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The Bike Shop / Re: Mid school "collecting"

« on: October 08, 2014, 02:15:23 PM »

What do you guys do with these collections? Just build bikes up to have?

Lately I've wanted to buy a couple frames I lusted over back in the day and hang them on a wall. But it seems silly to do that.

My end goal is to be able to build up bikes that can actually be ridden and enjoyed.  But I have way too many frames to actually build them all up. 

Depending on the setting, a frame on the wall is pretty cool.  It is for sure a conversation piece, that's for sure. 

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The Bike Shop / Re: Mid school "collecting"

« on: October 08, 2014, 12:22:47 PM »

Milhous, I'm going to send you a PM on the Museum about some shit I am working on for a BMX swap meet/show sort of deal.  I am curious your input on a lot of this stuff as I know you are a like minded individual. 

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The Bike Shop / Re: Mid school "collecting"

« on: October 08, 2014, 12:21:18 PM »

YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!!  Quit trying to turn this into a for sale/want to buy thread.  There is a section for that located here:

http://www.bikeguide.org/forum/index.php/board,14.0.html 

Please try to stick to the conversation requested.  I know we all want a quick $20 so we can go buy a fucking nugget of weed, but hell!  Don't thread jack to try and sell your shit unless you are breaking me off a piece of said nugget of weed for my commission percentage of creating a thread for you to get high off of.

Please and thank you. 

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The Bike Shop / Re: Mid school "collecting"

« on: October 08, 2014, 12:10:15 PM »

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. 

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The Bike Shop / Mid school "collecting"

« on: October 08, 2014, 11:27:06 AM »

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. 

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Riding Photos / Re: Papoy riding

« on: October 03, 2014, 12:09:33 PM »

That rules.

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Bike Gallery / Re: T-1 Barcode (2014)

« on: September 29, 2014, 01:51:32 PM »

This is a green box getting sonofabitch, right here. 

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Riding Photos / Re: Official Table photo thread.

« on: September 29, 2014, 01:34:40 PM »

It's been a minute since I posted up in this thread.  Here is a new one to add to the group.

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The Bike Shop / Re: FBM Re-Releasing the Angel of Death?

« on: September 25, 2014, 10:13:44 AM »

Sounds like you get your "hard on" from barking out commands....   

Pretty stoked on this happening.  That isn't my cup of tea on geometry.  But I am stoked it is still getting made. 

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The Lounge / Re: colorado riding

« on: September 03, 2014, 09:25:06 AM »

OMFG BLUE!!!!!   Go to the Boulder public park and rage those fucking hips, dude.  I CBA to even read about what any of these other nerds are saying!!!   Go to the Boulder park.  I pray to the Good Lord Joe Rich that you get this message in time. 

And then yes, Valmont Bike Part is fucking epic as well.  But I know you will like Boulder park.  That shit has more hips than a Brazilian whore house. 

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The Lounge / Re: Devon Feil's expose about A22 and TCU

« on: September 03, 2014, 09:05:29 AM »

I am down with the Russle Sprouts. 

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The Lounge / Re: Devon Feil's expose about A22 and TCU

« on: August 29, 2014, 02:40:31 PM »

Kurt:  give examples of shitty brands, please

All those Euro brands firing out identical frames and completes with teams full of park guys with neck tattoos.

Fairly shitty.

Also, brands that are all "Keep it local" whilst depending on Danscomp for 60 percent of their sales.

LOL, isn't that like the majority of BMX brands? 

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The Bike Shop / Re: Frame History?

« on: August 07, 2014, 07:49:49 PM »

I have some updates....

My new current ramp machine is a custom Iowa made STA with the gas tank gusset and brakes on the chain stays. 
My new current roast bike is an S&M made T1 barcode in 21" tt with welded on mounts. 

Best of both worlds.  Super stoked on how both of them ride.  I even did the rear end test where I stood on the rear triangle and tried to get it to flex, both frames were stiff as a board.

we want pictures!

Pictures soon, I promise!!  I am in the final stages of dialing everything in.  I am going down to STL to the Tree HQ next week and I am going to grab the rest of the parts I want to finish the T1.  I still need to finish tensioning my new wheel set that I am putting on the STA as well as waiting on a pair of cranks to show up.  Then that rig should be done. 

My final step is the rubber department.  After riding Odyssey tires for the past 8 years or so I sort of want to try something different.  The gum Cult tires with black side walls is my current first choice for my STA.  But I'm not really too sure what I want to put on the T1.  I guess we will find out. 

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The Bike Shop / Re: Frame History?

« on: August 07, 2014, 10:40:55 AM »

I have some updates....

My new current ramp machine is a custom Iowa made STA with the gas tank gusset and brakes on the chain stays. 
My new current roast bike is an S&M made T1 barcode in 21" tt with welded on mounts. 

Best of both worlds.  Super stoked on how both of them ride.  I even did the rear end test where I stood on the rear triangle and tried to get it to flex, both frames were stiff as a board.

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Riding Photos / Re: Papoy riding

« on: March 28, 2014, 08:34:12 AM »

Tom can suck it because he won't try to do a one handed table.