re: What kind of bmx bike did you have as a kid

Haro Shredder



Haro Nyquist Backtrail




The shredder was dope, but heavy as shite

Diamondback Formula One and a Kuwahara Laserlite

Wanted a Redlune but got a JC Penney it was gold inn color.

My first bike was some no name cheapy red bike. We lived in Glen Oaks and it was stolen, the neighborhood was changing rapidly.

We soon moved out to Central and for Christmas that year I got a Western Flyer Sandblaster like the one on the right.




I rode the hell out of it, explored all of Biltmore and the surrounding area.

When the BMX craze really hit, I made a deal with my parents that if I pulled my grades up, mostly Cs at the time, to As and Bs I could get a new bike.

I did so and we went to Capitol Schwinn and I got a Schwinn Thrasher.



It wasn't as high end as a Red Line, Mongoose, or Hutch, but I loved that damn bike like life itself.

Pink Huffy

Chrome Dyno VFR. I remember they had a red one at the store and I told my dad that was the one I wanted. He said "ok we'll come back tomorrow and get it" but I said we had to get it now because it'll be gone tomorrow. Needless to say, we came back the next day and it was gone so when we saw the chrome one we bought it right then and there. Always teased him about that and would jokingly use it to try to get him to buy me other stuff. When he would say, "we'll come back" I'd always say "remember the red bike!" lol.

I had a Diamond Back just like this circa 1985.

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Mongoose FTW. Front and back pegs for the bitches

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Same

Mongoose-then a GT-then a Kuwahara right about the time ET came out and flew across the moon on one with that kid.

I actually raced BMX until about the 6th grade which would have been mid-80's. After that, we all pretty well switched to dirt bikes.