evolution / natural selection

yesterday i found an old Haro catalog from last century (1997). there is a picture of my 2nd bmx, the Haro Blammo. now, below you can see the evolution of the components/looks of my trusty ride over the last 6 years.

stuff i changed :

• seatpost. it broke… no wonder! look how it is bent in its original shape!!
• cranks… the right crank arm broke on a landing on flat, taking the chainwheel into its painfull death
• handlebar… switched to 2pc 3-4 years ago
• stem. the original Haro stem has small cracks… i ‘could’ still use it, but i don’t trust the thing!
• obviously many tires and tubes
• pegs… the original ones (weighting 0.5kg EACH) had a very weird design…
• brakes: front brake lasted about a year, and rear brake is coming on and off depending on my mood… it’s actually really fun to ride brakeless, well except in traffic
• seat. i broke 1 seat in 6 years, respect!
• rim… recently had to change the rear wheel’s rim

hhmm… in fact, i had to change everything except the most expensive parts on a bmx, namely frame’n’fork and wheels… that’s not bad for a complete bike made in Taiwan!