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as kids, im sure most on here had a BMX. So, what did you have?
Mine was a US import GT Powerlite Pro series, alloy frame thingy! Complete with spokey dokies, those Kellogs chicken shaped reflective things and a solid plastic Ruption seat.
Then, feeling rich as an apprentice paperboy, i upgraded to MAG 3 spoke wheels, Maxxis Ringworm tyres (instead of those gash Odessey Red walls of the 90's) some liary shin busting red Odessey alloy pedals, SNAFU 3 piece crank set and other bits, 4 stunt pegs (that were used for grinding poles/rails not backies) and some street handle bars (instead of ****ty dirt jumpnig stylee ones).
Thinking i was He-Man at my local (now defunct) skatepark, i bit of more then could chew! A qaurter pipe with 8ft of vert :tard: of which i launched off, hit the ceiling, bailed and then proceeded to face plant onto a concerete floor that was around 18ft below.
Result: 1 Day hospital, 4 less teeth and concusion lol
What did you have?
Enlighten me.....
raleigh burner with skyways...:thumb:
big gra
27-06-07, 10:30 PM
at the moment ive got a 2006 proper proclaimer frame, and the rest of the bike built up with the parts i wanted, my bike cost almost twice as much as my nova has,, my god!!
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/air2.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/mintedrail.jpg
NovaLad
27-06-07, 10:30 PM
Mine was a cheap 1.
I ended up spraying it up in black.
Banged some Max Daddy chunky tyres on it with chrome lip rims lol.
It also had some gay pegs that i allways caught my ankles on if trying something out.
Added a Black and grey army seat and Some blinging dust caps an away i went... lol
When vice city came out i got the idea of riding my bike and jumping off the back of it well it was moving - like the guy does on the motorbike - it ended in a cracked head with alot of blood.
About 1 - 2 year ago my mom gave it away to the next doors kid :( just because i had a moped.
Mine was a cheap 1.
I ended up spraying it up in black.
Banged some Max Daddy chunky tyres on it with chrome lip rims lol.
It also had some gay pegs that i allways caught my ankles on if trying something out.
Added a Black and grey army seat and Some blinging dust caps an away i went... lol
When vice city came out i got the idea of riding my bike and jumping off the back of it well it was moving - like the guy does on the motorbike - it ended in a cracked head with alot of blood.
About 1 - 2 year ago my mom gave it away to the next doors kid :( just because i had a moped.
you dont count, your not old enough to know about the 90's, or even spell the 80's :thumb:
Nothing against you lad, but just no lol
NovaLad
27-06-07, 10:34 PM
Oh didn't know you was on about then lol... I grew up in the 90's kinda lol...
Anyway i think the fall caused my dumbness and brain damage lol
Anyway i think the fall caused my dumbness and brain damage lol
could of fooled me lol :p
no idea what mine was. it was black and red with a hard plastic seat lol.
I dont understand how BMX stuff now costs so much when lined up with XC/DH MTB's lol. afterall there are no multigear cassettes, derailers etc
johnny_turbo
27-06-07, 10:46 PM
mines a dk sixpack still got it now as i ride the bmx track not far away from me mums
I dont understand how BMX stuff now costs so much when lined up with XC/DH MTB's lol. afterall there are no multigear cassettes, derailers etc
The world works in mysterios ways young stuart lol its just one of those things, like compasses that dont point north......
big gra
27-06-07, 11:21 PM
no idea what mine was. it was black and red with a hard plastic seat lol.
I dont understand how BMX stuff now costs so much when lined up with XC/DH MTB's lol. afterall there are no multigear cassettes, derailers etc
stuff costs so much now because all the parts are made really light and strong, most of the axles are made from titanium, and then hollowed out for extra weight saving! a modern fully built bmx could weigh the same as a regualar bmx's frame alone!!
fully aware of that, but its just a tad odd how a very basic bmx can cost the same as a very well specced MTB (like ?600 + mtbs lol)
dave.gsi
28-06-07, 12:01 AM
a few of my mates are into bikes. mostly mountain bikes but they have a bmx as well.
one has got a mountain bike worth 2/3 grand :eek: :eek: :eek:
one question..........WHY (u friggin loon)
you could buy a decent car with that and never have to pedal ever again!
as for my old bmx........its hard to remeber but it was black (arent they all?)
had a big smilie face on acid covering the back wheel.
spokey dokeys on the front, with the kellogs chickens
and i jammed a beer can over the rear wheel so it sounded like a motorbikelol
and i jammed a beer can over the rear wheel so it sounded like a motorbikelol
legend!! i used to do that! Draper did too, mostly with stella cans lol lol at the age of 11 :thumb: lol
I had one like this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/raleigh-burner-bmx_W0QQitemZ320130946262QQihZ011QQcategoryZ35960Q QcmdZViewItem). But I had different more flexi wheels on it. It was great fun seeing how far I could make the wheels bend.
