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Title: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: gobshite on March 24, 2011, 07:55 PM
i need your opinions for the most iconic bmx frmaes of the 90's

not talking about lists of every frame made, just the most important ones......

could you post up top 5 please?


cheers.... :-*
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Betty on March 24, 2011, 09:02 PM
1: S&M Dirtbike
2: Standard Trailboss
3: T1 Barcode
4: Hoffman Condor
5: S&M Holmes

Couldn't think of a fifth off top of my head so put Holmes but no1 should read Dirtbike/Holmes

Opinions will no doubt vary, they're my top five.... maybe subject to change...  ;D
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Dannywhac on March 24, 2011, 09:12 PM
Good list :) I'd go:

1. S&M Dirtbike
2. Hoffman TAJ
3. Standard STA
4. Hoffman Condor
5. GT Performer (as nearly every other bmx I saw in the 90's was a Performer).

Although I'll probably edit this when I've thought some more..... ;)
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: firebird4130 on March 24, 2011, 09:23 PM
1 dirtbike
2 holmes
3 homeless mack
4 soul bro
5 standard shorty
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: griff on March 24, 2011, 09:30 PM
Hi Joe, haven't seen you post for a while

sorry I know nothing about 90s bmx as I had deserted kid's bikes in favour of other activities
does seem like the dirtpipe is a clear favourite already though, what are they like to ride?
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Dannywhac on March 24, 2011, 09:35 PM
Hi Joe, haven't seen you post for a while

sorry I know nothing about 90s bmx as I had deserted kid's bikes in favour of other activities
does seem like the dirtpipe is a clear favourite already though, what are they like to ride?

Dirty  ;D

Built for trails but transferred to street really well - I'm a lanky sod, and the geometry was still good - quite a few frames 'borrowed' from the geometry of the Dirtbike - DK General's being one of them (and another late 90's classic).
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: nomad on March 24, 2011, 09:51 PM
for me its:

1: Standard STA
2: S&M Dirtbike
3: Hoffman Condor
4: T1 Barcode
5: KHE Catweasle

the bottom one is random as fook, but my fav bike back then :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Betty on March 24, 2011, 09:54 PM
From Ride magazines icon page....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/SM-ArticleFullPage-1.gif)

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Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: scott250 on March 24, 2011, 10:02 PM
s&m dirt bike, STA, Lenghty/shorty.

I think Dirt bike would be the most iconic as - they were everywhere, mostly I think due to being fairly cheap and s&m haing a great kind of underground rep/image.

hoffmans condor frame was iconic too.
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Dingobmxer on March 24, 2011, 10:46 PM
is this just freestyle?

racing for me would be:-
Dingo
Alloy Quad
Challenger
GT box series
Badd



Dingo
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: mattuk on March 24, 2011, 11:02 PM
mine would have to be

1. standard shorty/lengthy
2. s&m sabbath
3. standad STA
4. hoffman condor
5. s&m dirtbike
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: fugazi on March 24, 2011, 11:29 PM
Hoffman Condor
S&M Dirt Bike/Holmes
Standard Shorty/Lengthy
KHE Lagger
King Liberty
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: gobshite on March 24, 2011, 11:43 PM
cheers for the replies,
been off being generally shady...

any dingo, just looking for the 90's classics.

Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: mattfx81 on March 25, 2011, 07:21 AM
1.Standard - bicycle motocross
2.Hoffman - flash
3.GT-Speed series
4.Haro-monocoque
5.S&M - challenger
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: gary4130 on March 25, 2011, 07:58 AM
1.hoffman condor
2.hoffman big daddy
so much progression on those two bikes
3.standard shorty/lengthy
4.s+m dirtbike
5.khe beater
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Lazarou on March 26, 2011, 04:30 PM
Standard STA (The Daddy)
S&M Dirtbike (Classic)
T1 Progression (Rare and Beautiful)
Hoffman Condor (awful but iconic)
Haro Monocoque (in the BMX Plus! Captain America colours)
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: harris on March 26, 2011, 04:56 PM
hmmm tricky joe..some pure classics out there

standard sta
standard shorty/lengthy
standard trail boss
s&m holmes/dirt bike
dirt bros TA

not in any particular order.  so many more very close to get in this list.
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: essenem on March 26, 2011, 10:04 PM
too many favourites but first 5 that come into my mind would be-
1.s&m holmes
2.hoffman flash
3.tnt pro
4.standard trailboss
5.bully hotrod
most of them not really widely accepted as icons really but i still love em
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: LENNY-LENTINI on March 27, 2011, 01:04 PM
Ello Mids Brothers, I reckon:


           1. S&M Holmes (Yellow)
           2. S&M Holmes (chrome)
           3. S&M Dirtbike (Red)
           4. Dirt Bros. TA
           5. Homeless Mack

Some Standards also caught my eye but I don'tremeber which ones.

