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Posted: 5/12/2024 10:38:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: neshomamench]
Inspired by the rat-tail thread.
I was a BMX kid. I raced at Southwest Supercross in Sugar Land Texas. It seems like a world that is so long gone. No cell phones, no computers, no parents. We were just free. As long as we were home on time, we could ride to the other side of the planet if we could make it. I had a Diamond Back. A Hutch and a Supergoose. Uni-seats, Z-Rims, Shimano pedals, Haro Plates..... all of that. For something obscure, I remember one of the "status" symbols was how many grip donuts you had....which meant they would get ganked, so you had to take them off if you left your bike somewhere. It really was an amazing time. (random pics I found of yore)   
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Posted: 5/12/2024 10:44:59 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By neshomamench: Where are my people? right here https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Children-of-the-eighties-BMX-bikes/5-2721483/ |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 5/12/2024 10:50:00 PM EDT
[#2]
redline and skyway wheels for me.
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USA
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:05:03 PM EDT
[#3]
A little after the 80's, but not by much, at least I started in the 80's, not many Picts though.
Started with a Schwinn Scrambler. These are around '89.   
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:06:55 PM EDT
[#4]
Still have my Kos Kruiser and have picked up several others.
Joined a group in Austin and we ride them twice a week. Sometimes 30 miles or more. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:07:56 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: right here https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Children-of-the-eighties-BMX-bikes/5-2721483/ Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: Originally Posted By neshomamench: Where are my people? right here https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Children-of-the-eighties-BMX-bikes/5-2721483/ Great topic OP but yes we just did this 2 weeks ago in that thread. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:13:58 PM EDT
[#6]
white mongoose with redline(proline?) forks and
blue tuf wheels |
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:38:33 PM EDT
[#7]
Redline.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:59:23 PM EDT
[#8]
Diamondback viper
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Posted: 5/13/2024 12:02:19 AM EDT
[#9]
Skated and biked
Last bike was a Race Inc. Some homo stole it from our yard. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 12:06:55 AM EDT
[#10]
Buddy of mine moved to Socal and rides with Eddie Fiola now.
Brings back memories. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 12:59:17 AM EDT
[#11]
1980 CYC Stormer here.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 1:02:36 AM EDT
[#12]
AAFES Mongoose Blue Max and Pete’s BMX in Tacoma, WA.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 6:34:07 AM EDT
[#13]
I posted in the other linked thread. I had a Cook Bros. Racing bike, Z-rims or Skyway Tuff wheels
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Posted: 5/13/2024 7:05:34 AM EDT
[#14]
Redline with pitbull brakes
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Posted: 5/13/2024 7:06:25 AM EDT
[#15]
 DYNO Compe checkin in 
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Posted: 5/13/2024 7:11:48 AM EDT
[#16]
Redline frame and forks with redline 3 piece crank. Suzzy sealed hubs, forgot what rims i had but they were better than average. Uni seat and post. The best part, in my mind, was the power light handle bars, they had a curve at the grips that I just thought was tits.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 7:15:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By chrismartin: A little after the 80's, but not by much, at least I started in the 80's, not many Picts though. Started with a Schwinn Scrambler. These are around '89. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53717673245_83d5abbe1e_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53717450238_8a935d3545_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53717673625_6584f89cb9_k.jpg I had those same shin guards. Man did they smell like shit. I of course never washed them because I was a kid and didn’t care. But I can still smell those nasty bastards |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 7:17:02 AM EDT
[#18]
I built a 24" skyway recently.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 7:54:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Dru]
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Profile racing is what I had…. Not my bike in the pic but that’s what it looked like… did have the hutch bear claw pedals…. Lots of scars on my shins from slipping pedals!
 Was on team Primo Bike Shop… raced every weekend!  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 8:01:31 AM EDT
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 8:09:08 AM EDT
[#21]
I raced and dirt jumped mostly in the 90s a DK and Haro. I raced in Newnan, Peachtree City and Hampton GA.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 8:17:56 AM EDT
[#22]
Redline for me. Raced out of southern VA. Still have my NBL card.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 8:21:56 AM EDT
[#23]
Broke headset off cheap Schwinn, then got a Mongoose frame, broke it twice, replaced under warranty. Then I got my Hutch pro frame...and started racing at Gosnold's Hope park in Hampton...lots of trophies and crashes
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UT, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 8:23:20 AM EDT
[#24]
I rode bikes, but didn't race. Went to middle & high school with a kid that did, though, and he was pretty good. Corky G., if anyone raced against him back in the late 80s, early 90s. If we can remember that far back.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 9:32:47 AM EDT
[#25]
 Rad Intro HD 'Break The Ice' by John Farnham Os Vídeos mais acessados do mundo !!!!! |
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USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 9:39:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: krecon1]
[#26]
I had a Schwinn Predator Streetwise - got that in 4th grade, so that would have been 1984/1985.
I ended up donating it to a Salvation Army type store and someone from the board here actually ended up with it. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 9:47:48 AM EDT
[#27]
Chrome California Mongoose with white Z rims checking in.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 10:00:18 AM EDT
[#28]
Diamond Back and a Supergoose gang right here! Side note: You see the prices these old bikes can bring online lol.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 10:04:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AR15Texan]
[#29]
Made a thread two months ago about digging my 1984 Skyway T/A out of boxes, reassembling, and riding it at the skate park after 30-years. Had to get NOS tires and grips otherwise every other part is original.
