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two things that sprung to mind yesterday

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Flaz:
as it approachs my birthday (15th Dec)  I can remember two things about bmx that I didnt stop telling my dad as my 10th birthday got nearer in a bid to get him to buy me my first bmx in 1980

1, "these bmx bikes dont break when you jump on em dad, They have straight forks and they use special metal which dont bend or break, in america they proved it by chucking them off buildings" (when I snapped my 2nd bike, my silverfox he reminded me of that statment  ;D )

2, "Dad you can do bunnyhops on these bilkes, so I wont have to bump up the kerbs anymore!! (buckled back wheel on me racer  ;) ) you can jump dad with out a ramp!! really dad no ramp you just jump"

of all the things I got as a kid the bmx is the only one that sticks out in my mind  with in any real detail,,  I ended up with a chrome mongoose with black mags it was, as any who is born in december or january will tell you a "joint christmas and birthday present  ??? " ) but that didnt really matter as once i got it! it was the only thing I played on.

when did you get your first bike, what if any thing can you remember about it, and what was it?

 

RATTY:
I had a mongoose 2 with blue tuffs for my first bike, I had saved so hard to get it, I even sold my BSA Bantam to help the fundage, in the end my Grandad chipped in to buy it. Thanks!  :daumenhoch:

pickle:
mine was a Burner GS from Freemans catalogue..........my mum and dad didn't have a pot to p*ss in and normally my brother an i got a joint big pressie between us, my friends all had Tuff burners and i longed for a BMX.....i did all the usual "i'll get a paper round and pay fot it myself" and i looked at the pictures in the catalogue every day leading up to christmas!
Christmas day came round and we opened our pressies.........felt tips, airfix model and some other bits and bobs....but no BMX!!  well the day went on and my dad was cooking the christmas dinner....he asked me to pop over our neighbours house as he'd ran out of potatoes......after much moaning i walked over and in there garden was a huge box all wrapped up with my name on it!!

i went to rush back home with it but as i turned round my mum and dad were stood behind me with smiles all the way across their faces.

it's a picture i will never forget!

I had the Burner for years, it changed from blue Z's to Blue tuffs but it was the only bike i ever had BITD and i loved it!! 

Biggeorge:
A Puch Invader with ogk mags. I remember riding Harrow on Christmas day with it and bending the crank so it hit the frame and ended up wearing a chunk out of it.
Be no more Christmas day harrow seshs if the council tossers get their way!
I gave the mags away in the end, wish id kept them.

priv:
my first bike was a peugeot from watson & cairns in leeds,i remember walking round the shop in awe at all the bmx's.

the first bmx i every saw belonged to my mate,he pulled up outside my house on a puch murry,WOW i'm getting one of those i thought.

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