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two things that sprung to mind yesterday
billstup:
Got my first bmx in Oct 79, it was a Mongoose wire wheel with a coaster brake and gooseneck stem which came straight out of the window of Holdsworth Bikes in Welling :daumenhoch:
I saved up a lot of the money myself from a Saturday job in a local butchers and my Mum put the rest in for my birthday, it was £70 in total, and I remember speeding down the pavement straight from from the shop and nearly going over the bars as the coaster kicked in for the 1st time :crazy2:
Gary72:
1st real bike without stabiliser's was a green Strika, had 2 destroyed both, then got a PUCH RAPIER for christmas, remember getting moaned at for swapping the brake cables over and taking the reflectors off before even riding it.
Then spent the rest of the day doing endo's against the front wall and trying to roll back, I m suprised the wall never fell down over the years of use. Next was my TORKER MAGNUM 200, used and abused without complaint till some
thieving scumbag took it. Was older by then and group of friends were not into bmx so got a racer :-[
All my bikes came from MIKE VICKERS in Barking, used to have an account for tyres and bits, would go in get a new tyre every couple of weeks after the long skid and snake skid comps, and my MUM would go and pay in the next couple of days. :daumenhoch:
mi16kie:
I had a red and yellow burner in july 81 and my mum insisted that i had to have the seat post up so that my toes just hit the ground.As soon as i got to my mates house we lowered it to a more sensible height ;) What do parents know anyway :idiot2:
dazza:
got my first bmx in 82 which was a bh california star from halfords , as samways had sold out of diamond backs :(,my bro had a puch invader ,which he snapped the frame after riding down the slide and bunnyhopping off the end :2funny: so i got some ogks for free . but we had to wait a year as we lived in saudia at the time and i had a mtb and as i remeber every kid had a goose, quad , hutch ,redline and one guy called john used to let me ride his white skyway on the quaterpipe :daumenhoch:also used to mke pitbikes out of schwinns to pool jump . the good old days ,where there was quarterpipes and most blocks and storm drains to jump out over the armco . but in england we had to make do with bricks and planks and even help build alvaston bmx track with the council as everyone pitched in :smitten: its a good tale to tale the kids at the track when i go down there with my kids
Rooonga:
Great thread!
My 1st bike was bought for Christmas 1980 I think. It was a Peugeot Black lion, I wanted a Mongoose but my parents just didn't have anything like the money.
I even remember picking it out before Christmas; I was looking for the best spec bike that my mum could afford, even then she had to get it on HP. (I clearly remember her in Mike Vickers signing the credit form asking me if I'm really sure it's the bike for me.)
I loved that bike! Had gold Araya's, fully chromo frame with Tange forks, and loads of top quality parts.
Thanks Mum n Dad
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