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theRuler:
well it may not be american made, but it was stickered up as a mongoose from the UK mongoose factory

i wouldnt call it a wrongoose.

its a mongoose wire wheel

anybody remember bmx racer and freestyle mag? they "sponsered" a kid in that mag, and bought him one. there was a monthly section on him
i think his name was kevin

billstup:
Some Mongoose were made under licence by Ammaco, just the same as Skyway Tuffs and ACS Z Rims were also made under licence in the uk, it doesn`t matter where it was made its still a Mongoose  :daumenhoch:

Looks like you`ll have to add these to your collection Astro if you want a complete collection of Mongeese   :10_2_12:

ORB:
Fact is, it was sold as a goose, therefore its a goose.

The AP burner may have been made by Tange, but its a Burner non the less.

The Gen One Haro Freestyler may have been made by Torker, but its a Haro non the less.

The Kuwahara range is mainly Tange, yet they are Kuwahara's non the less.

Hutch mag wheels may be made by OGK, but they are called Hutch

MRD frames are made by Rickman, but they are still called MRD.

Christ, Hutch did not make thier early frames, but people still get wood over 'eary' Hutch frames (god knows why, they are all shite).

Just because it is not what you remember mongoose to be dont mean that it is anything else but a goose, it may be built by a different welders torch, in a different country, but it is still a goosey goosey gander. And it makes absoloutly no odds where a bike was made, the fact is, on Xmas day in 1986 when many a young pup opened up his box containing a Trickstar, do you think he checked the length of the foot pegs and if it had a baseball symbol or not, no, all the kid wanted to do was put on a set of tuffs (stamped made in England) and get out and ride, not even bothered where it was from, the fact to most kids was, said bike was a trickstar.

Nowadays people seem to be so anal about where a frame was made and forgetting why they are in this hobby for the first place, for the love of BMX and to relive youth, not about cashing in on my 'usa made' this and my NOS that, its about the frame and no one gives a shit where its from, it is that attitude thats killing this hobby off by making it a value thing not a fun thing.


Point made yet?

ORB:
Sorry Billy, just read that you said about the same as me, only you did not take 30 mins to do so :)

Oh, another point, Goose only made a few good frames:

- FS-1
- Decade
- Decade Pro

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theRuler:
i like all gooses

gimme gimme gimme

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