Author Topic: regrettable decisions (Read 2733 times)

Faze 3 · « **on:** February 05, 2007, 01:33 PM »

Check this advert from Ride magazine, Sept 1998. should have picked myself up a bargain, instead I bought a Hoffman Condor!

Faze 3 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:46 PM »

You and me both! Sometimes you just have to kick yourself eh. even worse I had to sell the Condor a few months later cos our fridge packed up!!

Buy the way just checked out you old school pics, good taste my friend!

retrorider.u.k · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2007, 04:48 PM »

i had 3 of those.bargain of the century apart from the wheels which were shite(just added tuffs)...thanks shiner and cyclesport

poolysheriff · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:19 PM »

I got 1 too (white),

Think it was 1999 and the price went down to £199 ,
They were struggling to get rid of them ,
Went to Grantham to pick it up ,

Time machine still needed if anyones got 1 going spare

can,t remember what wheels it came with but yeh thay were shite

retrorider.u.k · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:24 PM »

how long would 50 last now... ? they had a few red/white streatbeats complete too but i missed out on those

jT Racing · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2007, 06:32 PM »

and if only i had picked them 6 numbers on staurday. 20/20 heindsight is a twat.

gary4130 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2007, 09:31 PM »

Quote from: retrorider.u.k on February 05, 2007, 05:24 PM

how long would 50 last now... ? they had a few red/white streatbeats complete too but i missed out on those

me too mate,i suppose the search still goes on.( the streetbeats were going for £189 complete !

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JAY · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2007, 11:30 PM »

Yeah the good ole days ,1999, I picked up my 84 sport form there , in the box for £130 , they were £149 , but i knocked them down a bit

.Everything was there except the z rims (rims only). I also bought a white 85 master F+F for £45 ........Just wish i'd bought more , but can't complain..........

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2007, 11:40 PM »

I often wonder what happened to all these bikes? There seemed to be loads of them about at one time. I mean in general, all those bikes people bought up in the early 00's because they could see what was comming. There's a pile of old skool bikes sitting in peoples sheds that haven't been there for that long.

Faze 3 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:28 PM »

Makes me think that we are all going through this mid life nostagia thingy! I'm guessing we all rode bitd and our now all in are
30's.

We've all now got to that stage were we can afford this stuff, and at an age when we can still remember doing it, like we were 15 all over again!

This has made the bikes harder to find and more expensive, but what will happen to the prices in another ten years?

We'll all be in our 40's and what with memory fade, bad backs, fat bellies, etc will the demand drop off?

zed4130 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:35 PM »

i had the chance to buy one of brian fosters old ali shwinns a couple of years ago for £120 but you guesed it i didnt

brass monkey! · « **Reply #11 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:36 PM »

i am sure Shiner still has a load of 80's bikes - held back accumilating value, I was told this 3 years ago......it's apparently true.

Faze 3 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:39 PM »

Who's shiner?! Were does he live!! Ha Ha !!

Never mind these 80's bikes the 90's bikes they aren't far behind, man I can't find a Hoffman EP team for love nor money!

Flaz · « **Reply #13 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:39 PM »

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and what with memory fade, bad backs, fat bellies, etc

I can assure you you dont need to be in your 40's to suffer with all the above mentioned

zed4130 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:46 PM »

I still need to check out hotwheel warehouse its full of 80's bikes going up the stair case

and its just down the road from me

Faze 3 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:56 PM »

Really! My counsin is the manager of Hotwheels in Bournemouth. They are trade supply only now he was telling me, he didn't mention heaps of old bikes........think it might be time to have words!

Moose · « **Reply #16 on:** February 07, 2007, 04:15 PM »

I thought the Haney's bought all of Hotwheel's old stock? Isn't that where they got most of their stuff from?

brass monkey! · « **Reply #17 on:** February 07, 2007, 04:21 PM »

Quote from: FAZE 3 on February 07, 2007, 03:39 PM

Who's shiner?! Were does he live!! Ha Ha !!

Never mind these 80's bikes the 90's bikes they aren't far behind, man I can't find a Hoffman EP team for love nor money!

shiner, major diostributor of SE, Hutch Haro etc......still going, but won't sell....I think Rudewheels and Biagio may have good contacts there, as they seem to pull stock out every now and again.........

there's still heaps out there, I also read that there is a heap of NOS HUTCH Stuff hidden in a container somewhere in the US, private collection of Mr Hutchins himself, anyone got his telephone numbers

Zippy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 07, 2007, 04:23 PM »

sod his phone number just give us his address

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #19 on:** February 08, 2007, 02:12 AM »

Shinner has very little left and i think the haneys got what was left of the Hutch stuff too.

ORB · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2007, 12:11 AM »

I have a bit of a connection with Shiner and they allways look after me.

I know that they do have a fair bit left, but they have the kind of stuff left that they will sell for themselves.

So rather than looking towards them for NOS Dia Compe, they have NOS Ripper Frame and forks and the like. BUT THEY WILL NOT ADMIT IT!

retrorider.u.k · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:38 AM »

or if you look at it as we should, if you want to build anything nos now, era correct, you will have to have a second mortgage.

Faze 3 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:53 AM »

Look I'm new to this fella's... who is this Shiner bloke?! Some say they have connections, some suggest he's just a myth!!!

But the one question remains, can he be got at? Perhaps if we went in mob handed, oh and bring Mr BIG!!!!

You see I really would like a set of blue MX1000's and I really can't afford to re-morgage!

brass monkey! · « **Reply #23 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:59 AM »

they exist, be sure of that, now distribute, Sk8, and New School BMX, link below:

http://www.shiner-distribution.co.uk/

Faze 3 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:19 PM »

Thanks for link, am I missing something. They have 6 SE bikes & thats it!!

Not the huge booty I was expecting!

Author Topic: regrettable decisions (Read 2733 times)

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