I had one like this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/raleigh-burner-bmx_W0QQitemZ320130946262QQihZ011QQcategoryZ35960Q QcmdZViewItem). But I had different more flexi wheels on it. It was great fun seeing how far I could make the wheels bend.
Hell yes!! Some one else here mentioned they had a Burner! Damn i want one!
Mine was very similiar to this one, but not a falcon
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PowerLite-Falcon-BMX-Race-Bike-Bicycle-GT-Light-Weight_W0QQitemZ150135597506QQihZ005QQcategoryZ980 82QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
I checked ebay UK, and none for sale, only one on ebay.com aswell :(
I had a Raleigh BMX, looks very simular to the buner, but was a cream frame, black wheels and saddle and some red bits including tyres - it was a long time ago. Really want it back now, never knew what it was tho.
there are guys at work who spend ?4K on road racing bikes... how gay, road racing is dull.
how ghey do they look aswell with their ****s clad in the loudest colour lycra ever stuck up in the airlol lol
dhdev (Oli)
28-06-07, 09:57 AM
I had two, one flatland and one street. I never really ride anymore tho :(
My flatland BMX (which I still have) Is built around a KHE premium lagger frame, mad maxx rims, radial laced with a G-Sport front hub and DNA freecoaster rear, DNA zero rake forks, Tech 99 brake lever, braided steel brake line, U-brake, Pig headset (i think), DNA stem, Odyssey milk bars (i think altho IIRC they are 4-piece), G-sport bar ends, Odyssey black widow alloy cranks, KHE pedals, 4 odyssey strong island pegs.
My street bike was built around an standard STA 500 frame, but built using mainly haro parts including the haro 3-piece cranks with left-hand drive etc. I was a bit of a pussy when it came to street riding tbh!
All funded by multiple paper rounds and then some sat work at Londis!
i've got an aluminium 2006 mongoose. i've hardly ever used it and it's for sale in north wales if anyone's interested? ?90 ono, as new cost ?130
dhdev (Oli)
28-06-07, 10:00 AM
there are guys at work who spend ?4K on road racing bikes... how gay, road racing is dull.
get loads of the bummers round where I live, they hold races all the time and put up signs saying 'caution cycle race in progress' - how's about f**k off, i paid road tax to be here, so get out my way and enjoy some throttle body noise you bunch of fags :mad:
PMSL i had a burner too , its was the same as dar's ebay link just it had white mags insted of yellow
ive have loads of mtb bikes aswell but id never see the point of spending more then say ?250 on a bike lol
iirc the burner is being re-released this year, like how the chopper was a year or two back...
Im seriously tempted to get a cheap bmx for dicking about with lol
Im seriously tempted to get a cheap bmx for dicking about with lol
same here! Just to get me out on "the streets" again lol riding freestyle like, used to love doing that.
craig green
28-06-07, 02:25 PM
My best one was a Falcon Pro, freestyle. That wouldve been back in maybe 88. It was Pearl white with purple mags & matching pads etc. You could also get it in white with green mags. Built in pegs fr & rear. It was the doggs unless you had a Mongoose or summat.
I was about 9. (strewth almost 20 yrs ago) :cry:
I also took a Gary Fisher racing BMX under my wing a few years ago when I was at the bike shop. It was used as a demo-hack & I used to ride it everywhere. Alloy framed, pretty long wheelbase ideal for lanky gets like me. It was so quick off the lights! (sounds like an RS turbo!) lol
I dont understand how BMX stuff now costs so much when lined up with XC/DH MTB's lol. afterall there are no multigear cassettes, derailers etc
plus BMX's are purely built for strength, so cheap gas pipe passes as a an acceptable material to build frames from!
puss puss
28-06-07, 02:44 PM
i never had a bmx last bike i remember i had was a probike(cheap) mountain bike thing with some maxpower stickers on it,(when i use to read maxpower) use to roll the streets with it etc lol, then one day i came off big time was wet with wet grass tried to (drift) by pulling my back brake couldnt control it went onto the pathment. Lost it came off and chipped a bone in my arm :(
Kinky Monza
28-06-07, 02:46 PM
Last bike i rode i broke my nose on lol
Didn't have a BMX growing up, had horses instead!
i had one i found in the local field lol.. was a diamondback i think.. sprayed it white and green.. looked ace and was amazing at jumping gaps
Kinky Monza
28-06-07, 03:32 PM
i had one i found in the local field lol.. was a diamondback i think.. sprayed it white and green.. looked ace and was amazing at jumping gaps
Did you just get that out of your bedtime story book??? :roll:
I had a mongoose for a while, but due to my height, and the distance I had to ride to school, I didnt have it long. It had a gyro though, which was ace when you fell off it as you never got the brake cables tangled up LOLOL
Got a mountain bike soon after, ended up with a Diamondback Topanga hard tail with a serious amount of kit on it (hope hubs being my favourite addition, not sure if theyre still about or not). It was promptly stolen from college by a pikey bast@rd.
