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what's the point of building an old school bike and sourceing rare parts if you're gonna put some repro piece of shit on it as well. If you can't be bothered to look for the original or wait for the original or afford the original then use something else. The more that tossers start reproing the best gear the more these bits will get passed off as the real deal on e-bay or bastardised to cover up their repro roots and undermine the real parts. Better a real part than some repop. Decals make sense because the adorn a REAL frame and take nothing away from it's authenticity. Too many people looking for a 'quick fix', it's not like restoring a car and having a part made, these parts on bmx's were products in thier own rights and it's either a FAKE or genuine, call it repop, retro or homage it's still a fake piece of shit and does nothing for this hobby. It's like snide designer gear, it's shit and for pretenders. If you love BMX and especially Old school, you won't want it being a sea of fake crap that makes buying them special parts a minefield of repop shit dodgeing. If you don't give a fook that it's new, just put a new part on and don't pretend it's the real deal. It's bad enough seeing a perfectly good original finish being stripped and lost for ever for a colour change that never exsisted on that frameset. Why not get a fooked up one and re-finish that, the original finishes that survive are part of bmx history and can't ever be replaced. IMHO getting a part at any cost doesn't mean trying to cheat the system. I can't afford aerospeeds, if i could i wouldn't pay that anyway but to fake them would make me a fake as well. No thanks.
not talking about munners, talking about fakes.
cool as, just gonna dig into the decorating again. making a multi fuel stove and an inglenook fireplace. today i'm gonna be doing some masonary. i am the novice mason. Good joiner, leccy, plumber and other stuff but never tackled a bit of brickwork. but he who dares wins and all that.
Do your homework, buy from a reputable seller, view and handle the goods if you can prior to purchasing, ask questions, seek advice if you need to.
Quote from: FuNMoNsTeR on January 05, 2008, 06:06 PM Do your homework, buy from a reputable seller, view and handle the goods if you can prior to purchasing, ask questions, seek advice if you need to. when your mates will shaft you then sky's the limit i say. But even having one made is like sewing your own lacoste badge on a matalan jacket.
you see the proplem here??are the ones one ebay real or fake?without seeing them in the flesh its hard to tell!!!FUNMONSTER YOU ARE WRONG SO ARE YOU MUNNERS!!!
^^^^ and some of you talk out of them
as i said before
my story is that i have genuine parts that cost me a lot of money and time sourcing over 8 years!,JUST TO SEE SOME fookWIT CLONE THEM! OK?