Have you lost that "Loving Feeling" ???

[brass monkey!]

this has been discussed before,........

......but I have really noticed a 'slow down' on people buying and selling old school stuff, especially on RAD and also ebay over the past couple of months.

Prices too are coming down on a lot of stuff, so is this 'it' then or just a 'dip' in the market ?

Do you still have the same buzz ? or is anyone losing interest in this hobby? Are you still going to be building more bikes this year, or spending it elsewhere ? (On rising household bills, home improvements, holidays, other hobbies, recreational drugs etc...?)


Would be interested in peoples opinions?

seems to have gone a bit flat or late ! 

[Dingobmxer]

Got out of building OS stuff about 6 years ago and sold it all, now trying to stop bulding anything but finding it difficult 

the market will drop off eventually as there are only so many 30-40 somethings interested in this hobby

  DINGO

[harris]

im not bored ,just refining what i have and changing the odd part .refreshing rides
is to me like a new build so get a buzz from that.
the market will always up and down ,but as most of us have built what we always wanted ,the rest just isnt as good
so yes i would say alot have almost done building for a while .
but the odd one will no dought  jump up and say get me  you neeeed me and of you go again.

i have alot more time for mid school at the moment and it gives a new target and a new hunt factor.

[brass monkey!]

i've just secured what i keep telling myself is my last build, 

i have been thinking about selling up, but always have 2nd thoughts - and anyway the proceeds will be wasted on other things anyway, like bills and CC Overdrafts etc 

just feel its gone a bit stale at the moment....., still looking forward to MK and logging on the RAD for the banter !!

Yes, also still refining and upgrading current builds Dan, and not going to go new school just yet Dingo !  But maybe a retro build........

[Dingobmxer]

i've just secured what i keep telling myself is my last build, 

i have been thinking about selling up, but always have 2nd thoughts - and anyway the proceeds will be wasted on other things anyway, like bills and CC Overdrafts etc 

just feel its gone a bit stale at the moment....., still looking forward to MK and logging on the RAD for the banter !!

Yes, also still refining and upgrading current builds Dan, and not going to go new school just yet Dingo !  But maybe a retro build........

I only have one NEW new school bike all my others are mid 90- early 00's but I like them because I can ride them without worrying too much 

  DINGO

[Dark Diggler]

I ride all mine and have a bike for my various types of biking, so to that end I'm done building. If I do change things its one in-one out.

[crazycraig]

i'm still trying to kick the addiction  but cant .

spread the word to get more folk involved .............so i can sell mine 

It looks like not many peeps have bought site supporter tag either 

[QUADROPHENIA]

still buying and building but have slowed down massively, just looking for the odd bargain now. i seen of late a few bargains, rippers under £200, profiles for £100, GT pro f&f £60. could do with iit all going up again tho cos i wanna shift most of it after MK to take my daughter back to disney next year.

[eloopnai]

ive built 2 bikes i wanted just a skyway ta needed to complete my collection but with them going for silly prices that one wont be happening
as ive just bought a new house with a big mortgage and my moneys gotta go into doing that up for now
the mrs will be happy if she reads this 
im still gonna upgrade bits on my bikes and get them just how i want them though 

[dj_benice]

i'm still trying to kick the addiction  but cant .

spread the word to get more folk involved .............so i can sell mine 

It looks like not many peeps have bought site supporter tag either 

addiction sums it up, sold loads of bits to go snowboarding and more to come for house deposit but still got new builds on the go and a few f/f that had years that will get done in slow time.....   even bought a NS wrong type though   

[munners]

Come the summer it will pick up again. People are not selling stuff..... thats why it is slow.

Also things like MX1000's that were going through the roof before xmas have now come down because of people like Jai (SE BMXER) who managed to sell the pairs he was sourcing relatively cheap to help out the collectors. HE WASNT GREEDY!

As soon as they are off the market and all bought up then the price will rise. Supply and demand!

Same as TA's. A few people sold them not so long back and they were getting crazy money. Now there are loads on the bay so they dont achieve as much. It is a buyers market but that always changes in every industry.

WANTED PARTS ARE STILL FETCHING HIGH PRICES!

People are definitely keeping their stock though i find.

[bodamus]

Yeah me too just a few bits and pieces to finish and a few alterations and upgrades here and their and that's it for me no more bikes. Then all the spare bits will be sold.

bodamus

[southern andy]

I'm new to it again and i'm loving it, maybe in a couple of years time i'll be like you guys.

