What's with all the bling?

[punkdSICO]

Im searching for some spoked wheels and Im a little surprised with the frequency/amount of gold wheels that come up.  Personally, gold is my least liked bike accessory colour (although there are some lovely examples of gold-splashed bikes).

So, why are they so many old school gold wheels out there?  Was gold the mid eighties colour to have??

Ta,

Paul

[meticulous]

Left over Burner wheels after they threw the frames in the canal 

thought i was the only one!   

[punkdSICO]

Left over Burner wheels after they threw the frames in the canal 

hehe..

I left BMXing in about '86 and only got back into 2 months ago.  One of my many pleasant surprises is to see that Burner’s are loved as much today as they were back in the 80’s

 

Paul

[Gnarlyscoots]

The in thing was a Yellow Skyway on the back and a Gold Araya on the front  That was to help lift the front of a Burner into a wheelie as you needed to be Arnie to lift the fooker 

When you were a 6 stone lanky weakling, it was all that helped  so all the back Arayas got shoved in the sheds or garages 

[StellaAtoiz]

Nowt wrong with a Burner

...some of the higher spec Burners came with some decent components on as well

[Badbaldie]

Left over Burner wheels after they threw the frames in the canal  

nice hot sunny day , and were are all the burner boys ?? swimming  at Wigan pier   look what youve started snav  

[popedante]

............i bet they even sank slowly

[HARORIDER]

Nowt wrong with a Burner

...some of the higher spec Burners came with some decent components on as well

yeah like spokey doekeys 

[StellaAtoiz]

Back at ya Paul with Wenmann brakesets

[beard1973]

I think he means Weinmann 

[mattuknc]

............i bet they even sank slowly

...and produced no bubbles...


(I did have a blue/yellow mag burner in '85  )

[StellaAtoiz]

............i bet they even sank slowly

...and produced no bubbles...


(I did have a blue/yellow mag burner in '85  )

My favourite model

[HARORIDER]

I think he means Weinmann 

[StellaAtoiz]

 

[neil]

once had a burner ...few tablets from the clap clinic cured it

[1mancity2]

To get back on topic, I think one of the reasons gold was so popular is, it goes with almost any other colour so very easy to buy in bulk and whack on different models whilst keeping the price down.

[Jon The Bassist]

Maybe gold is what didn't sell BiTD? I honestly think that the only gold parts I ever had from all my bikes were some hubs.

[DJL]

personally i love it