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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: southern andy on May 14, 2011, 06:22 PM
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Or how long will you keep going for ?????
We've had a few of the big collectors retire over the last year or so, they've pretty much sold all their stuff which in turn has given the likes of us mediocre collectors something to buy and resume building some stunning builds.
BUT.......
recently there hasn't been a lot coming up for sale and the Wanted section is going through the roof, if you want something it seems to need bumping everyday just to get on to the first page. This is frustrating with MK only a few months away. This means there are still a few peeps out there hoarding stuff, because of this will you carry on building in the future with stuff getting really hard to get ?????
Me..... i have 2 builds here and i'm doing my utmost to get them ready for the great day in August. I have all the parts i need so i'm probably quite lucky but in the future i just can't see me doing any more. I'm watching absolutely nothing on E-bay neither.
I seriously think these two last builds of mine are my last. Thankfully they're the two builds i wanted to do since i got back in to BMX 3/4yrs ago.
your thoughts please or even if you're a hoarder, please tell us why. :angel:
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I have plenty builds left in me . But cannot get me mits on what I want :tickedoff:
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I've noticed that the For Sale thread has gone a bit stale recently, and it seems to be taking longer longer to obtain the parts i want / need :'(
Personally I just dont have the disposable cash i used to have, 10 month old and now a recently made redundant wife means that disposable cash is pretty thin on the ground....my luck / the economy has got to improve before i take on any more projects :-\
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After building stuff for almost 3 years I have toyed with the idea of splitting all of my bikes up and partiing them out and then putting the money into 1 complete.
At the minute I am hoarding a few bits brakes,saddles and other bits and adding to the bits when good deals come along or bits that are hard to get pop up I buy em,at present going through the motions of up grading bits on all three bikes and have a list of stuff I need and when they pop up I add em to the builds as and when.
May have a build left in me but it would be a wallet wrencher like a gen 1 with Graffs etc,sport gen 1 or 2 or 84 Chrome master,mint chrome TA or Chrome Hutch US trickstar hutched up to the eyeballs.....unless my 3 bikes go then these will remain a pipe dream and I will just carry on tweaking til I can't tweak nomore :crazy2:
Twaeking is Fun.....seems to never end too 8)
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I would love 2 find a Birmingham wheels Pro frame 2 kick start me off again ;) found a couple but the owners just ain't budging :'(
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I would love 2 find a Birmingham wheels Pro frame 2 kick start me off again ;) found a couple but the owners just ain't budging :'(
I know of a bham wheels full factory rider bike....awesome survivor :smitten:
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Agreed parts are getting hard to find and some peeps are going mad with the prices.
Ive only just got back into the bmx thing and enjoying building my riders :) i have loads of projects i wanna do and coz i build mainly riders funds dont have to be so high.
Anyway i just love saving bmx's from finding there way to the dump so ill keep building until i cant ride anymore.
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Just 1 build left I think (Mongoose Californian) which will be built out of spare parts I have left over from other bikes that have been split. I've run out of time and funds for any more builds.
Then the collection will exist of:
TA XL in Chrome
TA XL in White
Gen 1
Mongoose Californian
SE Floval Flyer '05
. . . which will do me nicely.
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5 months down the line after my first build started, I've found it's totally taken over everything else!! I wanna build a 2nd but don't really know if I can afford to do it again.
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Just finished my last old school freestyler today and got a mid school to do for MK11.. that's it.. no more for me
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have most of the parts for another Ripper, this ones a race repo from 79 so getting everything correct is super hard and a friggin knightmare. That was going to be it for a long while but have just got my hands on my holy grail frame set "79 round top ripper" so need some serious thought about that one. Neither I think will be ready for MK :'(
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How many times do people say , after this one I'm finished ,, no really ,,okay I just had to get this other one ,, but that's it honest
,, oh hang on a minute , I've just gotta gotta buy that :D
Sound familiar ::)
thought so :LolLolLolLol:
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I got out but now back in :D
Got about 6 to do ;)
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Haven't really got anything to do, nothing really catches my eye anymore.
Not saying that's it but I doubt there will be anymore just don't have the enthusiasmn for it anymore.
bodamus :(
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in my opinion,if youve done 1 build,your hooked
sometimes its all consuming,other times you couldnt give a stuff,but the other build will always happen :daumenhoch:
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There are so many builds I’d love to do in the future. Just don’t think I’ll be able to afford to do them. Started my first build (TA) nearly a year ago and can’t believe how the prices have shot up. Some things have nearly doubled. There’s only so much I can sell from back in the day to fund anymore.