I'm in the middle of my first rebuild, a Free Agent Limo and i also bought a 2002 Huffy which i came off of hard at Andover race track. Sadly this crash broke a bone and also dislocated it from my sternum for  the rest of my life.

My Free Agent is coming along slowly but the best part is sourcing the bits i need and if prices are dropping then i'm well happy.

When i bought it....




Now.....

I'm waiting on some templates for the pads and i'm scowering here and E-bay for blue bits to finish it.


Just loving it again its an addiction.

[WARDY]

Thought i d lost interest , put me changa on the bay , looked at it and thought "thats mine " so pulled it and now loving it even more. You probably will get lows and highs , but when you look at the bikes u own , the individuallity and the knowledge that therse 20years+, and you ve put it together + makes me , anyway , have a big grin on me face , even if the next bloke to yours is better, in your eyes its 

[MartyC]

Still got heaps of interest but have been more careful about what I buy; some items I want just don't seem to be coming up and when they do they are mega bucks (e.g. Vector VC-8's).  I've also got some parts undergoing restoration rather than replacement and that's taking a bit of time and reducing my need to buy more parts.  Some prices are coming down but not all.  I've picked up a couple of bargains recently but nothing significant other than I bagged a pair of NOS Blue Tech 3's and a cheapy power disk off that ebay seller in Rochdale.

I think I really want to get out and ride a bit more!!!!

[pickle]

Thought i d lost interest , put me changa on the bay , looked at it and thought "thats mine " so pulled it and now loving it even more. You probably will get lows and highs , but when you look at the bikes u own , the individuallity and the knowledge that therse 20years+, and you ve put it together + makes me , anyway , have a big grin on me face , even if the next bloke to yours is better, in your eyes its 

i think that probably sums it all up for me as well 

i went off the whole OS thing....then my mate gave me his old Goose and i'm loving it all over again 

love the NS side as well now too

[jimmyp]

Every day i think what the fook am i doing but i just can't seem to shake this hobby at the mo. Ive got a few bits in my head that i wanna get then thats me i think. Won't be buying any more but will still hang out on here for the crack and to meet new and great people

jimmyp

[QuadPaul]

Have to say I thought I was loosing interest over the winter, but now the race season has started again and been out to skateparks I've got the BUZZ again. 

But I agree with the comments made so far, most people have been in the game a few years now and have built nearly all there dream bikes, prices for stuff does seem to be coming down with a few exceptions obviously.

Personally I've got 1 resto to do this year and after that I'm not building anymore and will just be enjoying riding
Well unless a Change Long comes up then I may have to change my mind

But I'm sure there will still be a trickle of new faces into the hobby that haven't found it yet so parts will keep moving around just at a slower pace IMO.

[Rombloke]

im sick to death of it all tbh, ebay, rad, everything....it stinks

Dave

[zed4130]

I still love OS but sadly no room or cash,so i got the love back with my Dk recently    been out on it a few times now, and love it, some times you have to make a descision mine was the right one, as i can get real use out of it, instead of sitting in the cuboard, im getting it back, all ready for the summer   

the general 

[Steve P]

I've still got another three old school bikes to complete plus I want to get my Pro Class 24 ready for the summer but I really can't be asked ... I just can't find the motivation for building anything BMX these days ... it's gone 

Steve

[Lazarou]

im sick to death of it all tbh, ebay, rad, everything....it stinks

Dave

Say it ain't so Dave! Say it ain't so! 

[MartyC]

I've still got another three old school bikes to complete plus I want to get my Pro Class 24 ready for the summer but I really can't be asked ... I just can't find the motivation for building anything BMX these days ... it's gone 

Steve

No worries Steve, I'll be round in the morning to pick it all up and take it off your hands   

[Steve P]

I'll put the kettle on then Marty ... oh, and bring the biggest trailer you can find 

[DR VINOAH]

nope
im defo still in love with the whole OS bmx ting


im not buying at the mo coz i cant afford it
but there are 1 or 2 more bikes i,d like to build
a redline MXII being one of them

im a patient collector
as i can still see meself being interested
when im for instance Humps,s age.....(no offence if you read this alan)

im still enjoying riding me bikes
decked out in fila BJ & Borg Elites
but not fussed any more about racing them

also still get the thrill of seeing folks new builds

and seeing parts i,d clean forgotten about