Why are some bike shops so clueless?

[HEYWOOD BMX]

 I rang a Manchester bikeshop yesterday to enquire as to if they had any old school BMX stuff.Was told that they had boxes of gear left from the `80s,but they threw it out about a month ago as it was just taking up space and never sold.Same thing happened about a year ago,shop had binned a Powerlite race f/f and an 87 Performer! Gutted is an understatement!

[meticulous]

sacralidge!

[vdubferret]

When I started my OS Haro build I bought some new school rims with 14mm not 10mm axles so enquired with local shop: 'your gonna need a new frame mate!' then their next idea was to file out the frame...cuz  after powder-coating, an old Haro is worth wrecking instead of an exle eh?

Ended up lathing a nice notch in axle from 14 to 10mm & voila!

Tossers 

[macky]

This will probably happen again with other bike stores...

I might start ringing round some bike shops...

offering a free clear out of unsold, outdated bike parts taking up their much needed store space!! 

[MartyC]

This will probably happen again with other bike stores...

I might start ringing round some bike shops...

offering a free clear out of unsold, outdated bike parts taking up their much needed store space!! 

Worth doing but think a few peeps have already been doing that (vert-ego for example) 

[HUTCHMAN]

i think i've done just about every bike shop Cornwall.Had a shed load of goodies out of Penzance cycle centre-USA Supergoose,cook bros hubs,bullseye cranks for starters.

[oldbmxrider]

LOL  ,YOU  DONT THINK IT MAY BE A WIND UP? any chance these bike dealers know the parts the have from bitd are worth somthing? HELLO?

[poolysheriff]

I went into a local bike shop who dealt in BMX's in the 80s etc
Asked about old Bmx stuff
Yes he said i,ll have a good look around for you

I got a few bits n bobs mongoose stuff really ,cranks ,bb,headsets some chain a few grips etc

But he said the same thing
"I had loads of the bloody stuff and i binned the lot as i couldn't sell it and it was getting in the way"
Wheels ,frame and fork sets padsets 

And as i said he was a mongoose dealer so i expect rpo class wheels etc were binned or scrapped 

He said one day i can have a look in the shops loft as he ain't been in there since he got his new hip 

I hope that was 20 years ago 

[stu27]

i have arranged a look around a bike shop that has been there since 77 and as the man on the phone said"its full of clutter",hopefully

[HEYWOOD BMX]

Nope,there are some that have gaybayed a load of OS stuff,others don`t have a clue of the value & some that try & sell you Tec 3 copies for £25,citing "It`s old school and worth a fortune."

[oldbmxrider]

DREAM ON 

[lazyboy]

Theres a shop near me that only opens friday afternoon 12.00 till 4.00,then 6.00 till 7,30.
he has run the shop for 30+ years does it as a hobby.
sells mostley c**p.

but he has some Red 7xs with suntour huds,they have being in the window for 30+ years ,they are faded the spockes shot,still wants 85.00 notes

he also has a peugeot 501 F&F in white NOS ,its got a bit of rust,but still want 125.00 what he was asking BITD.He wont take any less or i would have had it.