Author Topic: Noob questions (Read 2053 times)

don · « **on:** March 15, 2011, 10:26 PM »

There seems a lot of NOS parts advertised on ebay from Asia generally are these legit or repos?

SR GT Mallet stem without a potts mod are replacement potts mod bolts readily available? Also anyone know if these can stems be easily anodised?

Shimano DX pedals - A silver NOS pair went on ebay for £165 does this seem a fair price? If buying used ones are the scuffs/pits repairable?

GT decals are these easily sourced?

Bar ebay and here any other advice on places to look for parts or is that trade secrets.

Cheers Chaps.

Tefore · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2011, 10:52 PM »

get yerself a site supporter tag mate and some good deals can be had here on rad.
not many places around like there used to be im sure you have heard of www.vert-ego.com.

as for the asia buying be careful they seem to have soooooooooo many nos items in stock but with all the companys cashing in on repops now buying from asia dont seem bad

brettypeeps · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2011, 11:41 PM »

Pork chop. get a lot of stuff from here mainly repop ie tyres DURO ST's
http://www.porkchopbmx.com/20-Standard_c9.htm
Alans has a bit of stuff still kicking about
http://www.alansbmx.com/index.php?cPath=116&osCsid=9f48f87bded26a31a0f2f57eb9c5fa76
and if you thought Vert-ego was dear then there is RetrospectBMX
http://www.retrospectbmx.com/

hope these help you may also need to re-mortgage the house to pay for some of the stuff

http://www.ybs.co.uk/mortgages/index.html

griff · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2011, 12:08 AM »

Quote from: brettypeeps on March 15, 2011, 11:41 PM

Pork chop. get a lot of stuff from here mainly repop ie tyres DURO ST's
http://www.porkchopbmx.com/20-Standard_c9.htm
Alans has a bit of stuff still kicking about
http://www.alansbmx.com/index.php?cPath=116&osCsid=9f48f87bded26a31a0f2f57eb9c5fa76
and if you thought Vert-ego was dear then there is RetrospectBMX
http://www.retrospectbmx.com/

hope these help you may also need to re-mortgage the house to pay for some of the stuff
http://www.ybs.co.uk/mortgages/index.html

thanks brett didn't know about retrospect

pricey but still not as bad as vertego (at least for the bits I saw, biaggio wants nearly 2x the amount for a suntour clamp)

I used porkchop (good for small, light bits esp grips as keeps the postage down) & alans but by far the best deals came from RAD

site supporter tag is well worth it

squigly · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:19 AM »

Don,

Hang in there, you're probably like me - Really keen to get back into some cool BMX but take your time and know exactly what you want !, this shit is very very expensive due to sheer demand i guess, but if you keep your eyes peeled stuff does pop up, but if its something that you want don't spend too long thinking about it or it'll be gone i the blink of an eye, i've missed a couple of bikes and a frame because i hesitated

I need to get a site supporter tag but even freeing up that small amount can take some planning