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  • Joe Gearin

    Jan. 29, 2009 12:57 p.m. Joe Gearin Associate Publisher

    Way, way back in 1981 or so I bought a Race Inc. used at the local bike store for $169.00. I lived on that bike up until I got my driver's license. A few years ago I dusted it off and gave it to a friend who has 5 kids. Recently he sent me a picture of his daughter flying through the air after launching off a ramp they had made! The old Race keeps on trucking!

    It still has the yellow Comp II tires, Kashimax (sp) seat, and Haro handle bars. Tough little bike that still has a ton of life left.

    I had the bike back before freestyling came about. I never saw the appeal of spinning, and "dancing" on the bike. I just wanted to go fast in the dirt and jump stuff.

  • jpod999

    Jan. 29, 2009 1:23 p.m. jpod999 Reader

    My uncle told me a couple of good stories from when he road BMW 20 or so years ago.

    Story 1: Apparently he was pretty good and was damn near unstoppable at his local track. One time he came out of the gate and was leading like always, but this time there was one guy that was hanging with him. I don't remember the outcome of that race but after he found out that the guy hanging with him was some pro rider. Thought that was kind of cool.

    Story 2: My uncle was in decent shape back then. He came out of the gate once so hard that he shattered his chain.

  • gamby

    Jan. 29, 2009 4:40 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    Datsun1500 wrote:

    My Brother and I were sponsored by GT in 84-85. We toured the country as part of the team, talk about fun times for a 15 year old!

    (going deep into my memory) The only brothers I can think of off the top of my head were Brent and Brian Patterson, but they were off of GT by '84, right?

    Who are you??? I'd be curious to see if I recognized the name. BMX Action was my bible from '83-87. Freestylin' after that.

  • wlkelley3

    Jan. 29, 2009 6:15 p.m. wlkelley3 HalfDork

    Guess I'll show my age. When I did this before I got my license (early 70's) we had to build our own as you couldn't buy a BMX then. Welding crossbars on to the handlebars and adapting motorcycle padding for it. welding motorcycle handlebars to goosenecks. Changing sprocket sizes, somtimes using motorcycle sprockets welded on. We all tried to be motocross riders and jumpers. That's probably my first wrenching building and rebuilding my bike. Friends and I used to scrounge thrown out bike pieces and special build bikes for purposes like jumping or wheelies. Schwinn was the frame of choice sisnce the had a warranty against cracking and would replace the frame when we cracked it. By the time I had real motorcycles and cars was when BMX bikes started to hit the market.

  • Datsun1500

    Jan. 29, 2009 7:02 p.m. Datsun1500 HalfDork

    Step-brother, so different last name. See if you can dig up the name David Foster from the memory bank...

  • bamalama

    Jan. 29, 2009 7:12 p.m. bamalama New Reader

    Stuc wrote:

    And yeah, bmxmuseum.com is awesome.

    I just spent a good hour looking through the pictures there.

    My favorite bike was a 90-92ish Haro. It was chrome, but I don't remember the model. Some fool stole it, stripped it, and painted it, ruining the frame. It was never the same once I got it back.

  • Marty!

    Jan. 13, 2012 2:11 p.m. Marty! Dork

    Bringing a thread back from the dead here!

    Today, I just scored one of my holy grail frames. A 2001 Mongoose CRX (Craig Reynolds Express). This is the same frame that David mentioned at the beginning of this thread 3 years ago. And yes, it is the same Craig Reynolds that is on Speed and has been in GRM.

    While they aren't uber-rare, you don't see them come up in NOS condition too often. And when they do I'm always too late or too short on cash.

    I came across this one by luck. I was at my companies Christmas party a few weeks back and I was talking to a co-workers husband. I knew he worked for Mongoose (actually Pacific Cycle) and I just casually mentioned that this frame was on my bucket list. He mentioned that he had one just sitting in his collection in their attic. Then one day at work my co-worker asked me if I wanted it - $100 and it was mine.

    I still haven't decided if I want to build it or let it stay in new condition. I'm going to have to think that one over.

    In the mean time I finished building the frame that my wife got me for Christmas. This was the 2009 Anarchy Deviant that I posted in X-mas present thread a few weeks back.

    DK US made forks and bars, King headset, Primo cranks, carbon fiber seat post and a few other goodies. I used this bike to race last Sunday for the first time in three years. I then proceeded to get my ass handed to me in 36-40 Inter after I slipped a pedal. I'm beginning to think racing BMX is a young man's game.

  • NickF40

    Jan. 13, 2012 7:48 p.m. NickF40 Dork

    definetly watching this thread i'll have to post my Redline up. I mainly prefer dirt jumps but i'll do park.

  • David S. Wallens

    Jan. 13, 2012 10:30 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

    Marty, sweet find!

