BMX bikes.....Yeaaaaahhh!!!
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Apparently making a come back! Jeez these things were objects of pre teen & teen alike when i were a lad, 37 now.
I remember my 1st a yellow & blue Raleigh burner. Blue frame & yellow mag wheels (plastic). I thought i was the dogs mate.
Then it got serious & some of my mates started getting diamond backs with trick foot pegs etc.... doing stuff i could only dream of.
Film as well with a young Nicold Kidman, errr....BMX Bandits?
What was your 1st, which one took your cherry?
By the way i left all that young nonsense behind a year or 2 later and got into speed. Nah..........racers.
My best ever was a Bianchi in a sort of bluish greenish. AWESOME bike, cost me hundreds in summer jobs, paper rounds & begging usually grand parents.
I remember my 1st a yellow & blue Raleigh burner. Blue frame & yellow mag wheels (plastic). I thought i was the dogs mate.
Then it got serious & some of my mates started getting diamond backs with trick foot pegs etc.... doing stuff i could only dream of.
Film as well with a young Nicold Kidman, errr....BMX Bandits?
What was your 1st, which one took your cherry?
By the way i left all that young nonsense behind a year or 2 later and got into speed. Nah..........racers.
My best ever was a Bianchi in a sort of bluish greenish. AWESOME bike, cost me hundreds in summer jobs, paper rounds & begging usually grand parents.
Brilliant thread -check out
www.vintagebmx.com you'll spend hours wondering how many paper rounds it would have taken!!
I good mate of mine used to buy up old BMX components from distributors and build "new" old school BMX bikes for people - regularly sold them for £1000+
Even had the Wheatus (teenage dirt bag fame) tour bus turn up at his house in Romford so that the lead singer could pick one up!!
A few of my mates (late 30's) are still riding SE 24" bikes and competing in the veterans class - also great fun riding a 24" BMX through some mountain bike single track!!!!!
www.vintagebmx.com you'll spend hours wondering how many paper rounds it would have taken!!
I good mate of mine used to buy up old BMX components from distributors and build "new" old school BMX bikes for people - regularly sold them for £1000+
Even had the Wheatus (teenage dirt bag fame) tour bus turn up at his house in Romford so that the lead singer could pick one up!!
A few of my mates (late 30's) are still riding SE 24" bikes and competing in the veterans class - also great fun riding a 24" BMX through some mountain bike single track!!!!!
I think a few of you will remember this catalogue! I carried it around with me for the best part of a year.
One christmas I was given the Red Burner (with original circular frame) - heavy as a battle ship! But it slowly got tricked-out over the years
Layback saddle, CM handle bars, race plate, Bear-traps, mushroom grips, trick-nuts....
Had an imported Redline RL400 in about 1983. Was forced to sell it in my teens 
looked sorta like this, with Skyways, CW bars, etc, 'cept it was blue with blue wheels.
Currently got a WeThePeople Thrillseeker that I picked up when my PhD got funded, Use it when riding with my son on his Likeabike.
looked sorta like this, with Skyways, CW bars, etc, 'cept it was blue with blue wheels.Currently got a WeThePeople Thrillseeker that I picked up when my PhD got funded, Use it when riding with my son on his Likeabike.
Edited by Mekon on Saturday 20th December 11:24
The Black Flash said:
BMX has been getting pretty big again for a few years...brits actually do very well over in the states in the X games / Gravity Games.
It's actually been big for a while, it is just that it is more mainstream these days and rather than 'proper' bmx types you get chavs riding them as well. I used to work within BMX retail and it has just been getting bigger and bigger for a while. My mate is a pro BMXer who does quite well on the world stage.As for old school customers *shudder*.
fathomfive said:
Raleigh Night Burner.
The boy over the road who I looked up to had the exact same machine. I had the smaller-framed Mag Burner.I always wished Santa would bring me a 'bent-back seat post' as they, along with 'trick nuts', were the thing to have.
Edited by Pferdestarke on Saturday 20th December 12:34
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