   Skyway T/A Frame and Fork Skyway Tuff II Mag Wheels Redline Flight 401 Cranks 180mm Redline 44-tooth Sprocket TuffNeck Stem with Potts Mod GT Handlebars Dia-Compe MX-1000 Rear Brakes Dia-Compe 901 Front Brakes Skyway Tuff Rear Pads Skyway Freestyle Front Pads Patterson Half Bent Seat Post Skyway Hot Shot Seat Tange Hinge Seatpost Clamp Tange BearTrap Headset Suntour Freewheel ODI NOS Mushroom Grips Shimano DX Pedals Skyway 3-Pad Set Izumi Chain |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 10:05:24 AM EDT
[#30]
I still have my Redline. I should probably sell it.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 10:07:00 AM EDT
[#31]
I wish I still had my Hutch Trick Star. Their new production stuff is crazy expensive.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 10:18:11 AM EDT
[#32]
Didn't grow up in the 80's, but I used to have a PK Ripper until it got stolen.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 10:20:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/13/2024 11:24:54 AM EDT
[#34]
Bunch of rich kids with your Haros and Redlines
I had a Murray TRX and rode the wheels off that thing. I think dad got it at either KMart or WalMart |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 12:26:37 PM EDT
[#35]
right here
Had a Schwinn BMX bike. I was mountain biking before Gary Fisher
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Posted: 5/13/2024 1:12:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Cyclic240B]
[#36]
Started racing on a Mongoose then got a deal on a GT. Raced that a while at 12-13yo. Had 1 3/8 rims, Uni seat and always DK stem and Powerlight h'bars with the bend in the grip and Hutch pedals. Raced a JMC Darrel Young after that. Same rims and parts. Then an Elf with bullseye crank n' hubs, same stem, bars and pedals. At 17yo I raced a black PK Ripper with white lettering, black DK stem, white powerlight bars. That bike was sick.
ETA: My sister was NBL No 1 in our state and No 2. National. She'd have been No. 1 but she was couldn't make west coast races. Point being, I got some seriously sweet parts for free to try out from her sponsors. Including the ELF frame/fork. That was a prototype and was another sweet ride. Fun times. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:37:44 PM EDT
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We were all into Bikes as a kid. Some racing style, a lot of Freestyle.
We used to cut grass and do odd jobs to fun our habit. Many of us that did not come from money, traded and collected parts. I can't tell you how many I built. Going to try and list most of the ones I had. GT Performer (Bought complete) GT Pr Freestyle Tour (Built) SE Racing Quadangle with Landing Gear Forks (Built) SE Racing PK Ripper (built, more of a racer) Hutch Trickstar (Built) Haro Can't remember the model, but built for Freestyle, Frame had dual top tubes. Redline also a dual top tube I had a bunch of different wheels. GT mags, Skyways, etc. Different spoked wheels, Peregrine HPs, Hutch, etc.. Rotors, Started with the ACS silver puck looking thing with the single cable, then we all switched to the dual cable Odyssey Gyros. When I finally got outta bikes, between my house and my parents house, I had a small bike shop. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 4:17:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FMJ3]
[#38]
Quote HistoryAunt Becky and Adrian!!!!!!!!!! Didn't Becky teach him how to back flip in that one? |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 5:20:15 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc_Zox: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3097/274C468D-59BE-4F90-B497-A75220D96C66-3213246.jpg My grail bike. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 5:32:05 PM EDT
[#40]
I used to ride the rl20 to class and lock it with a kmart chain
there is a repop now https://www.redlinebykastan.com/shop 
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2024 10:48:00 AM EDT
[#41]
I started out on a Diamondback Viper (new) and a chrome GT Performer (used) that I beat the absolute hell out of. I was never into flatland or ramp freestyle, but we jumped a lot of gaps and loading docks near our local shopping center.
I started racing NBL on a Haro Group 1 ALI until I broke my collarbone during a race. While I was recovering I installed Profile 180mm cranks, JP square cage pedals, 45 tooth Haro sprocket (blue) and Haro dirt jumping bars. I rode it all the time but only raced once more the season after I broke my collarbone. Then I started dating my wife and my bike fell off my list of priorities. I still have it. Need to replace the brakes, tires, and tubes and do something with it one of these days. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 11:01:36 AM EDT
[#42]
 29ers are a bit more easy on the knees these days |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 12:09:11 PM EDT
[#43]
I never raced because I always lived far from any track or sanctioned races, but I lived on a BMX bike for nearly all of my childhood. I basically mountain biked on a BMX bike back when Mountain bikes were in their infancy. My first BMX was a Raleigh (sp?). It was unfortunately stolen one afternoon and my parents replaced it a long year or so later with a Huffy from a city auction. I ended up breaking or bending every single piece of that bike except for the nice billet aluminum pit bull handlebar stem that the previous owner had installed. I ended up building a nice bike around that stem with a Free Agent Limo frame, GT billet aluminum three piece crank set, 48 spoke rear wheel, 36 spoke front, and the best bars, brakes, etc.. I put a lot of miles on that bike. I wish I still had it, but it disappeared when I was deployed or TDY about 15 years ago.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2024 12:46:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By krecon1: I had a Schwinn Predator Streetwise - got that in 4th grade, so that would have been 1984/1985. I ended up donating it to a Salvation Army type store and someone from the board here actually ended up with it. I actually still have it. Over the years, I’ve found a nice set of Sugino cranks, NOS pads, and NOS decals for it. In a recent move the rear hub disappeared, but otherwise it’s all still there. If you would like the bike back, you’re more than welcome to it. I’ve been scaling back projects due to lack of space since the move. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 2:57:59 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc_Zox: I used to ride the rl20 to class and lock it with a kmart chain there is a repop now https://www.redlinebykastan.com/shop https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3097/8F75BDAB-C4E6-408B-8D63-ED0AC1F77AE6-3213582.jpg Thank goodness they are sold out, my wallet would take a beating |
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