Spotted that myself, thought itd be a cheap alternative to a lightweight crmo bike that isnt as garish as some of the fatter alu ones. good for a chuck around.
The price is £100 ono, and open to swaps too.
- i think youd be able to work something good out if you like it.
In terms of Mid - school, I think it is the period from roughly 90-97 when bikes started to have similar geometry, the bars had less sweep and were a little lower (seat too) than 80's bikes. All the stems were now cubes of cut alloy and not the forged SR type of the 80's, a few race bikes had cantilever brakes, freestyle had a mix of ad's & side calipers and used GYROs, seats were all now padded. Bikes mostly had 36spoke wheels
- This is mid school.
97- 2003ish BMX entered the next era on the back of MTB technology/concepts, 1 1/8th headsets came out, Extreme OVERSISE/OVERBUILT tubing was in fashion, a few companies experimentedd with V-brakes on bikes, they bacame standard on race bikes but only lasted a short time for freestyle. U brakes became completely standard even on cheap freestyle bikes.Gyros & front brakes became completley out of vogue for cool kids, although bikes came fitted with them and often gyro tabs too. Bikes had 48spoke wheels, really big dropouts, and eventually 14mm axles. Race bikes now made out of aluminium
- This is an "undefined" but specific period clearly different to others.
Newschool 2003ish to present.
Fat overbuilt over heavy frames now banished, thin tubes lightweight cromo bikes now the shit. A really geeky attention to detail on weight, cut down or no seatposts. Cut down dropouts, seat tubes. Brakeless specific bikes. Overkill over expensive parts - like CNC brakes & stems. Re indroduction of 36spoke wheels, and return of 10mm to some. Kids all riding really expensive bikes made by small companies, fancy custom colour schemes. GT etc now making sh*t toys r us taiwan bikes. A lot of riders without pegs too, riding street & doing a lot of tailwhips aided by your slammed seatpost in fashion
