Mid school advice? timeline?

[Taipan]

What timeline am I looking at for midschool bmxing? am I looking at caliper brakes or? liking the look of some midschool bikes recently,dont think I'll ever lean towards new skool,but a sweet looking mid maybe on the cards is there a midschool bike gallery on here guys? thx in advance

[kev-s]

mid school started around 1989/1990 and ended around 2002ish

there's no definitive timeline, best way to look at it is most decent 90's frames came with chainstay brake mounts, most were from rider owned companies and they were heavier/stronger and could have 1in or 1/18th external headsets


take a look on  http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/  pick a brand your interested in and they go through the years until you come to the 1990's

[Taipan]

thx kev

[m1ke]

good choice on mid school as we all know that the best bmx's were made then 

[pickle]

go new school but with a Mid look 

[TwoBobRob]

I like to think Midschool ended with U.S. bottom brackets myself....

See if you can get hold of a ox platinum Standard from around 2000ish, quality bike.

[Taipan]

Well that red bike does absolutely nothing for me? I dont think I'm ever gonna like new skoolies? they all look the same? I think I'm probably feeling the love for early mid school bikes,anybody got any favorite examples of this type

[TwoBobRob]

Haro Airmaster I suppose, that's an unusual looking thing with a bashguard. Cool though.

[kev-s]

new school can look good/mid, well to me it can





if you want early mid then look for 1in headset s&m's, standards & bashguard haro's etc...

 

[Dingobmxer]

my mid school RACE bike




Dingo

[condor96]

Well that red bike does absolutely nothing for me? I dont think I'm ever gonna like new skoolies? they all look the same? I think I'm probably feeling the love for early mid school bikes,anybody got any favorite examples of this type

new bikes are where its at to ride.   thats a common complaint but the way i see it, all 80s bikes look the same. nothing has really changed....
you can build a bike anyway you want it to look......

[LENNY-LENTINI]

For me Brother

The Two companies that most represent what happened in the Mid-skool era are S&M and Standard Bykes.

The look was usually painted frame with chrome bars and forks and some times Tin Foil.

Here's some of mine.

S&M HOLMES


S&M DIRTBIKE


S&M TRAILS FRAME (With Dirtbike stickers)


Keep the Faith. L

[LENNY-LENTINI]

Check out the Bikes S&MAlex builds.

They are Hardcore Mid-skool.

Exactly how a lot of bikes really looked in that Era.

[JT71]

Check out the Bikes S&MAlex builds. rode!

They are Hardcore Mid-skool.

Exactly how a lot of bikes really looked in that Era.

fixed that for ya.

[Taipan]

Lenni I'm loving those bikes you put up I looked at the s+m holmes f+f's and there holding good money,but would love one!