Anyone have regrets on not picking up a bike when they had the chance? I remember that the local shop that I rode for had a candy red Gary Littlejohn 20 inch tandem for sale. It must of sat in the window for 5 years and no one ever scooped it up. It sat there so long that sun turned it from red to pink. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.

Ozone.
I could kick myself.

JMC AP

I did have a JMC AP. That should be another topic "the one that got away"....

I had a chance to get both of my original BMX bikes from the kid's father who I sold them to. At the time, I knew nothing about this community. I only took one back...I wish I would have gotten both...I'm sure it just ended up in a scrap heap. If I only knew!

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Without a doubt VDC. There was a shop that had a Changa and Gorilla F/F and bars as late as 1991.

Redline monoshock in 1996. I didnt believe the shop owner until onther VBMX member picked it up last year!!!!

Polished aluminum Floval Flyer looptail. I remember the car ride home from the shop and saying anything I could to try and convince my mom I NEEDED that bike. Didn't work.

Not really vintage, but I came "this close" to ordering an S&M in 1989.

DG Pit, and not a bike, but NOS white Mike Buff Z Rims as recent as 2000 hanging in the same shop since they were new.

Sorry man but you get my vote for dumb arse collector of the year vote

the mid '80s, when i started to actively collect, there were a few things that ended up eluding me moreso than i passed on them...

there was a shop in the area that had a bunch of "older" race frames and misc parts that they couldn't move 'cuz freestyle had taken over. i was cool with the owner and worked out a little deal on a bunch of it. i was gonna buy a bunch of detemined stuff over a period of time, as i had money. some i did get, but then one day i go there to buy some more, and...he's GONE! empty building. just up and moved away.

My bike got stolen back in 82. A guy at the track had a Quad for sale, 401's, graphite Tuffs, etc... $250! I didn't have the money for it, but my friend Ritchie's mom offered to buy it for me & let me pay her back. I didn't because I knew my parents would KILL me for letting her do that. I ended up buying a beat up DB for $100. Hindsight....