i mean the last 3 years at most. my money's all tied up in a vinyl record collection that i no longer care about and am wanting to unload. if i had it sold i'd probably build up a squad of midschool bikes. i'm 31, and i bet it's all the dudes like me in that late 20s to early 40s range who are buying up all the midschool now that they're somewhat settled in life. i wish i would have spent more effort collecting during the era, i really only started stockpiling from my bikeshop job 10 years ago a few months before i quit. getting wholesale prices and employee discounts and shit made it easy and i never really took advantage of it. now i can relate to the bmxers from 15-20 years ago that had to scour local bike shops for old stock shimano dx pedals.
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