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re: Anybody here race BMX back in the 80s?
Posted on 8/16/15 at 9:04 pm to madamsquirrel
Posted on 8/16/15 at 9:04 pm to madamsquirrel
I think I had some of that alcohol too!
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Posted on 8/16/15 at 9:13 pm to 82fumanchu
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Rad
Jesus, I forgot about that movie. I'm on a quest now - going to have to find it. My older half brother raced out of Houston and did some freestyle stuff. Had a little sponsorship from Hutch. I raced Lafayette area, made it up to BR once. Started off on one of his older Hutches but had a Mongoose and the greatest, Redline GT. All 3 I treated like babies.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 9:25 pm to madamsquirrel
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Had my first taste of alcohol at a bonfire at the Shipleys house.
Anyone gonna tell me where was a BMX track in BR area in the Early 80s(82ish)? I recall going watch races once. But no idea where it was.
This post was edited on 8/16/15 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 8/16/15 at 10:13 pm to mikelbr
Are you talking about the BREC track?
I don't know when it started, but i raced there in the mid-90s.
It was on Kenilworth and Perkins.
I don't know when it started, but i raced there in the mid-90s.
It was on Kenilworth and Perkins.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 10:18 pm to Contender54
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Are you talking about the BREC track?
I don't know when it started, but i raced there in the mid-90s.
It was on Kenilworth and Perkins.
Nah. That was new in 90s. In 82 that was an open area, we practiced football in that very space. Just Olympia stadium and baseball fields back then. The velodrome and then BMX track came later.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 10:36 pm to biglego
Conversations like this were had many times in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans...
"Ricky's cousin Joe's best friend Keith's teammate's friend's half brother got a Cook Bros. for his graduation."
"Where's he live?"
"California"
"Ricky's cousin Joe's best friend Keith's teammate's friend's half brother got a Cook Bros. for his graduation."
"Where's he live?"
"California"
Posted on 8/16/15 at 10:57 pm to chunk
This is how mine looks now present day. All retro besides the blue and the bars. Pedals are fused to the cranks!
Posted on 8/16/15 at 11:28 pm to Sarsippius
I lived about 1/4 mile from a BMX track in Powder Springs, Ga. It was at a Wild Horse Creek Park if any of y'all ever raced there. They had some big events there. I never officially raced but rode the track every summer day for several years. We lived at that damn park. BMX track to the pond to fish then over to play tennis and then wiffle ball on the T ball field. Those were the days.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 11:58 pm to Jake88
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Conversations like this were had many times in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans...
"Ricky's cousin Joe's best friend Keith's teammate's friend's half brother got a Cook Bros. for his graduation."
"Where's he live?"
"California"
Pretty sure I've had that exact conversation
Posted on 8/17/15 at 12:29 am to Sarsippius
I was more of a freestyler than a BMXer. I think my dad sold my Haro master when I went to college for like 50 bucks. Wish I still had it now. 4130 chrom-moly frame with the oddessy rotor and dia compe nippon brakes.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 3:53 am to Ric Flair
Was never into racing i was into Freestyle. Lucky that being from KC I got to ride with Dennis McCoy and Rick Thorne. Every once in a while big time riders like Todd Lyons and even Mat Hoffman would come to stay with DMC and so got to meet them and ride with them too. My first bike was a Diamond Back Strike Zone and second was a Mongoose Decade. Some of best times in my life were back then, wish life was still that fun and care free lol.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 4:43 am to Sarsippius
I still have dreams about my bike that I put together. I still remember every part. Stolen. Wish I still had it today. 
Didn't race competitively, but me and my friends built our own tracks on empty lots and shite. Those were the days. Rad.
Didn't race competitively, but me and my friends built our own tracks on empty lots and shite. Those were the days. Rad.Posted on 8/17/15 at 5:01 am to MikeBRLA
Holy shite. This is it. Stock version. Obviously I had a Uni seat and grips. Z rims. Suntour cranks. Pro neck. Forks, the whole 9. Those pedals that would kill your shins, what were those? (KKTs) Man, that's a cool site.
I had a Torker and a Redline later but this was my Bike. Always liked Hutches. GTs were popular. JMCs. Kuwaharas were exotic. This post was edited on 8/17/15 at 5:26 am
Posted on 8/17/15 at 5:13 am to Sarsippius
That's badass. I'm jelly. Great thread.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 5:23 am to Sarsippius
In 78 or 79 we used to race at a track in Hattiesburg. My bike was a chrome Mongoose with blue tires and pads.
I was usually mid pack, but at the MS state championships I got 2nd place. Our race was after a rain, I screwed up the hole shot, but passed almost everyone when I took the top of the berm around the pack who got bogged down in the mud. Good times.
I was usually mid pack, but at the MS state championships I got 2nd place. Our race was after a rain, I screwed up the hole shot, but passed almost everyone when I took the top of the berm around the pack who got bogged down in the mud. Good times.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 5:51 am to mikelbr
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Anyone gonna tell me where was a BMX track in BR area in the Early 80s(82ish)? I recall going watch races once. But no idea where it was.
You had the track behind Capitol schwinn cycles on Florida near airline which is now Cullen's baby land. Saturday trophy races were there.
You also had Sunday ribbon races at Shipley's. I don't remember what part of town Shipley's was, but I do remember it was in the woods.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 6:05 am to MikeBRLA
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You also had Sunday ribbon races at Shipley's. I don't remember what part of town Shipley's was, but I do remember it was in the woods.
Bingo! I was gonna say for some reason I feel like I remember it being in woods or we drove through some woods to get there. Haha how funny is that because I thought maybe I imagined that part. I was about 7 so it's fuzzy for me.
This post was edited on 8/17/15 at 6:08 am
Posted on 8/17/15 at 6:59 am to go_tigres
Sadly the only media I have seen for purchase is VHS. Definitely an underrated, forgotten 80's staple.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 7:04 am to 82fumanchu
I have it on DVD.. You can get it on eBay
Posted on 8/17/15 at 7:06 am to mikelbr
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Bingo! I was gonna say for some reason I feel like I remember it being in woods or we drove through some woods to get there. Haha how funny is that because I thought maybe I imagined that part. I was about 7 so it's fuzzy for me.
Yes. I want to say Shipley's was somewhere near Florida and Sherwood. It was at a residence in the woods.
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