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re: What kind of bmx bike did you have as a kid
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:11 pm to 3morereps
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:11 pm to 3morereps
First was a cheap Murray given to me by my parents for Christmas, circa 1979. Then I saved up my lawn mowing money and bought a red Mongoose with gold rims. Like this:
Went head first over the handlebars once and skinned up my face, busted my lip and took a chunk of skin out of my knee. Bike's long gone, still have the scar on my knee.
Went head first over the handlebars once and skinned up my face, busted my lip and took a chunk of skin out of my knee. Bike's long gone, still have the scar on my knee.
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:18 pm to Fat and Happy
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would ride it to the bmx store on jones creek regularly to look at bike stuff.
If this was late 90’s, there’s no way we didn’t cross paths. I was all over coursey, tiger bend, Jones creek and every neighborhood in the area on my bike. Spent hours in both bike stores on jones creek. Bonus side note: we used to jump in the big recycling bin behind jones creek library and sift through the discarded magazines and news papers and find playboys.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:18 pm to PacoPicopiedra
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Went head first over the handlebars once and skinned up my face, busted my lip and took a chunk of skin out of my knee. Bike's long gone, still have the scar on my knee.
That means you had a good childhood.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:20 pm to bcoop199
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Have any video?...that's the era I rode.
Quite a lot. Most of it is on VHS and 8MM though...LOL. I should have those tapes converted to digital if for no reason than to one day show my grandkids how “gnarly” I was!
Speaking of gnarly, remember this video...101 Freestyle Tricks? I wore this tape out...pause, rewind, slow mow...rewind, take notes...go outside and practice. Rinse and repeat for hours and hours.
LINK
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:21 pm to PacoPicopiedra
Got this bad boy for Christmas around ‘95, mongoose villain.
Still my favorite Christmas present of all time. Could stand straight up on the two bars just below the set with my calves against the seat to steer and stroll down the street. Had the cool gyroscope handlebar that could turn all the way around when doing jumps.
Stupid dipshit down the street from me stole it one night I forgot to lock it up a few years later. Never got it back, but I got him back though.
Still my favorite Christmas present of all time. Could stand straight up on the two bars just below the set with my calves against the seat to steer and stroll down the street. Had the cool gyroscope handlebar that could turn all the way around when doing jumps.
Stupid dipshit down the street from me stole it one night I forgot to lock it up a few years later. Never got it back, but I got him back though.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:22 pm to 3morereps
Redline
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:23 pm to 3morereps
Got a Haro for Christmas. Within two weeks, was getting my arm/wrist snapped back into place at the ortho...that was the end of that hobby for me. My parents wasted some money.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:24 pm to 3morereps
Redline Proline, white frame with blue accessories - Redline V-bars, Tuff Neck, Shimano 3-piece cranks and hubs, fluted seat post...c. 1979
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:26 pm to 3morereps
I had a Diamondback Mongoose and a Yellow GT. Not all at the same time. It is partly why my bones ache in the AM from all the dumb shite I tried to jump on those bikes.
The Yellow GT was my favorite
The Yellow GT was my favorite
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:28 pm to 3morereps
Haro Master. Was more of a freestyler vs BMX.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:34 pm to 3morereps
Had a GT Mach One chromed out and beautiful. Got delivered to my house from that bike joint off Williams Blvd in Kenner. Got stolen from out front of Frank’s Cards & Comics within a couple months. Even had it flipped over to prevent theft.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:36 pm to 3morereps
Diamond Back, baseball stamped Japanese made model. ACS Z wheels, Uni Seat. It was a Franken-bike I pieced together. Loved it though.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:47 pm to Breaux
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Huffy Sigma.
Don’t hate
1977 Huffy Thunder Road
(We weren't ballin')
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:50 pm to 3morereps
Okay, I found the one I had. Redline Proline Jr.
My parents got me this bike and started pushing BMX in hopes I would quit motocross. Lol
My parents got me this bike and started pushing BMX in hopes I would quit motocross. Lol
Posted on 5/6/20 at 11:59 pm to 3morereps
Haro
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:02 am to 3morereps
Regular Sears bike for me in 60s/70s. No name kinda stuff. In 80s I got an "English racer" with multiple gears. It was the bomb. Wasn't any BMX or whatever.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:22 am to 3morereps
Dyno VFR
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:27 am to 3morereps
Started redline pro-series. Then redline rl-20 prostyler. All white.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:38 am to 3morereps
started in 1994. Put an Aurburn Cr20R layaway at Cleary bicycles in Metairie. A year later traded it for a lighter GT Pro Series, then had a Pk Rjpper, Elf, Haro Monocoque, Aluminum GT Pro Series, aluminum Schwinn Race frame, DK, a few Standard 125r's. Got a co sponsored Redline deal and got an aluminum Proline. Then Profile sponsor and got one of their crappy aluminum frames. DK aluminum race frames, Hyper, Then got a Standard co sponsor and got a new 125r, Then some Haro frames. Got full deal with Staats and got their biked and now sponsored by Clayborn. I'm probably missing a few and ousted myself on here.
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