Keep the faith Brothers.L
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: kev-s on March 27, 2011, 03:08 PM
s&m holmes/dirtbike
standard sta
hoffman condor
s&m challenger
standard shorty/lengthy
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: christhejob on March 28, 2011, 08:22 PM
1 ketch karma
2 soulbikes soultrain
3 homeless 2nd generation anything
4 bendy top tube GTs
5 huffy oneton
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: christhejob on March 28, 2011, 08:24 PM
back in the realworld

STA
shorty/lengthy
tao
trailboss
bicycle motocross

a pattern is detectable here
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: geoffcrabble on March 28, 2011, 08:55 PM
mine would be
1 dirtbike/holmes
2 challenger
3 1st gen general lee
4 traailboss
5 sta

geoff
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: harris on March 28, 2011, 09:25 PM
chris i was thinking youd been on the drink   :angel:
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Lazarou on March 29, 2011, 09:22 AM
1 ketch karma
2 soulbikes soultrain
3 homeless 2nd generation anything
4 bendy top tube GTs
5 huffy oneton


Scratch my list Joe! I'm with Chris.
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: JT71 on March 29, 2011, 09:51 AM
silly question...should there be two lists of iconic midschool frames?

1" threaded and 1 1/8" ahead? you know...early mid...which is actually old school tech mostly, 1" threaded but 990s starting to appear, and acutal mid, when the bikes got strong and heavy?

Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: SaMAlex on March 29, 2011, 12:12 PM
Joe- were you asking for a thread of peoples “Favourite” frames from the 90s, or for the frames that people thought were the most “Iconic”? I think anyone who lists 5 frames from one bike company is either using hindsight in their favour, or they were very blinkered at the time. Im not even going to bother giving my suggestions for 5 frames, (the ones I’d pick have all been listed already) but if I did, they sure as hell wouldn’t be a list of frames from only one company.


(having said all that, I do LOVE that LENNY-LENTINI listed different colour Holmes frames, like they were totally different bikes!  :2funny:)
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: christhejob on March 29, 2011, 08:24 PM
Joe- were you asking for a thread of peoples “Favourite” frames from the 90s, or for the frames that people thought were the most “Iconic”? I think anyone who lists 5 frames from one bike company is either using hindsight in their favour, or they were very blinkered at the time. Im not even going to bother giving my suggestions for 5 frames, (the ones I’d pick have all been listed already) but if I did, they sure as hell wouldn’t be a list of frames from only one company.


(having said all that, I do LOVE that LENNY-LENTINI listed different colour Holmes frames, like they were totally different bikes!  :2funny:)


oooh alex don't be all harsh on me!!!  ;)
OK, gritted teeth, the t1s and kings were nice.
As was the mother of all iconic 90s heaviness, the Zima!!
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: LENNY-LENTINI on March 29, 2011, 08:40 PM
HaHa, nice one Alex

You caught me using the power of suggestion, that in my opinion nothing can compete with The Holmes as 'The' Iconic frame of the nineties.

Was gonna list Holmes (green) and Holmes (Black) as 3rd and 4th but then decided other frames deserved a shout.

Keep the faith Brother. L
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: christhejob on March 29, 2011, 09:11 PM
1 ketch karma
2 soulbikes soultrain
3 homeless 2nd generation anything
4 bendy top tube GTs
5 huffy oneton


Scratch my list Joe! I'm with Chris.

don't stop me now!!

