If you have a NOS hub , NOS spokes and a NOS rim …. Does it become a NOS Wheel?
A NOS bike is everything NOS. The whole thing.Now you’ve got to define what a NOS ‘bike’ is first. The frame? The frame and forks? The complete bike?
In my mind, anything taken out of its box and attached to a bicycle frameset, but then removed, even if not used, becomes a ‘new unused take-off part’.
Don’t even set the gears up on full NOS builds, much less ride ‘emif a bike isn’t ‘stock’ ie as built from the manufacturer when new, then it’s an unused bike, built with NOS parts.
Of course, a NOS rear mech ceases to be NOS as soon as it’s fitted, which means it’s just an unused bike.
But then it’s been test ridden, so it’s just a used bike.
It’s all just used bikes.
Beat me to saying this by seconds. Lolif a bike isn’t ‘stock’ ie as built from the manufacturer when new, then it’s an unused bike, built with NOS parts.
Of course, a NOS rear mech ceases to be NOS as soon as it’s fitted, which means it’s just an unused bike.
But then it’s been test ridden, so it’s just a used bike.
It’s all just used bikes.
So, let me understand this.if it was built by the manufacturer, then put in to stock in a store/ supplier or held in its warehouse then its NOS. If it isn’t built by the manufacturer, and held in stock, it can't be NOS because its never Been stock, so I'm afraid a bike built from NOS is not NOS because its never Been stock.
If anyone other than the MANUFACTURER built it and STOCKED it then it isn't NOS because it was never STOCK. No matter how much effort you've put in, sourcing the right parts, you are not the manufacturer, you have not put the bike in stock, on a stock list, tagged for stock, its replica, not a NOS bike.So, let me understand this.
A bike entirely built from new old stock parts, that is never ridden, can only be deemed a new old stock bike if it was the manufacturer (i.e. some minimum wage dude in Taiwan, employed by a third party factory) that bolted all the new parts onto it? If anyone other than this dude in Taiwan does the assembly, of exactly the same, new, parts suddenly it’s…. different?
So, let me understand this.
A bike entirely built from new old stock parts, that is never ridden, can only be deemed a new old stock bike if it was the manufacturer (i.e. some minimum wage dude in Taiwan, employed by a third party factory) that bolted all the new parts onto it? If anyone other than this dude in Taiwan does the assembly, of exactly the same, new, parts suddenly it’s…. different?