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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: reilley1 on January 16, 2008, 07:19 PM

Title: Very early Goose
Post by: reilley1 on January 16, 2008, 07:19 PM: Sadly, not mine but belongs to my good friend Mel Stoutsenberger (of Rick's Bike Shop Fame)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w303/reilley1/Mels%20pictures/Goose1Large.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w303/reilley1/Mels%20pictures/DSC_0112_copyLarge.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w303/reilley1/Mels%20pictures/DSC_0113_copyLarge.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w303/reilley1/Mels%20pictures/DSC_0114_copyLarge.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w303/reilley1/Mels%20pictures/2170398986_85ef267175.jpg)

Serial 10057. Probably earliest known Goose yet

I'm soo jealous :)
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: sawzall on January 16, 2008, 07:33 PM: wow!!!! thats a bit of goose history as old school as you can get :smitten:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: DR VINOAH on January 16, 2008, 07:38 PM: im with sawzell :daumenhoch:

that bike is what i call from the depths of time gone by :smitten:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: b45t4rd on January 16, 2008, 08:08 PM: That is awesome! Don't let him clean/restore it, perfect as it is :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: lazychubs on January 16, 2008, 08:38 PM: thats well nice would love them grips
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: MartyC on January 16, 2008, 09:00 PM: That is soooo nice :smitten:

What a find, I hope he entrusts you to do the restoration on that Rick or is he going to leave it as a survivor?
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: RATTY on January 16, 2008, 09:08 PM: I love geeses, especially that old. I have never seen one with the BB gusset before :shocked:

Nice one Reilly :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Flemdog on January 16, 2008, 09:21 PM: Yeah..., I'd take a couple of links outta' the chain, must be well hard to snap on that goose... :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Mattdub on January 17, 2008, 09:37 AM: Mad old thing Rick ;) , is Mel gonna leave as is or is he/you gonna tidy it up ? . ( big old 2.125 rims :D ) .
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: kdw712 on January 17, 2008, 10:05 AM: :smitten:

that is sweet

what year is it - 76 ?
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Nicfred on January 17, 2008, 12:08 PM: she's a beauty :smitten: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Flemdog on January 17, 2008, 05:33 PM: It's like that 80's horror flick - "Christine!" I wonder what history is behind that bike... :shocked:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Gashead on January 17, 2008, 06:08 PM: wow ! Classic :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Dennis Dain on January 18, 2008, 03:03 AM: Allow me to introduce you guys to Mel. This picture was taken in may have 1975 in Southern California. Imagine this, the jump is maybe 18 inches high!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o29/saunirae/Mel.jpg)
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: selfpreservation on January 18, 2008, 04:02 AM: that is so emotive to me being a goose fan thanks for showing such a piece of history/ innovation ,as usual you have amazed me with your knowledge access and continued comittment to the documentation of BMX history ,i would expect nothing less but am still in awe of the gems you constantly uncover :4_17_5: x1000
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: Bob_Acid on January 18, 2008, 04:38 AM: Pukka bike Rick and it's got me thinking.

Who were they?

Mongoose i mean.

Why were they making BMX's?

We get all this bollox from the mid skool nazi's about rider owned this and rider owned that. Who was it at mongoose that put these bikes together and why/who for? did they make a decission to do these frames at a time when there was never that much of a demand surely?

What were they to do with BMX in it's beginning? they could only have been on a long shot if they were in it for any money to be made?

So was it started out of love or greed? By that i mean were they doing it for the kids or more of a right time right moment thing?

It's easy to talk of Mongoose now as a 'they' as i have done but were they alway a they or was it down to one person?
Title: Re: Very early Goose
Post by: gudge on January 19, 2008, 02:52 PM: Thats deep Bob!
Will someone hurry up with the answer, i'm right intriged now