WAL riot
2hip bigboy welded on the piss
2hip pork
and yes, laz, the condor.  WHAT a pile!!
and, i know, i had one, the homeless soulbro really had the worst geometry in the world. after the condor. but i am 6ft3.

you know what was actually pretty good?   mongoose hooligan. minus bolton wanderer bashguard
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: SaMAlex on March 29, 2011, 09:14 PM
bolton wanderer bashguard


 :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Philbert on March 30, 2011, 05:22 PM
tough one!

through much thought though (of the later 90's generation);

standard shorty/lengthy.   blew the industry over with strength!..... and weight!
standard sta.   
standard bicycle motocross.   the dna of the sta and bicycle motocross flows through the trailboss, t1 progression, fit bikes etc
s&m clitoris....errr......i mean dirtbike/holmes........because every c*%ts got one
t1 barcode.   was just 'so cool'
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: nomad on March 31, 2011, 10:25 AM
1 ketch karma
2 soulbikes soultrain
3 homeless 2nd generation anything
4 bendy top tube GTs
5 huffy oneton


Scratch my list Joe! I'm with Chris.

don't stop me now!!

WAL riot
2hip bigboy welded on the piss
2hip pork
and yes, laz, the condor.  WHAT a pile!!
and, i know, i had one, the homeless soulbro really had the worst geometry in the world. after the condor. but i am 6ft3.

you know what was actually pretty good?   mongoose hooligan. minus bolton wanderer bashguard

I had a Villian, same geo I believe, rode lovely, but bent easy! Haro Shredder too, first widely out there big downtube frame, rode nice but I snapped headtube off lol
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: JT71 on March 31, 2011, 10:31 AM
s&m clitoris....errr......i mean dirtbike/holmes........because every c*%ts got one

was this sent from your iClit then?

Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: generallee on March 31, 2011, 11:26 AM
1] Morales BTS
2] Haro single downtube thing
3] Fishbone Ninja
4] DNA Hopper
5] Haro Zippo

Some of the most moronic mid school frames. Hope that helps.











Oh... ICOnic? Sorry.
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Dannywhac on March 31, 2011, 12:16 PM
1] Morales BTS
2] Haro single downtube thing
3] Fishbone Ninja
4] DNA Hopper
5] Haro Zippo

Some of the most moronic mid school frames. Hope that helps.






Oh... ICOnic? Sorry.

Ah sh1te - we can go moronic as well? In that case:

1. Hoffman Evel Kinieval - for being possibly one of the heaviest POS known to foul the late 90's
2. Anyone who thinks there's a difference between a Hoffers TAJ and a T1 Barcode ;) (Yes not a bike but a gripe)
3. The Condor (or the film Condorman).

There's more but I feel bad for posting.......
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Dr.Robotnik on March 31, 2011, 10:50 PM
While we are playing this game

TNT HWA FONG DADDY...
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: awkward on September 27, 2016, 04:55 AM
1. GT Show
2. Morales Freestyler
3. Hoffman Big Daddy
4. KHE Premium Lagger
5. Standard TAO or S&M Sabbath
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: fugazi on September 27, 2016, 09:17 AM
Old thread back from the dead  :LolLolLolLol:  :daumenhoch:
I've realised that most of the replies are from folk who don't come on here anymore......
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: OrgasmDonor on September 29, 2016, 06:09 PM
Not a make I know much about tbh but I was out of bmx in the 90s if the s&m Sabbath was 90s, I would say that should be pretty high on a list, fat black beanie street riders ride of choice for a long time.

Bully was a good shout

Bashguard haro master?

 dirtbikes or Holmes don't fit unless you are looking for 90s iconic like burners were iconic in the 80s
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: newlovetattoos on September 30, 2016, 07:04 AM
Not necessarily the correct order for most iconic but for me, my personal icons in favourite order

1. S&m challenger
2. S&m holmes
3. T1 barcode
4. S&m kriss bennett
5. Standard trailboss
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Christhejob on October 01, 2016, 02:51 AM
It's been a few years.
KHE dirty buster
ACE racing TITS
Dmr trigger
Gary fisher pure bender
Specialised tj lavin Vegas bonanza


Do I win £5?
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: fugazi on October 01, 2016, 09:53 AM
The Mosh frame with chequer plate welded to the toptube
KHE's bean can headtube frames
Barracuda with the errr, Barracuda dropouts
Everything else was junk.
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: 20to26 on October 03, 2016, 04:47 PM
Didn't Wethepeople start in the late 90's with the Thrillseeker?
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: fugazi on October 03, 2016, 08:19 PM
I may be getting muddled up but I think the wtp pony came out first, closely followed by the thrillseeker & kh01.
Title: Re: help needed - iconic 90's frames
Post by: Gra_goose on October 09, 2016, 03:54 PM
Mine would be

Hoffman Condor
S&M Dirtbike / Holmes
Morales - Flatland
Hoffman Taj
Standard STA
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