ccgraeme

Name: Graeme Stevens/Pratt

Message Board ID : graeme

Age : 34

What do you do for a living?
I work as a roof slater/tiler

When did you start collecting?
I started collecting in 2002

What originally got you started?
It was my best friend Jason who got me
into it, he had already found Allen's shop
and built a couple bikes up. I thought that
maybe i could make some spare cash
from buying and selling. Didn't happen
like that though, i found that the hobby
was full of very interesting people and
forgot all about the profit idea.

How long have you been collecting? Its been about 2 1/2 years.

What is your favorite bike to collect?
I will collect anything freestyle.

What is your current restoration project?
I've have a couple projects on the go at the
minute, a DB hot streak 1985, a gt performer
(Fiola replica) and have a few Haro's that
may or may not be built. The main thing i am
building though is my 20" Azusa race bike

How many bikes do you have in your collection?
I have around 30 bikes in various forms, a few are built up but now i tend to collect frame
and fork kits only.

Is there any one bike that brings back
special memories?
For me it would be the redline rl2011, it
was the last bike i ever remember wanting
as a kid, manged to get one last year

What was your first restore?
The first bike i restored/built was a skyway
streetbeat.

What was your very first bike that you
can remember riding as a kid?
My first BMX bike would be a Falcon Pro Theta

Any last comments you would like to say to every one?
This hobby/passion has taken me far in such a small space of time, i now have very good friends
all over the world. It amazes me all the time how when i meet people they seem to be so similar to
myself. i think this is what keeps me in the hobby.