We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what? 
#51 2012-06-15 6:38pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
And anything newer than 87'...
Wtb: October Of 1979 Team Mongoose Frame Only....
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#52 2012-06-15 6:47pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
Anything that everybody drools over.
I prefer the obscure unicorn bikes.
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#53 2012-06-15 7:05pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
five wrote:
Hutch Trickstar II
I'll take an original, but the II's gotta go!!
Sorry Rob!
Ahh c'mon now,Trickstar 2 is a work of art.Many other awful bikes out there to choose from:)
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#54 2012-06-15 8:31pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
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Most will disagree! But for me it's a slingshot...
Me too......owning a bike based on how rare it is isnt something for me. I mean to each his own, but that bike is friggin ridiculous looking.
Also anything old school. For me, as a 41 year old guy, the geometry on those things changed for a good reason. The handling for the most part kinda sucks. At least for race anyways......So if the handling sucks, that kind of rules out getting a good ride at the track in general. If it doesnt ride good, I see no reason to own it. Looking at them does bring back great memories, not to mention how cool they look, but beauty queens and carpet queens have no use for me. Now......MID SCHOOL is a different story!![]()
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#55 2012-06-15 8:35pm
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Speedwell
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#56 2012-06-15 8:35pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
First off all y'all Hutch Haters can eat a dik.
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Nobody mentioned the CW Phase One. Probably the biggest janky turd gimmick frame ever, and don't even get me started on the CW bars. I wouldn't even want a judge with those bars on it.
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#57 2012-06-15 10:19pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
tim1218 wrote:
cat-walk wrote:
anything walmart
In my original post I stated:
Not including the department store crap out there now,...
They are all crap to me
I love GT, just cannot stand anything GT after '84.
anything with a banana seat
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#58 2012-06-15 10:39pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
Actually now I think about it, I could never get the look of the specialized fat boy or the trek Y or V frame bmx bikes, a lot of bikes from that era I find just plain wrong.
I guess you could throw the mountain cycle, the redline xlr with triple clamp forks and all the crazy haros from that era in there too ![]()
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#59 2012-06-15 11:32pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
The new Stussy bike in another thread tops my list!
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#60 2012-06-15 11:54pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
five wrote:
Hutch Trickstar II
I'll take an original, but the II's gotta go!!
Sorry Rob!
I agree. Im not a Hutch hater at all. I dig the Trickstars too but I saw my first Trickstar 2 at the show and it looked like a martian ship or something.
I know the word Im looking for.... its GAUDY.
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#61 2012-06-16 12:07am
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Anything Day Glo.
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#62 2012-06-16 12:58am
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How can anyone not like GT?![]()
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#63 2012-06-16 1:03am
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
Any Haro with a bashguard on it.
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#64 2012-06-16 1:11am
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Speedwell
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or a hotfoot
hated em when i was a kid.... the feeling remains !!!!!
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#65 2012-06-16 2:46am
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Those monocock bikes. YUCK!!! ![]()
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#66 2012-06-16 7:58am
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looptailnut wrote:
First off all y'all Hutch Haters can eat a dik.
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Nobody mentioned the CW Phase One. Probably the biggest janky turd gimmick frame ever, and don't even get me started on the CW bars. I wouldn't even want a judge with those bars on it.
+1 on the CW bars, ugliest bars ever made, period.
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
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How can anyone not like GT?
Popular bikes were totally regional back in the day. Where I lived if you had a chrome GT you were the top dogg. It also signified your parents were rich. But when they got into the late 80s neon colors I stopped liking them.
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
any bike that came out on bmx bandits
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#69 2012-06-16 4:04pm
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
AllanG wrote:
Any Haro with a bashguard on it.
x 2!
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kilrgt wrote:
Anything race.....and mongoose, i would rather get out of the hobby then own a goose....
Snob...w/o them none of it may have even happened. Freestyle...the red headed step child.
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Pink bikes.
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#72 2012-06-17 7:32am
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
Mongoose, per wall world
I'm a rider not a speller... Sorry if you dislike but I try hard. So please take it easy.
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#73 2012-06-17 7:51am
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VDC....way fugly.
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#74 2012-06-17 7:58am
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
I laugh at the "I wouldn't own BrandX, except to flip it". Well, then, you WOULD actually own it if you bought it to flip it. So, the no matter what clause means your greed overrides your dislikes. I've got no desire to have a Hutch in my collection, but, I'd buy one at a G-sale to flip, you bet.
I think that's a tall order if you think about it - you dislike a brand so much, you'd pass up an easy buck.
I can't think of one.
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#75 2012-06-17 8:28am
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Re: We all want 'grails', is there a bike you'd NEVER own, no matter what?
Not so much a brand that I dislike..., any bike with a Y shaped frame. Monocouque? Mondo-cock? Those things just ooze oversea's made, cheap, sellout, big box store to me.
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