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Well there is allot of great advice here which was helpful, I still decided to seek a midschool bike and I got a Hoffman George. The bike is in good nick for its age and the only worn part on the bike is the flakes of chrome plating on the front rim, there is still plenty of rubber on the tyres and grips, it rode fairly well nothing is bent (cranks/forks/sprocket etc.). The bike had not had much use but the front brake was not working too well whcih is suprising because the front brake is the dia-compe FS990 which should work superbly, the brakes need to be set-up by someone who knows what they are doing. This weekend I am going to strip it down to clean it true the rims and make sure everything is in working order curteously and some old friends at a bike shop, they basically have everything I need.

I paid $200 for the bike which I feel is a little over priced but there really is no money to be spent on the bike beside a new seat, its really just some hours to adjust everything and I also need to buy some pegs too. There are a few around which are going for over $200 and I sourced Hoffman Sd-4 frame/fork combos which people wanted $100 for, so I guess in that sense the price was not too bad but I think most people ask too much for second hand bmx items, for instance I believe the SD-4 frame even brand new should only be selling for $50 max. I know people at a bike store I pay next to nothing really and my friend already said he would throw me a set of 4 pegs for nothing already, so by the time I finished with the bike it would probably work out to $250 with some hours put in to setting the bike up, and I will have a decent bike to start riding around with and practicing flatland.

I will do when I give re-build the bike again, I think the colour is called "floating blue".

[quote="flatpaul":2xptvh94]Remember that BMX stuff in Australia was really expensive in the past. More expensive than anywhere else in the world. A Hoffman George isn't worth a lot but it's not worthless - it's not even full chromoly though(?). However, just think what somebody paid for it orginally. Probably a small fortune. In that sense, $200 is pretty cheap. Hope you get it working well and I hope it feels as you want it to. I still think you'll want to ride something new when you get going though. Nobody rides midschool stuff anymore, it's heavier and mostly weaker than what we have now. My bike is about 11.5kg. It's light enough to do what I want but still has a bit of weight to it. Good luck! I'll be in Perth in April. We should ride the concert hall.[/quote:2xptvh94]

Yeah its only trimoly, I know I paid $800 for my SD-4 back in 2000ish [Image Can Not Be Found] and I think the Georges were about $650-$700 new I guess. I certainly want to move into the new era of bmx/flatland and ride a more flatland specific bike, I even want try and roll brakeless once I get my skills back. Perth in April that would be great, I still have yet to venture there so I am keen for some flatland. I am itching so bad to re-build this bike that I had to put a blanket over it and try not to think about it too much <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s -->