Once I’ve finished my TA I’ve got my 83 Kuwahara to restore, which will be great fun. Replacing the lazerbars which I snapped will cost a small fortune and then there’s the number plate. How much are flo panels going for at the moment! Thank funk I’ve still got most of the original parts.
So that’s one to finish and one to restore.
There are at least 3 more I’d like to do, I’ll have to see what happens.
Just going to check my lottery ticket…
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Thing is for me there are not too many bikes that i fancy doing that i can afford.
I have nearly all the parts now for my childhood replica bike, a chrome Rickman freestyler which i dont think i can beat.
Also have a painted Rickman freestyler to do sometime.
Always fancied a GT performer or Mongoose motomag so maybe do the goose next :daumenhoch:
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I think I could go on forever, there are so many bikes that I want to build I just can't see me stopping any time soon. Parts are becoming harder to find but if you ask the right people you will get what you are looking for. Cash wise it depends on what you are prepared to pay though. I have got 6 on the go at the moment but when I see something I like I buy it and hope I'll use it on a future build, sometimes you suddenly find you have all the parts that would look great together but no frameset, that's the easy and (relatively) cheap bit though.
Adam
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Im doing my last 2 now and they are nearly both finished :),One of them is a new school frame and forks built up with an old school flavour and the other is a black and gold looptail PK Ripper which was my ultimate dream bike which i could never afford to buy back in the day.Over the last 12 years or so i have built vertualy every 1980s bike thats worth building, so these 2 builds are deffo 100% my last :yahoo_silent:.
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Over the last year or so I have sourced a Haro RS1 and split to aid in funding my '87 Haro Team Master which I built to spec. I kept a set of black Tuffs which I put on to "save" my Gen 1 speedline Peregrines for sunday best and now use the Haro for cruising about on :daumenhoch: I am 3 parts away from completing my DP GL build which are all in the post but its not built to spec. This will also be a rider but my main rider as it weighs half of what the Haro does :2funny: I have sourced mainly minty used parts for the DP as finding NOS originals these days is virtually impossible (too many hoarders if you ask me :2funny: ) The market is now flooded with re-pops and so called NOS with certain ripoffbay members regularly "managing to source NOS" and selling at over-inflated prices. >:(
With all this mind, these are my last 2 builds and the only parts I will buy will be to keep as spares in case of breakages :daumenhoch:
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I think I've stopped building, the thrill of the chase isn't there anymore and satisfied the curiosity I had for many bikes. Still a few I'd like, but unless they land on my lap for reasonable money it won't happen.
I am slightly a hoarder, not in a selfish way, it was to get used. continually bought stuff "just incase", I've always built in bulk over long periods. But....it is up for grabs, it's just finding time. Be patient! Some nice bikes being split and all the bits I'll never use will go. It's not a treasure trove of rarities, don't get too excited!
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Good question, life is all about dilemas...
I have just been offered a mint GJS Big Tube but to fund it i would have to flick my Changa, hard decisions.........................................but thats what this hobby is about, when time and funds permit you may stockpile, a bit like money in the bank, nothing you are emotionally attached too, but something you can move easily, BMX dollars if you wish......
Most of the high end/desirable pieces still get traded between members through quiter chanels, most of that stuff never hits open public forums or ebay but its still out there...................but to answer your question i have a few on my bucket list, and when funds permit i will be playing ball......now to build this Changa, or if i keep on drinking i may move it on for this BT......... >:D >:D >:D
B
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Not built owt for ages, got the 5 classics I remember from when I was a nipper hung up at work, & thats all I wanted really.
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sold a few since last MK ( all my performers) :shocked: but been finding different bits and bobs since, got my ta back again for the 3rd or 4th time a few weeks ago. still buying stuff when it comes up when I am feeling positive about it all. I stop building I think but still want the parts and if something Nos comes up its getting bubble wrapped and put in the loft. next stop NOS hutch trickstar
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How many times do people say , after this one I'm finished ,, no really ,,okay I just had to get this other one ,, but that's it honest
,, oh hang on a minute , I've just gotta gotta buy that :D
Sound familiar ::)
thought so :LolLolLolLol:
I think it depends on the circumstances Mr H....
If you are giving up becuse you cant build another due to lack of room, finances, the wife nagging and you still have the love for it, you can easily be driven to build another if those circumstance change, then yes you're right....... BUT if you have built most of the bikes you have dreamed of owning/building and nothing else catches your eye then then it would be easy to stop building/collecting bmx's... I havent built a bike or bought any parts for ages, I've had the parts to build these last 2 for months but just couldnt be bothered.... nothing else is catching my eye and I think the cost to build a decent OS bmx is now verging on ridiculous... I've sold a few bikes and parts recently and some I vowed I'd never sell.... but money talks!
