is old skool/ vintage/ . bmx dying?

[tobytyke]

I personally don't think it is about money, those who can afford to build the top end spec bikes with top spec parts then hats off to them, i for sure would like one of those bikes as most people probably would in their collection.

But needs must, with a family and the way the economic climate is at present i can't afford to do that.
I think there are plenty of parts reasonably priced out there & if it aint NOS then so what, bit of polish or powder & hey presto.
Like most things in life everyone has a budget & i certainly have to stick to mine & im sure im not the only one.

Yeah sure prices are expensive, especially on fookin fleecebay, but i think members on here from my experience of dealing with them command a reasonable price , if not just to re-coup what they paid for stuff.

Long Live Old School  

[spagbol]

boba i have 3 , and i would like two more and i would be content.

[bobafett]

boba i have 3 , and i would like two more and i would be content.

Just remember there is no such thing as "this is my last ever build" many have said it..........

.......and then they build another 

[Bob_Acid]

How many times have i read this same boring topic?

Mucho

yet still they come.

The site's just a means to an ends, a portal to enable oldl bmxers to come together without going out.

All the rest is just politics  

[bobafett]

How many times have i read this same boring topic?

I agree bob - like I said..........

 It seems there's a thread like this on one or more of the main BMX collecting forums almost every other month.

But nothing like a good vent after few beers 

Right......Off to bed to dream of new builds...........

(Fook it I'm sure I can squeeze 40 in) 

 

[58 delray]

How many times have i read this same boring topic?

I agree bob - like I said..........

 It seems there's a thread like this on one or more of the main BMX collecting forums almost every other month.

But nothing like a good vent after few beers 

Right......Off to bed to dream of new builds...........

(Fook it I'm sure I can squeeze 40 in) 

 

guess you will be wanting that goose frame off me when it lands then? 

[currio]

lol, its going to happen mate , you nheard it here first, most will keep one bike, only, yahooooo , cheap bikes for the real collectors  very soon.

its true, the £ is going to be worth $3.50 next year, cant wait,luckly im a twat

3,2,1 Click........ You're back in the room

[MartyC]

To answer your question, no old skool/vintage BMX is not dying, it's living and breathing and like every hobby the hobbiests come and go some for the better and some for the worse 

[dordymush]

from what i can see yes a few are selling a few bikes but theres others stepping into there place.
theres a lot of new names on here that were never herd of when this place started the are or already have big collections.
some dont show there bikes they have.
i've not put any new bikes i've built on here for ages but im still building.
got two on the go now and still looking for another  .
i've gone off the hobby for a while but always seem to come back and log onto rad and have a look at bmx stuff on ebay most days.
bmx has stuck with us all this time so even as we grow older i cant see it going away.
best parts of my childhood so will always be there if im 70 lol.

[JT71]

collecting and hoarding can be quite expensive, but once you have a nice bike riding is free. maybe more folks are out riding now?
it was great to see so many "show bikes" actually getting off the carpet and having their tyres touch roads on Sunday!

[stuntmaster]

the day old skool bmx dies is when biaggio sell stuff for cheap money and i can`t see that happening for quite a while so everyone don`t panic .
there loads of collector`s out there that don`t do forum`s   

[markyp]

i cant ever see o.s bmx dying out and i think the prices will always steadily rise, there will always be peaks and troughs along the way with prices but in the long term it will only increase,i mean say you bought a set of minty gt bars today for £100 youd still want that for them next year,youre not going to say to yourself ' i think o.s is dying anybody want a set of gt bars for £20' are they'theres so many collectors now who've all paid mega money for certain items who all want to recoup some if not all when or if they sell up so i think that will keep the prices high.you dont see vintage ferraris,rolex's,gucci handbags plumetting in price,o.s  bmx wont either,vintage is vintage and always worth something,and remember vintage eventually becomes antique!!!

[Swivel]

Visit Rads MK event or BMX Masters in Germany or Rockford or look on ebay worldwide and its clear that OS is going from strength to strength, just because a few older collectors have popped out of it doesn't mean its dying or prices will plummet, as old members go and get into something else, new ones appear with just as much enthusiasm. I think Old School will be around for a very long time to come.

[brummie]

Visit Rads MK event or BMX Masters in Germany or Rockford or look on ebay worldwide and its clear that OS is going from strength to strength, just because a few older collectors have popped out of it doesn't mean its dying or prices will plummet, as old members go and get into something else, new ones appear with just as much enthusiasm. I think Old School will be around for a very long time to come.

i reckon all of the haro stuff will be the first to go cheap 










 

[Swivel]

Visit Rads MK event or BMX Masters in Germany or Rockford or look on ebay worldwide and its clear that OS is going from strength to strength, just because a few older collectors have popped out of it doesn't mean its dying or prices will plummet, as old members go and get into something else, new ones appear with just as much enthusiasm. I think Old School will be around for a very long time to come.

i reckon all of the haro stuff will be the first to go cheap 










 

Ya sod Dave 

[superbikedan]

tbh i have never had it so manic, many jobs are repeat customers onto there next

project but i have many new ones that have never posted on rad and my biggest

customer whom i've done 30 plus frame sets in the last 12 months also has never

posted on any bmx forum

[Swivel]

tbh i have never had it so manic, many jobs are repeat customers onto there next

project but i have many new ones that have never posted on rad and my biggest

customer whom i've done 30 plus frame sets in the last 12 months also has never

posted on any bmx forum

Be calling you soon Danny boy about another frame, this time in Pink 

[hunterdubber]

Spagbol = Zippy


Wind up merchant   


I've had many hobbies and just because I don't do them anymore doesn't mean they're dead now 

I've been to toy fair recently and there were young lads ( teens) who had  bought stuff that was from the 50's and 60's ,, they'd no connection with that era personally or nostalgia trip for them ,, but yet the items are collectable,, hence desirable to them  .


Other people I know have vintage cars , made before the were born, so again they  they didn't grow up with them , but still have found an affinity with the vehicles of that era ,, and have found them desirable . as did the previous collector before them .

I'm sure the said vehicles have always gone up in value as time  went  on .
No doubt , they will always continue to increase in value too .
because there will always be another enthusiast .

If something is collectable , desirable , valuable ,, it will always attract interest , therefore a price .




The VW scene hasn't  stopped because people like Ade, Craig , Fishface and me  haven't got Golf's anymore

BTW

MK1 Golf's aren't gonna go down in value either    

[ThisBitterPill]

As a collector of vintage toys, I can tell you there are definitely ebbs and flows in every hobby....

Only the other month I was going to sell all my collection as I went to this thing in MK and got so
nostalgic and starry-eyed about my old bike that I nearly abandoned my other hobby.....

What a silly old git I am!....It's clear I can do both! 

[In2 bmx]

 Ive only been into this for 12 months, its not dying ...

 I only had ebay    to buy my parts from untill crazy craig got me in here .

There are so many other people in2 bmx ,that dont even know about Rad... 

 ROBINSON CRUISER WANTED ...