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It seems a lot of people on here are not bmx'ers there just collectors who never have and never will race there bikes,you have only got to look at the way the bikes are set up to see that,(seats as high as they can go,stems high,bars right forward eg)
Also it's a different BiTD for all of us, I raced 85-90 so missed the early bit when loads of you guys raced.
Quote from: Jon The Bassist on January 09, 2010, 04:56 PMAlso it's a different BiTD for all of us, I raced 85-90 so missed the early bit when loads of you guys raced.true i,d done by 85-86
The thing is collecting anything goes this way, VW's are a prime example. I know some mates that run Beetles exactly as they did bitd, a mish mash of parts. However I also have mates who are completely anal about only putting original parts on within a 1-2 year window.It all depends on how you want to build something, I have built bikes exactly as I would have run them bitd, however when it came to building my DeCoster I only used parts that were around in 1978, if I wasn't 100% sure a part was from '78 then it didn't go on the bike. It even came down to speaking to lots of members on this site and in the US that are into the 70's builds whether radial spokes were used, whether blue or chrome nipples should be on the rims and it wasn't actually until the day of MK09 that I finally decided on whether to put a blue or black brake cable on it.At the end of the day it is still a BMX however you build it and to me it is not for someone else to comment on how that person built the bike. No-one is right or wrong, they are just another sad collector/rider of childrens bicycles.
It seems a lot of people on here are not bmx'ers there just collectors who never have and never will race there bikes,you have only got to look at the way the bikes are set up to see that,(seats as high as they can go,stems high,bars right forward eg) THATS WHY OLD SCHOOL RACING IS DYING OUT IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY collectors not BMX'ers buying the bikes they never had as kiddies it has to be done thou and glad it is,but i know what you mean heathy