  • David S. Wallens

    Jan. 13, 2012 10:34 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

    And lately I have been riding an SE Racing Floval Flyer 24" cruiser. Who knew that a brown bicycle could be so much fun?

    Mine looks just like this:

  • gamby

    Jan. 14, 2012 12:12 a.m. gamby SuperDork

    So cool that SE reissued their stuff. I remember drooling over those bikes in BMX Action back around '83-84.

    I'd love to build one of these up as a singlespeed with some cyclocross tires on it (if I had a grand lying around to build it)

  • PHeller

    Jan. 14, 2012 11:25 a.m. PHeller Dork

    While I wish I would have ridden BMX for better MTB skills...I'm glad I don't have a nostalgia for the knee crushing, wrist destroying, back killing, and general displeasure of riding a 20" BMX.

    but a bike is a bike and if its get people outside being active all the better.

  • ditchdigger

    Jan. 14, 2012 12:03 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    Last summer I during a period of reminiscence of mid 80's BMX I stumbled across this thread about vintage "cal custom" 26" BMX cruisers.

    http://bmxsociety.com/topic/38162-cal-cruisers/

    So I built myself one

    Photobucket

    Made a replica of a 40's straightbar frame from a 90's cantilever cruiser. Brazed on new dropouts, some 26" Araya's with some BMX spec gumwall compe III's and some GT and Dyno bits here and there. It is the perfect cruiser but I do wish it had 1/10th of the agility of a proper 20" bike.

  • gamby

    Jan. 15, 2012 12:01 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    That's awesome. Coaster brake FTW.

    How hard was it to track down the 26" Comp III's (or are they pretty common as a reissue these days)?

    Also--are those Oakley F1 grips?

    GREAT bike.

  • Marty!

    Jan. 15, 2012 12:17 p.m. Marty! Dork

    Speaking of 26" cruisers, I saw one of these at my LBS hanging up. 2012 GT Interceptor cruiser. I think it was priced at $700.

    I like it, but I like the Free Agent Cruiser I just spent $80 on off of CL a little more.

  • ditchdigger

    Jan. 15, 2012 12:21 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    The tires were less than $15 shipped via ebay, The forks were about $18 from amazon, the grips were $1.99 from porkchopbmx. The handlebars are actually new $7 childs BMX bars that I welded 2 inches to each end and they look exactly like cruiser units. The rest came from the center for appropriate transport used parts room so the GT cranks and chainwheel might have cost me $1, The diacomp bulldog and lever was $1.50...ect It was a very cheap one weekend build.

    The frame was a $9 Torker

    
    

    
    

  • ditchdigger

    Jan. 15, 2012 12:28 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    In reply to Marty!:

    I would rather have the 26" GT performer

    So cool

  • gamby

    Jan. 15, 2012 8:06 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    ditchdigger wrote:

    In reply to Marty!:

    I would rather have the 26" GT performer

    So cool

    That's berkeleying fantastic. They aren't catering to Gen X nostalgia at all, are they?

    And ditchdigger--MASSIVE props for being able to weld up a custom frame like that. I can spin a mean wrench, but framebuilding is an entirely different universe. Too cool.

  • ditchdigger

    Jan. 15, 2012 11:02 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    gamby wrote: That's berkeleying fantastic. They aren't catering to Gen X nostalgia at all, are they?

    They wouldn't do it if it didn't work so damn well.

    I really, REALLY want it.

  • gamby

    Jan. 21, 2012 10:44 a.m. gamby SuperDork

  • Datsun1500

    Jan. 21, 2012 12:34 p.m. Datsun1500 SuperDork

    In 1982 mine was identical to this one, but with a laid back seat post.

  • NickF40

    Jan. 21, 2012 5:46 p.m. NickF40 Dork

    you guys should post up action pics of yourselves

  • 4cylndrfury

    Jan. 22, 2012 2:17 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

    Potentially the only digitized version of my glory days...I will have to dig around a bit

    Downside fastplant at the 6' bowl in Joyce park, Cincinnati, Oh., circa '02 or so. I know Ive got some shots of my bike(s) somewhere. And dont ask why winnie the poo is in my crotch...its better if you dont know lol...

  • NickF40

    Jan. 22, 2012 8:47 p.m. NickF40 Dork

    noiceeee!! and I was actually gonna ask that lol I like both those bikes in that shot. I want to ride mine in a bowl/halfpipe but it's too damn heavy. I have an 09? (bought it from a stupid kid near me a few years ago, 450+ dollar bike I paid 125he had no clue what he had) Redline 7.1. Race bike really, not very well for parks lol HS Steel frame.

    Also, I wonder if anyone inlines anymore, good ol agressive inline lol

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