Author Topic: Mid school 89- (Read 6937 times)

fischflo · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:11 PM »

...but Ed will keep on nagging then $:-\$

stidds · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:14 PM »

Quote from: fischflo on February 02, 2014, 11:11 PM

...but Ed will keep on nagging then $:-\$

Does anybody really listen to Ed?

fischflo · « **Reply #27 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:18 PM »

fook him

DIRTBIKER250F · « **Reply #28 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:27 PM »

Do we have a generation defining mid school bmx ?

rodriguez · « **Reply #29 on:** February 03, 2014, 01:48 AM »

Quote from: DIRTBIKER250F on February 02, 2014, 11:27 PM

Do we have a generation defining mid school bmx ?

I don't think anybody knows that either, mid School is a bit of an enigma.

Fun to research, find parts for and depending on what you want to build parts are out there and won't break the bank.

meticulous · « **Reply #30 on:** February 03, 2014, 07:40 AM »

may I sugest 2 catagories for mid school to end this debate forever...

early mid school 86-91

late mid school 91-96

bumbum!

Dannywhac · « **Reply #31 on:** February 03, 2014, 09:04 AM »

stidds · « **Reply #32 on:** February 03, 2014, 11:17 AM »

That is fooking ace Danny.

region11 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 03, 2014, 12:06 PM »

There were 80's bikes and there were 90's bikes...Dosen't really matter how you chose to class them at the end of the day...It's bmx, just enjoy what you remember

rodriguez · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2014, 02:10 PM »

Quote from: meticulous on February 03, 2014, 07:40 AM

may I sugest 2 catagories for mid school to end this debate forever...

early mid school 86-91

late mid school 91-96

bumbum!

Great idea but may I suggest an amendment

early mid school 86-91

mid mid school 91-96

late mid school 96-03ish

You can see why people get sick of these threads.

A bunch of middle aged men arguing about what was happened in BMX when a good lot of them had lost interest having found drink, women, and drugs and really can't remember what happened in the 90's anyway.

Personally I don't think the sections should be classified by years at all and just left the way they used to be with things falling into place.

It gets ridiculous when you get two models of the same bike and one falls into say vintage and the other falls into old school just because they are different years.

I blame the BMXsociety on all this nonsense who AFAIK come up with years to define the sections to facilitate their BOTY competition.

If ever there was a forum that you don't want to follow the example of that's it, they spend 99% of their time arguing about everything and anything.

Where's Stephen Hawkins when you need him

stidds · « **Reply #35 on:** February 03, 2014, 02:21 PM »

Quote from: rodriguez on February 03, 2014, 02:10 PM

I blame the BMXsociety on all this nonsense who AFAIK come up with years to define the sections to facilitate their BOTY competition.

But this site has a BOTY also and at MK we have S&S, so because of this we have to have the years of each 'school' clearly defined. Otherwise people start throwing their toys out of their prams.

The easiest way in my opinion is this, keep it as it is a everybody STFU about it.

rodriguez · « **Reply #36 on:** February 03, 2014, 04:56 PM »

Quote from: stidds on February 03, 2014, 02:21 PM

Quote from: rodriguez on February 03, 2014, 02:10 PM

I blame the BMXsociety on all this nonsense who AFAIK come up with years to define the sections to facilitate their BOTY competition.

But this site has a BOTY also and at MK we have S&S, so because of this we have to have the years of each 'school' clearly defined. Otherwise people start throwing their toys out of their prams.

The easiest way in my opinion is this, keep it as it is a everybody STFU about it.

Surely grown men wouldn't chuck the toys out of the pram over BMX

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #37 on:** February 03, 2014, 06:31 PM »

87 seems bang on, its just a guide after all

midschooljon · « **Reply #38 on:** February 03, 2014, 06:46 PM »

Old / Mid / And new school are obsolete. Sticking to it forces all of BMX history to conform to three categories, and we all know BMX has been defined by more that 3 major shifts in its direction.

It should just be defined by the era, 70's, 80's, 90's, etc, etc.

Not a hope in hell that a 86 bike can sit along side a 2000 bike and both be called "mid".

stidds · « **Reply #39 on:** February 03, 2014, 07:50 PM »

Quote from: midschooljon on February 03, 2014, 06:46 PM

Old / Mid / And new school are obsolete. Sticking to it forces all of BMX history to conform to three categories, and we all know BMX has been defined by more that 3 major shifts in its direction.

It should just be defined by the era, 70's, 80's, 90's, etc, etc.

Not a hope in hell that a 86 bike can sit along side a 2000 bike and both be called "mid".

Just being pedantic but an 86 bike is classed as oldschool on here, not mid

rodriguez · « **Reply #40 on:** February 03, 2014, 08:33 PM »

Quote from: midschooljon on February 03, 2014, 06:46 PM

Old / Mid / And new school are obsolete. Sticking to it forces all of BMX history to conform to three categories, and we all know BMX has been defined by more that 3 major shifts in its direction.

It should just be defined by the era, 70's, 80's, 90's, etc, etc.

Not a hope in hell that a 86 bike can sit along side a 2000 bike and both be called "mid".

I see where you are coming from but the term rough guide was used before which I think is right, Vintage, Old, Mid and New are just a rough guide really, in reality there's no such thing as any of them.

Work well if you lose the years, if you don't posts get moved around because they are in the wrong section.

Decades won't work either IMO, eg, 2 bikes exact same model one '79 and the other on '81 have to go in different sections.

Personally I hate to see posts moved unless they are blatantly wrong.

ED209 · « **Reply #41 on:** February 03, 2014, 08:48 PM »

Quote from: stidds on February 02, 2014, 11:14 PM

Quote from: fischflo on February 02, 2014, 11:11 PM
...but Ed will keep on nagging then $:-\$

Does anybody really listen to Ed?

I fooking hope not

I propose a new catagory ... 'Ed School' ... its just got Auburns & Wilkersons in

maybe a Pork

Peter J · « **Reply #42 on:** February 03, 2014, 09:50 PM »

Does it matter there all cracking builds

although I would say 09:42 14th march 1987 is the start of mid school

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fischflo · « **Reply #43 on:** February 03, 2014, 09:54 PM »

drink women drugs period.

ED209 · « **Reply #44 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:11 PM »

ski school
driving school
Girlschool

This is a serious issue!

'Experts : The UK has too many types of school'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/experts-uk-has-too-many-types-of-school-2352191.html

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #45 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:43 PM »

Old school : 1inch threaded headset, caliper only brake and pre 2000

meticulous · « **Reply #46 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:01 PM »

in another 50 years time all these defining era's will be classed as old school, but by then non of us will give a fook....

Bru · « **Reply #47 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:08 PM »

Quote from: meticulous on February 04, 2014, 01:01 PM

but by then non of us will give a fook....

How true but TBH I don't give a fook now!

Bru

pickle · « **Reply #48 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:18 PM »

dordymush · « **Reply #49 on:** February 04, 2014, 02:05 PM »

And you two are in charge