Back in the day

[WARDY]

When you used to go around with ya mates on the streets and you clapped eyes on some other dudes on their bikes , what caught your eye first , shitty f/f but shit hot parts or shit hot f/f with shite parts , so what im saying is where you more interested in the f/f or parts , me f/f

[fugazi]

I think for me it was the f/f, but was also into what wheels people were running, when everybody switched from mags to alloys!

[Rombloke]

frame and forks



no


parts



no




frame and forks


oh i dont know now

Dave

[GREMLIN]

Where i grew up it was always the parts on the bikes.  As everywhere most bikes were burners etc.
So everyone wanting to tart their bikes up a bit would get the best parts possible. Cheaper and easier than a new frame-set.
 
So parts for me     G. 

[WARDY]

i remember the first time i clapped eyes on a ripper , standard parts i think , but fook me the f/f i was i love with ,candy red , were nt even looking at the parts , just drooling over the f/f as the kid rode past

[southern andy]

I remember clamping my eyes on a DB Harry leary Turbo at Bournemouth and was just mesmerised by it's beauty. I think it's the only frame set that has done that to me.

[GREMLIN]

I remember clamping my eyes on a DB Harry leary Turbo at Bournemouth and was just mesmerised by it's beauty. I think it's the only frame set that has done that to me.

I part agree with you there m8. Then again i had a Turbo in the early 80's, as i have 2 now. They're my ultimate bmx... Ever. 
But as much as i love the frame-set.. It was the cranks, saddle, wheels that really made the bike for me.
No you're right, the frame did it for me too     G.   

[DIRTBIKER250F]

Has to be the frame, biggest single memory i have from B.I.T.D is a Torker 280. Fell madly in love with it there and then. Chrome with Yellow pads. The owner was a right shit pie to 

[antiquebmx]

parts for me as it came down to money,  got a cheap chro mo bike, with nice frame then got the good parts to put on it over time 

[meticulous]

i think i would focus in on the frame first and if it was something worth looking at, i would then check out the parts, then check colour scheme, then how good or bad the rider was... generaly they was shite....like i am now

[priv]

f+f for me,all my mates seemed to have different bikes,i had a team burner,there was a skyway,ripper,torker 280,redline,kuwi,leary turbo,the thing that used to amaze most  were the leary turbo cranks


priv

[GREMLIN]

Me too Priv m8     G. 

[Flatcap]

Where I was brought up it was sh1t parts and sh1t F&F everywhere so it didn't really matter......queue Violin!

Daz. 

[magna13]

this didnt really happen for me as i wasnt about in the 80's (unfortunately  ) but i do spot some nice things on peoples bikes when i race at my local track on club meeting's.

there's people still using old school now!, some kid on a Haro expert frame runs and Uni mini seat and seat cover with green Vans kool-stop pads, another kid uses blue arayas with suzue hubs from alans bmx and i seen a lil nipper riding a webco expert! must of been 90's.

Zak.

[WARDY]

Where I was brought up it was sh1t parts and sh1t F&F everywhere so it didn't really matter......queue Violin!

Daz. 

did you have any manners, fook violin  , only wanted answer for me turbo

[Flatcap]

Where I was brought up it was sh1t parts and sh1t F&F everywhere so it didn't really matter......queue Violin!

Daz. 

did you have any manners, fook violin  , only wanted answer for me turbo

Sorry dude, I'd forgot about that....I'll PM you back later mate!

Daz. 

[macky]

Deffo wheels for me...

I always rode Tuff's... so if i saw some nice Araya's... they always caught my eye!!

til i got some nice Araya's... then it was the Tuff's that caught my eye!!

[COZZFATHER]

When you used to go around with ya mates on the streets and you clapped eyes on some other dudes on their bikes , what caught your eye first

when i was about 12 ish i was as big as lads 15 or 16 so sometimes you could end up mixing with the wrong sort if they liked your ride and you were not carefull, i used to think could i kick him in the swingers before he does me if it all turns ugly  
luckily i turned out to be the big lad on the bmx's and no one messed with me, but one thing that always caught my eye was if the bike was a freestyler frame,i would have to check what parts they were running, if it was a normal bmx and had tuffs or z rims etc i would have a peep too but a nice freestyler always got me interested.

[ligbee]

I remember back in the day, I had a proper pos (stratton) there was one lad whos parents were minted, he had a gen 1 Haro and they used to come from miles around just to have a gander. Everything was mega top end on it, nobody could touch it, about 6 week ago I took my motor in for a service at his garage, I asked him about it with buying it in mind, he mentioned that he often thought about it and wished he had put up more of a fight when HIS DAD SKIPPED IT when he left home.   


His jaw hit the floor when I gave him a rough value on its worth.


F+F and parts ruled around by us bitd.


ligbee.

[OrgasmDonor]

ive always been a bars n stem slut, i was lucky enough to have a decent f/f (GHP) but was always on the look out for nice bars n stems