is it wrong to retro a new school bike

[SaMAlex]

not a fan of skin/tan walls on a NS.  Coloured walls are shite.

Glen, you are so ...... OLD! (and I agree. i hate coloured walls!! )

[Bettyswallocks]

I like tanwalls... 

Even had some on my bike but the weight whore in me made me put KHE's back on

Its coloured tyres or whitewalls that have me reaching for the sick bucket.... yuk!

[welsh denny]

this is my ride. retroized proper dolomite/haro sport 88 graphics. love tan walls and been running lamellos for years.....
ok its not fully new skool as euro not mid bb, regular 1 1/8" aheadset rather than internal headset but apart from that freecoaster, fly and suelo brakes, etc.





TAN WALLS!!






its like anything- down to presonal preference. this is my mine. not that keen on some of the graphics and look to some of the new skool bikes. rather new skool geometry and build/strenght with old skool looks. even been toyin with putting my white tuffs on this to do some riding photos sometime.

 

[Dingobmxer]

retro + tanwalls=



Dingo

[oldtired]

sunday i think?   did a cruiser last year that was done retro look although i don't think it was intentional, there is a post on here somewhere with it on ,    dark green and gold looked real nice , going to re do my '06 FreeAgent this summer after the mystery machine project has a bit more done     FreeAgent will be a  mix of race and freestyle maybe?   like bitd     

i think the old   look is quite distinctive and sets the various models of bike apart you can tell a Haro ,or a GT  apart from a mile away mainly due to the look of the bike then the frame etc etc  comes into play ,   new school i'm lost with i see very little difference between a low end or a pro model  on first inspection , you have to look a lot closer to see weather its a pos or not,           unless of course thats cos me eye's are going a bit now 

[dordymush]

i personally like to see new school all black and smashed up  .
deffo would leave that bike as it is now though.looks cool as is.

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Deffo wrong to retro a new schhool bike.Who wants their lovely new bike to resemble some old 80s crap?

[Dark Diggler]

Who wants their lovely new bike to resemble some old 80s crap?

Good job you put an mtb seatpost and cranks on then 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Yep.Just want one of those plastic hosepipe things to cover the chain next

[meticulous]

still no seat post....               i bet you still have trouble reaching the pedals....   

[JT71]

Yep.Just want one of those plastic hosepipe things to cover the chain next

I might have one of those somewhere! lol.

[oldtired]

 

[meticulous]

wonder why no one puts them on there show bikes....   

[telelogic]

No

[JT71]

wonder why no one puts them on there show bikes....   

becasue people put on their show bikes stuff that might be either the factory spec or what everyone else deems to be the right stuff, rather than things that they thought
were cool, and possilby had as a kid. Those guards are ultimately useless but loads of us wanted/tried one i'm sure.

[oldtired]

yeah had a red pro guard on my first DP got the DP for xmas and bunged a pro guard on straight away ,once on looked cool ,         thing is it was winter and back then i didn't care if it was or had been raining just went out on the bike ,  now what it dosen't say on the pro guard packet is that as well as keeping the oil on you chain it also holds water,   after about a week or so the chain was just about seized up  ,   the pro guard went straight in the bin     

[58 delray]

retro ripper

[gobshite]

i built this fooker as a my uni bike back in 1999,
i guess that makes it a mid school retro,
yet to see one earlier tbh!

decals were genuine se racing, from shiner!