BMX - Price of early 80's Shimano DX Pedals

I have a guy that want to buy one of my sets of 80's Shimano DX pedals. They are new and I haven't been around BMX for many years. What do they go for now?

Whatever somebody will pay for them. Honestly, probably not worth much.

That don't surprise me since there's so many copys of them out there. Maybe I can get $20 for them. I think I paid about $20 in 85 for them.

$20 sounds reasonable.

Wait just a minute, Actual OG Shimano DX's are one of the most desired pedals in the vintage BMX circles. It's not uncommon for new ones to fetch over $100 on ebay. Sometimes even close to $200. If you are really looking to sell them, it may be worth it to put them up on ebay. Also do some looking around vintagebmx.com They are worth $$$ in new or good cond.
-Bill

If wds178 is right...then jack that price up!

Holy**** I just check ebay and one finished at $140 and it was used. Now I don't know what to do I got 3 new sets sitting here and 2 used ones. I guess I'll ask for more. When I raced in the 80's I bought every pair I found while traveling because I never wanted to be without a set and there were so hard to find in 9/16. I think I'll ebay a set and see what I get. Thanks for the help. I would have left money on the table.

If wds178 is right...then jack that price up!
fa sho. damn. that's more than fly pedals.

what makes em so good?

they are old and hard to come by

so are plenty of other brands of pedals that are old, why these as oposed to another company

old and hard to come by = lots of money

depends on what it is

people on eBay will buy anything...i sell my used Chuck's when I'm done with them...usually get $45-80 for the pair...

any positive feeback on 'em?

yes.

I should sell my Lotek's that they stopped making when I'm done with them, but they don't have matching laces, have little rips, and are stretched out on one foot.

my Chuck's were in SUCH bad shape...holes, soles fallin' off, heal-cup gone (that's the hard, plastic part at the heal...they always come off).

Shoes are worth about 5 cents each the instant you wear them and get sweat/dirt on/in them. Clothes should only be given away, not sold, and if you have to buy them used, get them from a thrift store... IMO.

i'm just sellin' 'em...I figure if people want my old shoes AND are willing to pay more than I did I'm not going to stop them

you both make good points

Makes me want to put my old Vans that don't fit and aren't made anymore on eBay. Maybe someone will pay alot for them aha.

It's not so much that DX's are just old & hard to find, but these were THE pedal to have back in the day. They just felt perfect.
Ophidian sums it up best: "When I raced in the 80's I bought every pair I found while traveling because I never wanted to be without a set and there were so hard to find in 9/16."
You look at a lot of the old pics from the 80's: Hoffman, Fiola, Blyther, etc. and you'll find that often they're riding DX's. I've read that Rick Moliterno still has a stockpile of them so that he can keep riding them.
-Bill

Nice job Wds178 you helped him a lot!!

So should we start buying up a bunch of Jim C's?

Actually, I wish I had bought a second pair in the limited edition teal and kept it in the box. Mine are still going strong, but they won't be forever and I like the color a lot, so it'd be a shame to get boring black or something.

So should we start buying up a bunch of Jim C's?

Actually, I wish I had bought a second pair in the limited edition teal and kept it in the box. Mine are still going strong, but they won't be forever and I like the color a lot, so it'd be a shame to get boring black or something.

I really like the green color they put out recently. It's like Profile's 'anti-freze'.

Yeah we all need to buy some Odyssey JC's and Wellgo Mg-1's. They'll be classics when were older!

The General Lee will be a classic.

I'd agree with that statement. Specifially the early ones w/out the frontend gusset - when it was offered only as a frame and not as a complete. I'm thinking '95-97.
Had one of those. Broke it...
-Bill

I'd agree with that statement. Specifially the early ones w/out the frontend gusset - when it was offered only as a frame and not as a complete. I'm thinking '95-97.
Had one of those. Broke it...
-Bill

I think Mude has one of those. Except he might have the gusset you speak of. But i think it's like a 99-00ish one.

Mudes has the gusset.