Got a mountain bike soon after, ended up with a Diamondback Topanga hard tail with a serious amount of kit on it (hope hubs being my favourite addition, not sure if theyre still about or not). It was promptly stolen from college by a pikey bast@rd.
FPMSL!! hahahhaa lol
Yeah Hope are still around, mainly making Disc brake setups now i think, altho its been a while since i last read MTB or Dig BMX mags lol
ANDYRACER
28-06-07, 04:10 PM
I have a Fly bikes Diablo, built up with S&M pitchforks, redneck stem, primo powerbites, primo rims and odyssey cassette rear hub.
Still riding now, usually try and get to the skatepark once a week.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/novapics087.jpg
bmxs are for kids, buy a proper bike :D
edit hope are making all sorts of MTB stuff nowdays
ANDYRACER
28-06-07, 05:59 PM
Stella is for knobs :thumb:
Stella is for knobs :thumb:
:eek:
wilkogsi1
28-06-07, 06:08 PM
i have a new t1 barcode
some pics for ppl :thumb:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/wilkogsi/myspazzfufanu.jpg
tailwhip to pedals
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/wilkogsi/l_d2628af8a30dfa3cf5f1a89f59fbaab0.jpg
over to ice pick at stoke plaza :D
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/wilkogsi/l_6d81037fb4297a758a11e133e528e0e7.jpg
Standard 250 s ox platinum, odyssey cassette, S&M slams, pitchforks and profile cranks for me, rode every day until last summer i decided to try and grow up, I miss my bike.
im off to my local cheapo bikes that weigh as much as a building shop to get a pikey BMX for about ?50 :) bet I break something ... on me.
rednova
01-07-07, 09:19 AM
i used to have a blck raleigh ultra burner - more tricked out than the normal burner with gold powdercoater araya rims hubs and brakes!! the shizznitz
check out the retro cool http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/raleigh/
Eastham
01-07-07, 01:38 PM
GT Bump. Saved up for ages doing my paper round on 7 quid a week. Should of been 300 but i got it for 270 because it was cash. Still have it and i have a spare Bump frame thats sat in my bedroom freshly painted.
Back in the day where you had nothing to worry bout, bar from the gap you were jumping
Back in the day where you had nothing to worry bout, bar from the gap you were jumping
aint that the thruth :thumb:
never had a bmx - had a boxer when I was v small then graduated to a chopper (uber cool!) with flag then a grifter!
Couple a mates had bmx's - always remember them shoving thier wheels in the deep freezer in a vain attempt to unbuckle them.
lol
They were also the kids who's knackers got a trashing on the handle bars the most, had more plaster casts than the rest and were oddly the ones who would lie at the end of the line of "suicides" who lay on the pavement as the "big kids" tried to jump them on their own bmx's over 2 bricks and a plank of ply! And usually failed - by a couple of kids lengths
pmsl!
LMFAO! I used to jump suicide kids with no ramp :D was quite sucessful..... most of the time to lol
Couple a mates had bmx's - always remember them shoving thier wheels in the deep freezer in a vain attempt to unbuckle them.
lol
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Did that ever work?? loads of my mates told me to do that with those plaggy mag wheels!!!!lol lol
Did that ever work?? loads of my mates told me to do that with those plaggy mag wheels!!!!lol lol
yeah it works mint with MAG wheels :thumb: shame alloys dont do that lol
lol lol lmao i thought it was just a myth!!
lol lol lmao i thought it was just a myth!!
Hell no! It does work, just the rents tell you its a myth so there freezer isnt full of buckled Mag's lol lol
probably mate yeahlol i once asked my auld lady and her response was to go and fall off my bmx so id bang my headlol
the old skyway mags were the ones to put in freezer..
remember my mum throughing them out in garden after finding them in chest freezer...lol
had to put them back in as she buckled it again..:thumb:
Chrome burner with spoked rims
Chrome burner with white Skyway tuff 2s
Chrome burner with blue Skyway tuff 2s
Another bmx in white/purple which I cant for the life of me remember the make.....was good though.
Mongoose Sniper its in the garage now on top of the mini
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