old school years?

[manteo]

What is considered the yaer mark for a old school frame? Are 01 frames considered old school or mid school or still new school?

[jawn]

'01 is pretty recent, compared to say, '97 or '92.

[ozzy]

id say 90's

[xACExSPADESx]

85' for old school 95' for mid 05' for new

[Vert1go]

My understanding is that anything '86 and older is "old school", and anything '87-'95 is "mid-school".

[RiseAbove]

My understanding is that anything '86 and older is "old school", and anything '87-'95 is "mid-school".

I think that's correct.

If '01 is old school, I'm applying for social security checks. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[vinniesac]

Dude old school doest mean 2000 anything its gotta b 80s or early 90s man gt vertigo haro group series diamond back hutch hollywood an old robinson

[TrikeKid]

I say anything pre 90 is old school. My oldschool bike is an 85 and I kinda consider it later for an oldschooler.

[jawn]

It isn't absolute, it's relative.

[Bmx Boy 88]

Its mid skool. The old skool's r anywheres from 98 on back. to like 88's or even further. I've got old skool bikes. with new skool parts. So the only thing, thats really old skool, is the frame. So its mid skool. Now if its like an 03 model, then i consider it still new skool.

[Bmx Boy 88]

I go bye years also. I'm mostly old skool. But got some in mid, and new.

[Bmx Boy 88]

I think that's correct.

If '01 is old school, I'm applying for social security checks. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Aww rock on. That would b great wouldent it. I'd b one rich bitch. Ha thats cool. SSi checks. That would b the life. :P

[Robf781]

I wouldn't say it matters too much, I stopped riding for about 8 years (so what... 1999ish) and a lot of my riding style could be considered old school to certain people new to the sport, although I'm starting to learn the newer stuff.

It's all relative really, obviously to a collector or something they wouldn't consider an 01 frame to be old school but new riders would do.

[manteo]

Where should I post mid school questions and talk about mid school finds? Late 90s-02 era stuff?

[jwhit75]

old school 1972(bmx first year as BMX)-1987! mid schoollFREESTYLE caused)1988-2000? new school is if the bikes year starts with 2!

[zzzzzzz]

Aww rock on. That would b great wouldent it. I'd b one rich bitch. Ha thats cool. SSi checks. That would b the life. :P

Dude, you can barely survive on SS, let alone get rich!

As far as years, I'd say anything with a 1" headset and a compression bolt stem is old skool!

[lilbmxking]

id say anywhere to 95 is old and 95 to 00 is mid then 00 and up is new

[jwhit75]

id say anywhere to 95 is old and 95 to 00 is mid then 00 and up is new

are you serious? so we put 25 years of bmx and call it old and the next 13 years is split up to be mid and new school? i mean simple math says that dont add up, and ask any one that owns a bike older than YOU, like i do that it has to be pre 88' to be old school!!!

[jwhit75]

my giants B-day is 5-30-89 any body else?

[lilbmxking]

are you serious? so we put 25 years of bmx and call it old and the next 13 years is split up to be mid and new school? i mean simple math says that dont add up, and ask any one that owns a bike older than YOU, like i do that it has to be pre 88' to be old school!!!

i said anywhere up to 1990 INCLUDING 1988 is old school

[Matrix]

my giants B-day is 5-30-89 any body else?

I have a Murry frame in the atic from 86...my 1st race frame. When Murry was still a decent company(or rather was a company that made BMX bikes:hihi:

[jwhit75]

i said anywhere up to 1990 INCLUDING 1988 is old school

No your post is still on here and you said up to 95. and ill state it again,87' is kind of ify for old school. :hmm::clap:

[lilbmxking]

No your post is still on here and you said up to 95. and ill state it again,87' is kind of ify for old school. :hmm::clap:

ohh oops miscounted.. well i meant up to 95 thats my guess... like anyone really knows, theres no right answer

[jwhit75]

ohh oops miscounted.. well i meant up to 95 thats my guess... like anyone really knows, theres no right answer

oh but there is! i didnt unlike others make these numbers up! I GAVE THE BEST DATES AS I UNDERSTAND IT AND THIS I INFORMATION I HAVE GOTTEN OVER A LOT OF YEARS. :clap::clap::clap:

[kong]

old school is any thing that had a 1" stem. after that its mid and if the year is 2000 something it's new school.

[zzzzzzz]

Dude, you can barely survive on SS, let alone get rich!

As far as years, I'd say anything with a 1" headset and a compression bolt stem is old skool!


old school is any thing that had a 1" stem. after that its mid and if the year is 2000 something it's new school.


Yep, I agree. :D

[oldstreetthrasher]

Ok, if we're not speaking of BMX racing (which most people on here aren't), the schools break down as such: Old school: '81 - '91. Bob Haro came out with the first freestyle bike in '81 as an '82 model and '91 was right around the time companies started using oversize tubing and building bikes insanely heavy, as well as beginning to use compression bolt stems. So figure '92 -'99 as mid school and '00 to present as new school.

[jason21218]

Like has been said already, the transition from old school to mid school wasn't so much about the YEAR, but the transition from threaded headsets and goose neck stems to thread-less MTB style headsets and clamp on stems, which, as I remember, Standard was most responsible for, and occurred in the EARLY nineties......

From Mid to New??? Hmm, I think that would be marked by smaller gearing frames, which would no longer accept the 44t gearing, which was still the standard into the late nineties. Also, different types of BB started to be used.

Basically, whenever a new industry standard is adopted that makes bike parts incompatible with earlier technology...thats a transition from one era to the next- but there is ALWAYS overlap.

[OldSchool]

&0's and 80's. My ride is an Redline RL11

[OldSchool]

Meant 70's and 80's

[skavenger256]

Like has been said already, the transition from old school to mid school wasn't so much about the YEAR, but the transition from threaded headsets and goose neck stems to thread-less MTB style headsets and clamp on stems, which, as I remember, Standard was most responsible for, and occurred in the EARLY nineties......

From Mid to New??? Hmm, I think that would be marked by smaller gearing frames, which would no longer accept the 44t gearing, which was still the standard into the late nineties. Also, different types of BB started to be used.

Basically, whenever a new industry standard is adopted that makes bike parts incompatible with earlier technology...thats a transition from one era to the next- but there is ALWAYS overlap.

aint nothing wrong with 44t, i still run it to this day and have most of my old parts-s&m holmes, boss cranks, suzue phatjacks on alex triple walls, ditchforks,old dk stem,castillo bars,415 chain. i love and miss all the older parts from when i started riding.

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[A1R5N1P3R]

Real BMX frames started appearing in early 80's, like the Mongoose, or the Redline Mx-II. I'd say Oldskool encompasses anything from 1986 and earlier. 1987-1992 was a strange period where most bike companies were failing and being bought out by Asian mass manufacturers; for the most part I'd say quality suffered. Some brands did pop up though, but getting BMX back up and running took alot of perseverance. Maybe consider 87-92 the limbo years. Anything 1993 to present is newschool; and there's nothing wrong with that.

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