We broke them when we were twelve year olds, imagine now!
my rear drop out on my super goose had been welded so many times it was hilarious. I traded it for a skyway TA that I only had to weld once lol.
I raced on a Kuwahara back in the day. #6 in ABA. Had some of the first Ti stuff on it. Sadly my Mom sold it after I left the house.
I raced a supergoose! Holy crap ghat took me back...
Wonder about all the oddessy abd crupi parts it had.....
I saw on FB Hutch is releasing a reproduction Trickstar frameset. Taking pre-orders now for a 2022 delivery.
I'm sure there will be more than a few Gen Xers making some nostalgic impulse buys... Probably to be hung up in the man-cave and never ridden.
I had a Redline 500c. I thought it was the coolest bike on the planet. A few years ago I was trying to buy another one mostly out of nostalgia. After months of not finding what I wanted my wife bought me a Sunday Model C. 24" cruiser bmx. That thing whoops the Redline in every way except looking vintage. It's so fun to ride. I still had the vintage desire so I bought a GT Mach Two and redid the whole thing. I know the Mach Two wasn't their best effort but the bike is cool. It gets a lot of compliments when I ride it but it is awful to ride versus the Sunday. Bike quality went way up over the last 30 years. It would be nice to have a semi faithful reproduction with better bearings, brakes and cranks.
Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:I saw on FB Hutch is releasing a reproduction Trickster frameset. Taking pre-orders now for a 2022 delivery.
I'm sure there will be more than a few Gen Xers making some nostalgic impulse buys... Probably to be hung up in the man-cave and never ridden.
Haro built 42 Freestlyers back in 2003, I ordered one out of nostalgia and it came so damaged that I stupidly sent it back. As soon as I did my brother said good luck finding another, I searched and ended up buying another #17 at Dicks Sporting Goods in Iowa city Iowa. It was just sitting on the floor like a normal bike.
Side story when I got there, the manager came over and said I was happy to hold this for you since you are the guy that got me into bikes when I was a kid, I recognized your name. Sure enough, he was one of the neighborhood kids who followed me around when I moved to Iowa for a short time. Pretty cool coincidence, he was finishing his doctorate at IOwa State or whatever school is there.
In reply to chandler :
I got one of these a couple years ago, unfortunately my riding didn't improve during all the intermediate years.
I still haven't got around to mounting those tires either...
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to chandler :
I got one of these a couple years ago, unfortunately my riding didn't improve during all the intermediate years.
I still haven't got around to mounting those tires either...
That's a good looking bike
In reply to chandler :
Thanks! I really should actually ride it sometime...
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to chandler :
Thanks! I really should actually ride it sometime...
Or sell it to me? Lol. You know, we may have crossed paths I used to go to watseka to ride at the old factory back in the late 90's and early 00's. From past conversations I know we knew some of the same people.
This is wicked cool. My first BMX bike was a Mongoose. I upgraded it, which started me down the path of upgrading any car I had, with better one piece cranks, Powerlite bars, ACS Z-rims, wrapped in checkerboard tape and a laid back seat post. The seat post was because I needed more room and was only 5'9". I wonder if Mongoose would sell more if they tweaked the geometry to a more modern/larger size? Those early bikes were really small.......
-Rob
In reply to chandler :
Wow! By that point I was almost completely out of riding. Though I did pick up a couple bikes in that timeframe, but quickly got frustrated that I couldn't ride them.
And yeah, I may sell this one too. I forget what year it is, but it's one of the tri-moly repops from around 2009 iirc. I have the original bars, but it was missing the front brakes & all the pegs when I got it.
Nice, thanks for sharing. I have a Team Mongoose upstairs--basically a Supergoose but without the plated frame. It's all 1979.
My older sister used to race a Supergoose back around 1983. She still has it! I used to ride it too when I was a kid.
When I was a teenager, I saved up and bought myself a Robinson Rebel as a 2nd bike to my Mongoose Threshold "daily driver" mountain bike. I remember plunking down $179 for it around 1995. It was the Robinson equivalent to the GT Mach One or a Dyno VFR, and I loved the chrome frame and graphics. At some point, I broke something in the rear hub and it would not pedal anymore, and I hung it up in the shed.
About 6 years ago, I was thrifting at Savers with the wife and she points out this "nice bike" for only $6.99. That bike was another Robinson Rebel! Naturally, I dragged it home.
My original was on the left, with the Savers special on the right.
After "borrowing" some of my original bike's bits, the new one makes a great little pit bike!
One thing about those old BMX bikes: they're small. Like, the top tubes are short. Even my 1999 DK ProXL feels small now. Yet my modern S&M is very roomy. So just make sure you still fit.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Definitely. Even a bike from the late 90's has more room. I can ride my 1998 Gary Fisher Lush Rush (with many upgrades) as it feels fairly normal. But even way back in 1999 when I bought that bike, my original BMX from the 80's felt too small. I understand current BMX race bikes are even longer now.
This thread makes me wish that Mongoose made a big cruiser in that vintage style. A 26" wheel Supergoose would rule.
I've got a chrome Dyno Detour, Auburn frame, and a custom frame I designed myself in highschool when I was heavy into BMX racing. Then cars took over shortly after. I'll try and snap a pic later.
PMRacing said:I've got a chrome Dyno Detour, Auburn frame, and a custom frame I designed myself in highschool when I was heavy into BMX racing. Then cars took over shortly after. I'll try and snap a pic later.
I sold my CR20r a few years ago, I'd rewelded the rear a few times and it got further out of alignment every time. I had it hanging on my wall with a quad angle for ever because they just look bad ass
Tony Sestito said:This thread makes me wish that Mongoose made a big cruiser in that vintage style. A 26" wheel Supergoose would rule.
BMX Products made 26" Supergoose to sell the Motomag wheels, most people don't realize Mongoose was created as a selling point for motomag wheels. It was actually named after Tom McEwen who was friends with Skip Hess who he also built drag car frames on the side (he was a designer for Cragar for awhile as well iirc).
I stole this pic from vintagemongoose.com
In reply to rob_lewis :
My first real bike was a supergoose too. I may order one.
Just spotted this at the Michigan Antiques Festival. No idea what it is.
1988 Dyno Detour
Mid '90s Auburn frame
My own custom frame design 1995ish
Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:I saw on FB Hutch is releasing a reproduction Trickstar frameset. Taking pre-orders now for a 2022 delivery.
I didn't need to know that.
I'm sure there will be more than a few Gen Xers making some nostalgic impulse buys... Probably to be hung up in the man-cave and never ridden.
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