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busboy Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2003 Posts: 304 Location: Tacoma WA
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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bmx is the shit! thats all i have to say. |
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Kiwi Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2004 Posts: 112
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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This is my flatland machine.A SickChild Pathogen.Only one of its kind made.4130 hand made in USA.76* head tube,19" top tube,euro bb,Empire freecoaster-one of only 50 made.Peregrine super pro rims,Chris king head sealed set.Dylan Ryal bars,Bizhouse stem,Old GT show forks.
I beleive Gary Turners (GT in GT bikes)company made it.He makes fuelers now or something.
I love this bike.
Wish I had've kept all my old frames and stuff.Hutch trrickstar etc.Ive got Keven Jones Dorkin' in York 4 Tshirt though,thats a keeper.
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vdubyah73 Samba Member
Joined: July 05, 2003 Posts: 2541 Location: somewhere in Texas, my house has wheels
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Oh geeze, I feel old. Any body remember the Orange Krate? Well I didn't have one, 6 kids in the family and I was lucky to have a J.C. Higgens. So I cut the forks off another bike and hammered em on. Put a 20" wheel on the front of a 24" bike. Got some ape hangers somewhere else. Painted that puppy black and I was rat biking!
Bill _________________ burning down the house
73 bounty hunter, sold.
'77 transporter, junked had crotch rot.
Dubless, but have a CPR built stroker waiting for a new to me Beetle
'93 Fleetwood Bounder 34' |
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Kiwi Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2004 Posts: 112
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I remember seeing a Redline forklifter number plate on ebay go for $1600,couldnt beleive it!!Crazy. |
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Livens Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2005 Posts: 555 Location: Louisville, KY
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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lol, All my bikes came from target or walmart _________________ 1972 Super Beetle |
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Jeckler Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2005 Posts: 2718 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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vdubyah73 wrote: |
Oh geeze, I feel old. Any body remember the Orange Krate?
Bill |
I had an Apple Krate. Shit, those are worth some big money now.
I had taken it apart and it was in a box waiting for me to do something with it when my oldest brother tossed it in the trash. This was back in '84 or so.
I had a Torquer II. Funky twin main tubes that you had to buy special pads for in order to race ABA. Got that stolen from in front of a convenience store 15 seconds after getting off of it.
Also had a Univega... something. They were just getting into BMX I think. I beat the crap out of it on the street more than the dirt all around Mystic, CT back in the mid-80's. _________________ Andy
'63 Bug rebuild here.
Did you know that sellers can't charge a fee to accept PayPal?
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I am the crabby old guy. |
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in fruit salad. |
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15 windowdelux Samba Goober
Joined: February 06, 2001 Posts: 432 Location: Hastings, Nebraska
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted to hijack this thread, Skate board magazines!!!! Remember the Lords of Dogtown movie? I had several of the issues of the skateboard magazine that alot of the movie used, Tony Alva in the pool, the concrete drain pipes they skate in, etc. Couldn't find them, the last time I was home, asked mom to look for them but I bet they are gone. I bet they would be worth big bucks on ebay also. _________________ My last fortune cookie said:
"A short saying oft contains much wisdom."
Why is it all I can think about now is George
Carlin's "Seven words you can't say on television"???? |
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sloans265 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2004 Posts: 1321 Location: 32207
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:28 am Post subject: |
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I can't believe what some of that old school BMX stuff is going for. Late last year I scored a 24" Schwinn Predator from a guy who bought out the odl schwinn shop. Thats when I got online and started seeing the prices this stuff is going for! I rode mostly from '82-'89, first the racing and then on to freestyle. The bike I miss the most was my last one, SE Racing Quadangle, white w/chrome standing gear forks. Had the whiteTuff II's with Comp III tires. I busted my ass mowing lawns so I could get that set of Redline 401 cranks. Those were good ol' days when you were young and just had to do so little to get what you want.
Crazy thing, my 24" schwinn weighs about 9 lbs less than my 12 yr old daughters 20" mongoose. Whatever happened to making the bikes as lite as possible? _________________ 1970 Lotus White Panel
In search of any Pensacola Fla dealership items |
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Kiwi Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2004 Posts: 112
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Whatever happened to making the bikes as lite as possible? |
Good quaility bikes are pretty light.But not as light as back in the day.
The level of riding has gone through the roof since the early eighties.So the bikes had to be built to hold up to the abuse.
Back then alot of bmx manufactures made there frames out of US cromoly,now its mostly chinas 'equivalent'.heavier and not as strong as US mil.spec 4130.
Alotta riders are going back to lighter bike parts,36 spoke wheels instead of 48s,2pce bars,thinner wall tubing/smaller OD.It kinda went too weak-80s,over built-90s and now...about right.
Oh,yeah,those redline cranks were the shit.I liked the SEs too.Quads,PKs.Floval Flyer.I had a Redline RL20 II.That was strong.triple butted down tube.etc |
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blarneyman Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2005 Posts: 1622 Location: Everson/Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Back when I was in my early teens I was building BMX bikes out of the old stingray bikes (banana seats). Used to ride them off cliffs in the local gravel pit. Took some pretty good spills. Never wore a helmet and came out without any serious dain bramage _________________ 69 Beetle
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14577 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Good old memories. Back in 4th-6th grade elementary (1982-84) I begged my parents for a Diamondback Silver Streak. Rode that thing everywhre. Z-rims, Beartrap pedals, Seca plates, Shimano brakes etc...