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I think theres far too much discussion on this subject (no offence to Andy for starting this thread) but my opinion is dont think about it and over analyze it. Theres more to vintage BMX than being a collector, theres a rich hstory to explore and thats where i get my inspiration from. If i like a brand and an era, then ill be compelled to build a bike at some point once i have researched it. Not enough rider reps around these days either they are a proper challenge... not enough imagination and too much duplication can get boring.
I do accept though that parts are becoming stupid in value. I think that will even out though over time as the whole hobby relies on the circulation of parts for those selling and buying.... unless you like in Northampton it would seem.
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I'd like to finish a couple of the ones I started a few years back, still waiting to get my NOS 85 Haro Master built, I think I have all the parts I wanted for it and some more but need to do it and my Patterson Pro Long needs some fettling and a rechrome. I can't see me building anymore but you can never say never and I am sure that something will come up that I'll just have to have but for the moment I have even stopped picking up bits and bobs as choices for builds :-\.
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None left to do, I've had all my fun and all but called it a day.
I've sold everything apart from the one bike that means most to me and what started it all. :daumenhoch:
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I'll never stop looking for a 83 Robinson cruise and have still got 3 bikes to finish . I keep thinking of splitting my non robbos but keep looking at them and can't do it :-\. Yet . I need some of my house back . . I keep saying I'm gonna do something in pink for the missus . :D :daumenhoch:
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How many times do people say , after this one I'm finished ,, no really ,,okay I just had to get this other one ,, but that's it honest
,, oh hang on a minute , I've just gotta gotta buy that :D
Sound familiar ::)
thought so :LolLolLolLol:
I think it depends on the circumstances Mr H....
If you are giving up becuse you cant build another due to lack of room, finances, the wife nagging and you still have the love for it, you can easily be driven to build another if those circumstance change, then yes you're right....... BUT if you have built most of the bikes you have dreamed of owning/building and nothing else catches your eye then then it would be easy to stop building/collecting bmx's... I havent built a bike or bought any parts for ages, I've had the parts to build these last 2 for months but just couldnt be bothered.... nothing else is catching my eye and I think the cost to build a decent OS bmx is now verging on ridiculous... I've sold a few bikes and parts recently and some I vowed I'd never sell.... but money talks!
Well said Del :daumenhoch:
You know anyting I put is just light hearted ::) of course it different circumstances at different times for different people
Every couple of years I build up a certain amount of bikes and then have a cull/ sell of alot of bits just to freshen it up :)
3 years ago I sold 8 full bikes in 2 months :shocked: and since the start of the year I bought 3 and sold 4 and considered selling 2 more.
Apart from those,, I've been tweaking for 2 years with same bikes and could be still doing that for that for a long while to come even though I only actually need about 5 parts .
There are still 4 bikes I haven't done which may or may not happen ,, but hopefully I'll be still logging on here in another 5 years to come and more .
For a few members on here BMX is in your blood and you'll always want it in your life and for others a nostalgia fix to satisfy their lust as we all do ,within 2 or 3 years and then off to another interest :) all good
Space is a big factor ,, I have a garage and a spare room and it isn't enough, otherwise I'd keep more if space wasn't an issue , I genuinely like all my builds and a little sad when one goes :-\.
The big collectors who have sold in the last year or two , will have made a packet and that will have sweetened any slight regrets :D
I reckon many will be back to buy again at some point , on a smaller scale :)
This place has been good club to hang out in ,, so long may the doors be open
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how i feel right now i could go on buying & building stuff forever.but i'm gonna stick to freestyle builds only now,and definately to ride.i will have 2 show pieces only,and the rest are gonna get ridden for sure.i'm into survivor frame sets aswell,not just cause there gonna get ridden,but because of the nostalgia with em.i'm sure my mood will change in time,but i've just started riding again at the age of 38,and can see no reason to stop until its physically not possible anymore.i rearly do love it every bit as much as i did bitd. :smitten:
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"I keep saying I'm gonna do something in pink for the missus" . :D :daumenhoch:
I keep saying that too but I dont think she'll go for it :( ::) :yahoo_silent:
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I think think my DP was my last build for a while. But never say never.
