Alan's on the bus - it's just not going our way !

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

For F**k sake - now Alans is on the bus

will bmx parts soon be for the millionaires club only 

it's shite like this that make bmx depressing 

bring bmx back to the real scene 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dia-Compe-MX1000-Brake-Blue-Rear-83-Oldschool-BMX-NOS-/220822379300?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item336a0a1b24

it's just a f**king brake caliper not jewelry

[markyp]

i saw that and was gonna post the same comment.he was the one guy you could trust,now hes the new B

[In2 bmx]

i saw that and was gonna post the same comment.he was the one guy you could trust,now hes the new B

can't be as bad as B . Alan won't be sniffing round MK Pissing people off 

[waza04]

you can't trust any1 when there is money to be made...... 

i wonder what all these old school shops are actually paying for this stuff from shiners....

there always gonna be out to make money, no matter what. 

shame really, as what used to be an affordable hobby, is now a joke! 

[dubber]

Haven't been on here for a while, and ive seen the name shiners on this post and the biaggio at mk post (i know who he is.. )
but it may be daft but who/what is shiners?

[waza04]

Haven't been on here for a while, and ive seen the name shiners on this post and the biaggio at mk post (i know who he is.. )
but it may be daft but who/what is shiners?

im no expert, but from what i can gather, shiners is a company that still holds alot of old stock, and sell it to people like biagio, skatepool, alans for peanuts..

they then sell it on for 10,000 % profit.  

don't worry thought coz we'll get to buy all the crap pitted  elina ul seats and bits from mk.  

[wildon]

Haven't been on here for a while, and ive seen the name shiners on this post and the biaggio at mk post (i know who he is.. )
but it may be daft but who/what is shiners?

Long running UK distribution company who still hold a load of o/s stock

as Waza said 

[HARORIDER]

if peeps didn't pay the prices in the first place then the prices wouldn't keep going up-just think that when people pay high prices for all this old school stuff surely eventually it will be worthless, a lot of money lost in my opinion now is the time to sell not buy

[jeff spicoli]

When times were tough for BMX after the 80's boom Alan stuck with it and struggled for years while most of us bailed out. Good on him I say.

[ron burgundy]

 

For F**k sake - now Alans is on the bus

It was Alans bus to start with. He was selling old school gear and holding oldschool meetings way before any one else.

This was the scene in 2001...

http://www.30cms.net/Pages/xmasclassic/bikes.htm

He was selling mx1000 for about £20 back then.

A few more pics from Kevs site.

http://www.kdw712.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/alans2004.html


He was a top bloke and did a lot for OSBMX back then.

[retrorider.u.k]

Alan's margin was +100% in 2001/2 and good luck to em all.They run companies which have to make a profit to survive.Can't see what all the fuss is about to be honest...

[waza04]

dinner time me thinks.................. 

[HARORIDER]

trouble is as well is now they have to include vat,higher business rates etc etc i suppose we are in rip off britain after all 

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

Alan may have been in it for years but why does every one keep having to put therre prices up to a stupid high mark  - Surrey skatebaords sold loads to shinner and the other way around back in the day - now i understand that shiners has a lot of old gear, as i think Surrey skates sold them huge job lots left over from there warehouse when Surrey's  was coming to a end - but it the surply and demand that is getting stupid - we all hold onto parts cos we think they are worth shid loads, when in fact it is people like B and Alans who hold and command the prices

yes give certain peeps respect but soon only the rich boys will be the only one's to be able to build bikes 

it's a shame to see bmx get the life sucked out of it, just for the greed and not the love of it 

[slurp]

For F**k sake - now Alans is on the bus

It was Alans bus to start with. He was selling old school gear and holding oldschool meetings way before any one else.

This was the scene in 2001...

http://www.30cms.net/Pages/xmasclassic/bikes.htm

He was selling mx1000 for about £20 back then.

A few more pics from Kevs site.

http://www.kdw712.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/alans2004.html


He was a top bloke and did a lot for OSBMX back then.

In the 2nd link, 1st photo who do the 3 Hutchs belong to in front of the camper van. I remember having a chat to him at the 25th BMX anniversary at Bournemouth back in 2005. Top bloke with some great bikes with loads of history to them.

[Betty]

For F**k sake - now Alans is on the bus

It was Alans bus to start with. He was selling old school gear and holding oldschool meetings way before any one else.

This was the scene in 2001...

http://www.30cms.net/Pages/xmasclassic/bikes.htm

He was selling mx1000 for about £20 back then.

A few more pics from Kevs site.

http://www.kdw712.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/alans2004.html


He was a top bloke and did a lot for OSBMX back then.

Cool links Bren... 

[b45t4rd]

Don't know if it is still the case, but Alans OLD stuff was from his stash from the 80's, he like Shiners, held onto it when nobody was in the slightest bit interested in old bmx bits.

[jeff spicoli]

What value do you put on a mid life crisis ?.  Supply and demand is the same in all businesses why would BMX be any different. The brake only cost as much as a tank of petrol pretty much the same as it did in 83.

[dordymush]

if you don't pay the prices they'll come down at some point.
its only us old fools that are into these bikes and its boom time for the suppliers that took a chance on this stuff ever coming back.
if you don't rush and have to build a bike every week with all nos you'll end up dropping on bits for sensible money  .

[dan-dare]

Shakey's TA......

[HARORIDER]

b and alans don't command the prices,i have said this a thousand times we are all to blame for buying and bidding on ebay cos you think "if i don't get that part i may never see it again" you will always find what you are looking for just be patient-i remember first time meeting biagio back in 2003 and when he offered me a nos mx1000 brake set for £40 i was like  but i did end up buying a nos in the box complete haro sport for £225 

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

I don't see the point in paying high price's - if i can't afford it, then i can't have it - this is why i like to resto old bits, hard work put into some thing to bring it back to life is better than just buying off of ebay and having a soulless bmx

only the rich or stupid bid it up to a crazy price - but if you notice this caliper is not starting at 99p - so it is the like's of this type of seller who are setting a price, which then other people follow beliving that they can do the same !

[HARORIDER]

I don't see the point in paying high price's - if i can't afford it, then i can't have it - this is why i like to resto old bits, hard work put into some thing to bring it back to life is better than just buying off of ebay and having a soulless bmx

only the rich or stupid bid it up to a crazy price - but if you notice this caliper is not starting at 99p - so it is the like's of this type of seller who are setting a price, which then other people follow beliving that they can do the same !

i agree and i like restoring some parts too but these caliper prices were set some time ago i bought a set of radman 3 years ago for £200 -these sellers watch ebay and know ebay i have spoke to biagio many times before and in his words if you had something and had just watched something similar go for x amount would you then let basically the same thing go cheaper
i have put things on here before and got a pm from someone(no names) saying he would like what i had but my prices were too high but the item in question was actually £35 less than what i had paid for it 2 weeks before bought it on impulse(lesson learned there) when your selling your a cnut cos prices are too high and when you dib something first your a cnut for beating the other person to it so your never gonna win 

[In2 bmx]

When I started building bikes again and looking for what i wanted, before I knew about RAD and other sites to buy things from .

 Everything was from eBAY .
 
I blame it all on eBay . It's a bidding site and if you need or want it you will pay the money . ...End of .

[HARORIDER]

When I started building bikes again and looking for what i wanted, before I knew about RAD and other sites to buy things from .

 Everything was from eBAY .
 
I blame it all on eBay . It's a bidding site and if you need or want it you will pay the money . ...End of .

probably what we all done mate 
look at the ticket touts
look at why all the kids couldn't get their "no1 toy" they wanted for xmas

FOOKING EBAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!