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I collect/restore old BMX's so was wondering if any of you lot have an old bmx bike or bike parts in the shed they've left rusting for years? The older the better.. preferably from the 80-90's nothing newer. Any condition considered.

Its worth asking for nothing

No but Ive always wanted an early 80's Haro Freestyler to fulfill my boyhood dream.

Dont have none anymore, but would like a PK Ripper

Simon wrote:No but Ive always wanted an early 80's Haro Freestyler to fulfill my boyhood dream.

Me too! too expensive now though, I had a '85 Haro Master but stipped it down recently.

designer wrote:Dont have none anymore, but would like a PK Ripper

I have one built and just in the process of building another now

Did this old boy hood tale work, If your mag wheel got buckled just put it in the freezer overnight and it will magic itself straight . Cant see it to be honest but that was the rumour when I was a scallywag. Haro what is one of them it was either a morrisons own brand or if you were the rich lad down the road it was a diamond back.

Scooter wrote:Did this old boy hood tale work, If your mag wheel got buckled just put it in the freezer overnight and it will magic itself straight . Cant see it to be honest but that was the rumour when I was a scallywag. Haro what is one of them it was either a morrisons own brand or if you were the rich lad down the road it was a diamond back.

I thought that only applied to Skyway Tuff II wheels? Never tried it myself.

Scooter wrote:Did this old boy hood tale work, If your mag wheel got buckled just put it in the freezer overnight and it will magic itself straight . Cant see it to be honest but that was the rumour when I was a scallywag. Haro what is one of them it was either a morrisons own brand or if you were the rich lad down the road it was a diamond back.

I had Z Rims which possibly did work by freezing but you had to replace all the spokes as well. I had a Diamondback £££££

But the Haro was much more expensive.

Z rims were those bendy ones? I am sure I have a photo of me, age 12ish with my Haro Freesytler somewhere at my parents house. Will have to ask them to look for it

Ive been relegated to a Brompton which are very bad at tricks. Not as cool as a Haro but they do fold much better.

Simon wrote:Ive been relegated to a Brompton which are very bad at tricks.

Maybe all it needs is a pin to lock the back wheel

I had white Mike Buff Z Rims on my........... Raleigh Super Burner

No rich kids lived in my house

my brother had a Yamaha for a short time - very rare thing even then!

we should have an old school bmx session at the next buckles....

never tried the skyways/z-rims in the freezer, never had access to a freezer big enough.

Here's something to bring a bit of the kid back in ya, a few pics of my collection as it stood during the summer







one of 2 current projects

How cool are they. No trick nuts though and no cables going through the head stem plus not many pads on show.

Hardest trick I ever saw but never did was the cherrypicker, What was yours.

fecking hell how much room do they take up.......

have you ever thought about collecting stamps instead??

Scooter wrote:How cool are they. No trick nuts though and no cables going through the head stem plus not many pads on show.

Hardest trick I ever saw but never did was the cherrypicker, What was yours.

I never rode trick nuts/pegs in the 80's so I dont put them on, The Yellow GT and Orange Skyway has a potts mod through the stems, the others have not due to me having to modify the brakes and I didnt want to alter them.
I could do a cherry picker back in the day, I tried it on a new school bike a few months ago and lets just say if I do the same again i wont be having kids.. EVER.

Regan wrote:fecking hell how much room do they take up.......

have you ever thought about collecting stamps instead??

They are usually in the loft but at the moment due to me boarding the other side of it, they're split between under the stairs/spare room and garage.
Stamps? now there's an idea.