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not built anything for a year now....
sold £7K worth of parts since then (probably 13-14K worth of stuff in the last 2 years..?)
not got the same passion for the hobby that i have 5 or 6 years ago,
still got a KAPPA to build, and mid school Floval. May also re-build the Trickstar, but mot buying anything in the near futute... :)
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I rediscovered o/s bmx in 2009 thanks to my daughter mithering for one on ebay where i then found all the gear i had hence the bug to rebuild my old bike ,but then i finnished it and that was it job done for 6mths or so ,till i then found this site radbmx my life has never been the same since :LolLolLolLol: thanks rad for keeping the flame burning if it wasnt for this site id probably be prunning bonsai trees or something :daumenhoch:
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think of all the other things you've been into over the years? be careful what you sell as you might regret it and want it back again ::)
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sold all my collection a while ago and the last of my mid school stuff on the bay past few weeks, kept the bike i wanted years ago and a few bits for it but still keep looking around for new stuff hahaha guess that will be there for a while. would love to to a few os builds but prices are just too silly these days :-\
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I got back into this 3 yrs ago after picking up a cheap reflex, now after building a couple and selling some bits and bikes i have the 2 bikes that i always wanyed bitd.
Both 1986, Haro master and Hutch trickstar ( nearly finished ) :smitten:
There are a couple more i would like to build but the price of parts are becoming more expensive and therefore may stop at the ones i have.......... prob wont but thats what im telling the wife! :LolLolLolLol:
Id still like a curtis and DP freestylers but i can wait till the right ones come along at the right prices, i have an aero reflex to finish for my eldest so that will keep me busy in the meantime.
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Got 5 more to finish before MK, then i've stuck an 86 master away for the future to do but by then the prices will be massive so i'm buying it all in advance then that 86 will be my last ever build...
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Yep, got my fleet down to a sensible 5 completes almost finished around Christmas and then a set of NOS 7C's turned up which meant my lush rider 7X's were spare. A cheeky punt on ebay bagged me an unplaned '79 Supergoose frame and then US ebay a couple of weeks later got me the forks....
Got that close to finished and that was definitely me done at 6 completes unless an MRD Badlander or MRD Pro/Expert appeared (which let's face it, they hardly ever do) so I thought I was finished.
Now got an MRD Badlander 95% finished and a stablemate Expert on the way, so my long and winding point of this post is that you just never know what will crop up when you think you've finished building!
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Got 5 more to finish before MK, then i've stuck an 86 master away for the future to do but by then the prices will be massive so i'm buying it all in advance then that 86 will be my last ever build...
Edit: erm... unless another 85 master comes up cheap that is ;D :D
I do agree with Dom above though, there's still plenty to explore with this hobby and the old school scene is only getting bigger and better with more people doing it now then ever, so I can only see things improving but yes parts are certainly getting more thin on the ground now.
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I still have loads to build/get the parts for and for me finding the parts I want at the right price is the main issue at the moment ??? I’ve picked up a few things over the last year or so that I thought were a fair price or I’ve done swaps/PX with people on here :smitten:
I've got no intention of paying (what I think) is daft amounts of money on parts, that if I keep looking will sooner or later turn up.
Just off the top of my head I'd say there are six to eight builds I want to do and that’s excluding the four I have on the go plus the completes that I keep tweaking when a bargain turns up on here or ebay.
To me the OS BMX community goes though cycles (sorry no pun intended) and collectors will come and go and come back again! The thing that keeps me interested is the characters and friends I’ve met and the good times I’ve had and the memories shared about a part of my life that I loved.
What I don’t get are people who spit their dummies out take it all to serious :uglystupid2: ...to me it’s as much about the people on here and laugh we have :daumenhoch:
The way I see it were all just old blokes who want to remember the good times, collect and sometimes ride kid’s bikes. :smitten:
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I forgot to add I need to finish restoration of a few parts and then build my ProCraft :-[
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im retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
but if an 82 patty long comes up for sale im out of retirement but thats the only bike that will get me back in to this addiction :-\
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I'm about half way through my builds so still got sh!t loads of frames to keep me busy well into the future. Still got a couple of rare mongoose frames to find to "complete" the collection but not many at all now and got most of the parts for my builds too. I don't really "hoard" as the parts I have are for the builds that I know are coming and I have a regular clear out of crap I don't need or if I replace a part with something tastier. It'll be over a year before I've "finished" the full goose collection and when they're all done I'll probably split em down and re-build them in different colour / parts combos by mixing them up :D
There's a few "repeats" in the collection so I may sell a coulpe after MK this year..... will have to see :-\
Can't see me doing too many non-goose builds when I'm finished with the geese but there's a couple on the list I wouldn't mind doing and I did recently add a non-goose project to the collection :-X ;)
Still love it......... Hunting, researching, restoring and building........ it's ace :daumenhoch:
Anyone got any tasty black tyres :angel: ;D
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Mongoose's John, i didn't know you liked them mate.
