Eric
Finally riding a big boys bike
Hi All,
I live in Santa Ana CA and BMX was huge in my area. I was a bmx kid in the 70s and 80s. I had a bunch of parts in a box that I almost just threw away. But just for fun I decided to throw 2 of the parts I had on Ebay and see if anyone would buy them. One item was a pair of DG forks that I have had for many many years. They were well used 20" forks that were scratched and dirty. I put them up for a dollar and hoped I didnt lose my ass on shipping... but then the bidding war commenced. The first day they were over 100, the last day they got to 200 and the last minutes pushed it close to 350.
My neighbor worked at DG for many years so I went to ask him why these forks were so valuable. He did not work there back in the bmx days. He was more of a pipe maker and other ATV and dirt bike products fabricator until he started his own company. He did not know why the forks were so valuable. He called some other co-workers from DG and they did not know either. I did find out that my neighbor has access to the fixture and tooling to make DG frames and forks.
So my questions...
1. Why are these forks so valuable?
2. If I can spin my neighbor up to bang out frames and forks from the original DG fixtures, would anyone want them?
I am more of a Balloon tire guy now so I have no idea if repopping these would be like when schwinn repopped the phantom and everyone thought it was lame.
Thanks,
I live in Santa Ana CA and BMX was huge in my area. I was a bmx kid in the 70s and 80s. I had a bunch of parts in a box that I almost just threw away. But just for fun I decided to throw 2 of the parts I had on Ebay and see if anyone would buy them. One item was a pair of DG forks that I have had for many many years. They were well used 20" forks that were scratched and dirty. I put them up for a dollar and hoped I didnt lose my ass on shipping... but then the bidding war commenced. The first day they were over 100, the last day they got to 200 and the last minutes pushed it close to 350.
My neighbor worked at DG for many years so I went to ask him why these forks were so valuable. He did not work there back in the bmx days. He was more of a pipe maker and other ATV and dirt bike products fabricator until he started his own company. He did not know why the forks were so valuable. He called some other co-workers from DG and they did not know either. I did find out that my neighbor has access to the fixture and tooling to make DG frames and forks.
So my questions...
1. Why are these forks so valuable?
2. If I can spin my neighbor up to bang out frames and forks from the original DG fixtures, would anyone want them?
I am more of a Balloon tire guy now so I have no idea if repopping these would be like when schwinn repopped the phantom and everyone thought it was lame.
Thanks,