Pro's changed their bikes because(unless you were Harry Leary)no company built a bike specifically for one rider.
You are right that we all changed our stock bikes Bitd,my silver streak had mx1000's as soon as they came out,uni seats,horrible oakley rip offs...off, etc....but thats why original bikes are so sought after...they werent messed with.
We can all build bikes to suit us...and so we should,thats the point of owning one...it suits us,we personalise them to suit us.
What i'm saying is that to rebuild an original stock bike is V V V expensive because other components just arent right...you have to have the original stamped item.If we
automatically start breaking them to make more cash for ourselves,its just gonna be that much more difficult & expensive to build a stock bike.
If you dont like stock bikes then fair enough,but loads of people do,and certain bikes just dont look right if they are messed with(especially Streaks...no offence anyone who has veered from the black&chrome path).
Dont automatically break bikes cos
we are the ones who are gonna pay for it.If you want to customise one get a frame and go from there...its so rare to get a whole bike now(two streaks on ebay incomplete at the mo),and also,there is usually a reason why the components are selected for a stock bike(usually cost on cheaper bikes
)Someone has designed that bike like that for a reason.
What will have left in 10 yrs? Its already bad enough without enthusiasts wrecking bikes for profit.Look at Julian Taffs burner collection...its a fantastic representation of Raleigh's contribution to BMX.Its not about how they were in a magazine,its about keeping what has survived thru all the odds intact so it survives a bit longer.
Build whatever you want how you want...just dont destroy something a bit special to make profit.