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I can't believe you started this thread Andy - your the world's worst for "Just 1 last build" mate :LolLolLolLol:
I remember when the 83 gusset goose was your "last build" i think that was 3 or 4 ago now ;D
It's all good mate - you'll be back with another build or 2 next year I'm sure :coolsmiley:
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To be honest mate, i only ever wanted a Rickman and an MRD when i started this hobby.
I think it's the parts available that is doing my head in, it took me freakin ages to get a black chainring. Parts are just so thin on the ground now which will make any future builds quite frustrating hence why i think after the builds in my hall are completed i'll quit.
I'll always be looking though ;D cause you just never know.
I thought i'd found a nice one a few weeks back but i've been messed about so i've given up on the little prick.
My stock of parts is relatively thin, i'm ok for pro size bars and Number plates though. :coolsmiley:
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You'll find a nice little complete for another sympathetic resto somewhere again Andy ;)
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My stock of parts is relatively thin, i'm ok for pro size bars and Number plates though. :coolsmiley:
Well sell me a set of bars then Andy ::) ;) :police:
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I have stoped building and sold all my shite GT bikes i will not build again! Now i will put my effort into masterbation and polishing me nuts :D
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Iv sold everything but one complete
Finances lack of work was a big help in that decision
Dont think there will be anymore in the near future
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Iv sold everything but one complete
Finances lack of work was a big help in that decision
Dont think there will be anymore in the near future
What are you left with Glen ,,the blue Ripper ? 8)
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Iv sold everything but one complete
Finances lack of work was a big help in that decision
Dont think there will be anymore in the near future
What are you left with Glen ,,the blue Ripper ? 8)
Yes mate
To me the most iconic Bmx back in the day
And the one i set out to get when getting back into old school :daumenhoch:
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I'm just building what i've got parts for here now .. just a couple of bits needed but not much. I have a lot of frame sets that i will never build now, i'm not getting rid of them either though .. they'll just stay as they are. I won't be buying anymore frame sets :coolsmiley:
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I'm just building what i've got parts for here now .. just a couple of bits needed but not much. I have a lot of frame sets that i will never build now, i'm not getting rid of them either though .. they'll just stay as they are. I won't be buying anymore frame sets :coolsmiley:
You were almost convincing then Tel ::)
almost , bet you even believed it for a minute :D
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I can't believe you started this thread Andy - your the world's worst for "Just 1 last build" mate :LolLolLolLol:
I remember when the 83 gusset goose was your "last build" i think that was 3 or 4 ago now ;D
It's all good mate - you'll be back with another build or 2 next year I'm sure :coolsmiley:
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Whoops,
maybe just 1 more for me then :-[ :-[ :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :4_17_5:
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LOL - What you found now Andy :2funny: :LolLolLolLol:
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Yep, I'm with Andy on the "whoops"........
Just gotta get the wheels done and it's sorted - MRD number 2 :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/IMG_4075.jpg)
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Nice Spen :coolsmiley:
Who's that off then ? You've been spending lately mate :LolLolLolLol:
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No bud, I sold the MiniClass f&f, pads and grips to pay half towards it :-\ :shocked:
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No bud, I sold the MiniClass f&f, pads and grips to pay half towards it :-\ :shocked:
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That's terrible ! - it wasn't even yours to sell ! - that my friend belonged to your DAUGHTER !!!!
you should be ashamed of yourself :yahoo_silent: :yahoo_silent: :yahoo_silent:
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Does she know ???
So technically the MRD ,,is hers :coolsmiley:
She'll be made up :smitten:
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So technically the MRD ,,is hers :coolsmiley:
:2funny: :LolLolLolLol:
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Spen ..... i don't believe you have sold the mini class :'(
You regretted it when yours went ...... now this :shocked:
Nice MRD though 8)
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She'll get over it, she's got a 16" Lil' Ripper and she has her eye on something else I think.......
When she was just 1, it was daddy's favourite 'Goose :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/IMG_2352.jpg)
Now she's after my shitstyler the cheeky bloody monkey :shocked: :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/IMG_3130.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/IMG_3132.jpg)
And she still likes riding round the track on my 22 :2funny:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/Izzy_on_my_Faction_Zietgiest.jpg)
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Izzy's also may be getting her other bike pimp'd out :coolsmiley: ...........that poor child doesnt realise what her Daddy's doing to her.....
But she's a very lucky girl getting that MRD :smitten:
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And she still likes riding round the track on my 22 :2funny:
Quality :daumenhoch:
Bless.
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more ;)
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LOL - What you found now Andy :2funny: :LolLolLolLol:
PM sent to you John.