I remember reading BMX Action back in those days with freestylers Mike Buff & RL Osborne. Who remembers those guys and what happened to them? Who remembers Nicole Kidman's first movie "BMX Bandits"? Oh yes, memories........ _________________ 1947 Typ 11a
1954 Typ 117
1956 Typ 151
1959 Typ 117
1959 Typ 265
1961 356B
1966 Typ 151
1966 Typ 241 |
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Kiwi Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2004 Posts: 112
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yeh I remember that goofy movie,funny.Nicole kidmans big hair.
I dont know what happened to mike buff,but RL osbourne went bust towards the end of his riding days,started a carpet cleaning biz in redondo I think,now has some kind of Harley shop.which hes had succesfully for a while now,so I heard??Alot of those guys made big bucks back then,$100 g's + a year.Alot for being 18/19! |
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Banzai KG Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2004 Posts: 2992 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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RareAir wrote: |
I remember reading BMX Action back in those days with freestylers Mike Buff & RL Osborne. Who remembers those guys and what happened to them? Who remembers Nicole Kidman's first movie "BMX Bandits"? Oh yes, memories........ |
Good friend of mine used to be a BMX Freestyler, now he's a SF Bay Area radio news reporter for KGO radio news.
My friend "Rob Artigo" used to team up with Ron Wilkerson as the 2-Hip Trick team and also compete in the "King of the Skateparks" series.
I also remembering since Rob didn't have a car to go to Ron & Stacey Wilkerson's wedding in Antioch, I had to drive him to the wedding. Got to meet Bob Haro, Mike Dominquez, Mike Bluff, Eddie Fiola, Brian Blyther, and many other top freestylers there.
Check out the pics from Rob's BMX Freestyle scrapbook: http://www.robartigo.com/scrapbook.html _________________ Jim Kikuchi
Sunnyvale (near San Jose), CA
1964 Karmann Ghia coupe
V.V.W.C.A. - Golden Gate Chapter: http://www.ggcvvwca.org/
B.L.T.N. (Better Late Than Never) late model VW Club (San Jose/Santa Clara, CA): https://www.facebook.com/groups/bltnvw/
NorCal Aircooled Group (NAG) Facebook Goup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NAGVW/ |
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whutdidyousay Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2006 Posts: 1621 Location: Forest Grove, OR
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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I know nothin about BMX, but I remember one of my bikes and wonder if it was just a knock off..... has anyone here ever heard of a DG BMX bike?.... I had one given to me by a BMX race nut in my old hometown.... traded it straight across for a Diamond back something or other that was 2 weeks old..... I thought my bike was a POS, but the other guy didn't. _________________ '68 bug (Sadie)
danke meine Freunde
I'm tryin to build a dream one piece at a time, just bear with me. |
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Kiwi Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2004 Posts: 112
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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My friend "Rob Artigo" used to team up with Ron Wilkerson as the 2-Hip Trick team and also compete in the "King of the Skateparks" series.
I also remembering since Rob didn't have a car to go to Ron & Stacey Wilkerson's wedding in Antioch, I had to drive him to the wedding. Got to meet Bob Haro, Mike Dominquez, Mike Bluff, Eddie Fiola, Brian Blyther, and many other top freestylers there. |
That was a cool era of freestyle.Wilkerson had a bad crash back in the late 80s.Was in a coma for weeks.A friend of mine saw the accident,said he was laying unconcious,face in a puddle of blood.16ft to face,no hands out nothing.A couple of my friends went on tour with him and he ripped them off.Shadey dude.They cut his red,white n' blue 'george clinton' dreads ( )off in brookyn and hand cuffed him to a lamp post! |
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vwdmc16 Samba Member
Joined: January 12, 2006 Posts: 1734 Location: sacramento, CA
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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All my bikes were mountain bikes or small dirt bikes, engines are faster than legs
my Bro was in to this BMX stuff for the longest time then joined the orchrestra and got up to #2 cello so he was stopped the biking but he still has the bike that he put like a grand into. now he's just into car stereo, beer and screwin' chicks, AH the life a college guy _________________ "Fiberglass is for boats and race cars-Steel is real-fix it right the first time"-Wolff
'72 Ghia: http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n146/vwdmc17/100_1964.jpg
'72 Honda Z600
'81 Delorean
www.EVILGENIUSRACING.com |
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FlatBlack Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: |
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I still ride everyday. It is pretty much my life. |
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Ragman The Sambinator
Joined: July 18, 2003 Posts: 3517 Location: Denver
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: |
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chickengeorge wrote: |
I used to have this crazy mongoose my parents got me. Anybody seen one? It's just like a 20" BMX but the head and center posts were stretched up for a taller kid. It was all chrome and Blue anodized. Bad ass. Wish I still had it. |
We called that huge bike the Moosegoose. |
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TwistdPrez Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2006 Posts: 247 Location: A bar somewhere in the High Desert, Ca.
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: |
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Ahh...memories. I used to race a Schwinn Sting. Not the Stingray, the factory race bike. Badass. Shimano crank and those big Shimano hexagon pedals (remember those?), Shimano freewheel, Tuff I mags, Tuffneck.....the good old days. Remember "Turbo" harry Leary? Used to race for Diamondback way back when. Thanks for making me feel old. _________________ Slammed 69 Bug
Twisted Obsessions Mini's & Compacts
System Msg: VW Vegan was kicked from SambaChat on Today, 7:59 pm |
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marklaken Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2004 Posts: 2416 Location: fort collins, CO
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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RareAir wrote: |
Who remembers Nicole Kidman's first movie "BMX Bandits"? Oh yes, memories........ |
remember "Rad"? _________________ Wish List:
1967 Wesfalia SO-42 Parts Needed: Kitchenette, Cot Poles
'65 rear left beetle fender
15" Bus Wheels in fair condition
Mark Laken
Fort Collins, CO |
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