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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: Swivel on April 29, 2008, 11:37 AM
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I had a brief session in the 90's where I went back to riding and bought a beautiful specially made Dyno GT, then sold it about a year later as I was moving jobs, really regret it now.
What's your favourite mid-school bikes and can you wack up some piccy's so I can get excited :smitten: ;)
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my personal all time favourite build/bike/photo :-\
i just love this fooker,
possibly THE most important bike in bmx history too :daumenhoch:
the first bmx frame to use the clamp-on A-headset system, leaving the shite,antiquated victorian "quill" system behind was a massive positive step for bmx, we havent looked back since :daumenhoch:
that could be any frame around today right there, and its over 10 years old :shocked:
standard bykes bicyclemotocross
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g171/jarvicseven/moto-bike.jpg)
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mines Harris' Dirt Bros TA.
I want to build me own replica but so far I only havbe some bully forks and an orange front skyway.
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simple for me DIRTBIKE
id like to get my hands on a dmr trigger though
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I was Hoffman through and through, but if one firm defines the era then it has to be Standard. Everyone looked forward to their video releases, everyone studied their products and developments religously. The team (army) was amazing.
It was all about Shortys and Lengthys when I first came to hear of em, but I'd say the STA was the better looking bike.
I'm sure Harris will be along in a mo to bang a photo of his up :daumenhoch:
My personal favourite would have been the Hoffman I rode all through the 90s, final batch ramp room Condor :smitten:
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1995/6 S&M Holmes gets my vote. I was riding a Skyway TA before that.
I had a Standard Bicycle Motocross like Joe's after the Holmes. Do you not consider the Standard BMX as early new school though Joe, rather than "mid-school" (a term I've never really been comfortable with).
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S&M dirt bike and holmes any year :smitten: midschool has some great bikes,
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1995/6 S&M Holmes gets my vote. I was riding a Skyway TA before that.
I had a Standard Bicycle Motocross like Joe's after the Holmes. Do you not consider the Standard BMX as early new school though Joe, rather than "mid-school" (a term I've never really been comfortable with).
i know what you mean about the "mid" term, its never sat well with me tbh, i'd rather it was all just "bmx",
it could well be though that the standard bmx was the very first "new-school" frame,
my thinking was that it was from the pure mid standards era, the lengthy's and shorty's, sta ,etc,
heres an over posted holmes pic for the fans of big john :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g171/jarvicseven/IMG_6403.jpg)
challenger anyone? STA? WAL?
solid killing machine anyone?
where are the dk's and the 2-hip's?
:LolLolLolLol:
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challenger anyone?
Oh go on then, since you asked
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/chall1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/chall4.jpg)
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Lovely stuff lads but any mid-school early 90's freestyle bikes in the offering? ::)
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Yes indeed Swivel, this one:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b292/stodgy1/DSC05301.jpg)
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all my faves in one bundle
Elf pro dbl x
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0936.jpg)
Elf pro dbl x xl
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/SP_A0107-1.jpg)
WAL riot
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0590.jpg)
SE Assassin
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0773.jpg)
TNT Z XL
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0908.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0905.jpg)
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I guess this is a jump/trails bike in freestyle/street clothes. Photo taken in 1991, but Ive still got most of the parts.
I will get round to rebuilding it one day.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/1991plate.jpg)
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I'm quite partial to the Holmes as well, but my preference is still for the Homeless Mack - and before you say it, it isn't a Dirt Bike in disguise ::)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v227/CraigS/midschool/twomacks.jpg)
Craig
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The early Homeless were nice.
But does a Decal set and the addition of a coaster anchor even count as a disguise ? >:D :2funny:
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I guess this is a jump/trails bike in freestyle/street clothes. Photo taken in 1991, but Ive still got most of the parts.
I will get round to rebuilding it one day.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/1991plate.jpg)
I love that bike Alex - the plate just makes it.
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I love that bike Alex - the plate just makes it.
At that time I was usually the only BMXer on the ramps. I just thought Id say what all the skaters were thinking :P
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GT Dyno Compe, i loved that bike , swapped it for mtb :wtf:
sorry no pics.
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I love that bike Alex - the plate just makes it.
At that time I was usually the only BMXer on the ramps. I just thought Id say what all the skaters were thinking :P
LOL. Hardcore.
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:)All gold Schwinn Matt Pohlkamp!
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hmmm favourite i would say the sta
but love so many mids.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/oldfools003.jpg)
or even one of these ,they are all great so are all yours just get out and ride them..
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/peregrine95s037.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/peregrine95s041.jpg)
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sta for me
me riding the one ive had since 1995
(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4662/ashfordtdbm9.jpg)
how it looks now , with new decals thanx to del
(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3374/s7001674sv2.jpg)
i had a dirt bike and a holmes, neither lasted more than 6 months, so got an sta , nuff said [ forks bent and stem cracked tho..]
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Dan, that STA is shinier than a shiny thing in Shinysville, definitely the cleanest bike at Harrow last Friday :daumenhoch:
Craig
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Wow that TNT is beautiful :smitten:
Anyone got any GHP's they could show?
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the more i ride it the lighter she feels ,jump on the ivy and it all changes back :-[
james hitchcox took a likin to it as he had one almost the same btd
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later mid-school I know but these do it for me :smitten: :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/11112007065.jpg)
:) DINGO :)
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the more i ride it the lighter she feels ,jump on the ivy and it all changes back :-[
james hitchcox took a likin to it as he had one almost the same btd
He's a liar! He had a shite-brown Hoffman Taj!
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ooo the little fibber
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This was probably my fave bike. Old STA with my home made bars and brake bridge!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g74/mi16kie/05-03-2008194701mystandard.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g74/mi16kie/29-04-2008184142.jpg)
Happy times had on this one :smitten:
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only just spotted that homeless mack! fook i aint seen one in years!
too cool for school right there,
dan, that red sta is gorgeous,
the hoffman too :smitten:
and yes the tnt :daumenhoch:
jizz-fest here eh? :LolLolLolLol:
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s&m holmes all the way
heres my one
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/HPIM0989.jpg)
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one of my grail frames up there^^^
oversize holmes :smitten:
another achingly pretty 125 to keep the balance,
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g171/jarvicseven/standardteam8.jpg)
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I've had a bunch of Standards throughout the last 15 years or so but the bike that epitomises mid school for me is the STA.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v432/Lazarou63/ABCD0020-1.jpg)
...but of all my bikes my favourite was my 1995 Bicycle Motocross.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v432/Lazarou63/BMX-1.jpg)
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some nice sta's on here, i bought one brand new in chrome back in the late 90's but sold it a few months later :(
also loving the wal, my mate had one and it was a tank!!!
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Fong
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v337/2elliot/fong1.jpg)
...in the loft ???
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v337/2elliot/DSCF0004.jpg)
:)
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has to be the 91 bashguard master
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v215/spex77/master1.jpg)
with the sport coming in second
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v215/spex77/sport2.jpg)
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/DSCI0005.jpg)
has to be hoffman :4_17_5:
the big daddy - designed by the k himself :daumenhoch:
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first of all i got to back up laz! the first i ever saw of hitchcox was at koc 97 i think. on a brown taj! with long hair trying triple barspins in the invitational jumpbox comp on the sunday. then he got picked up by custom riders to ride a standard for them to promote there stuff then in december of 99 at the tenth anniversary jam in davenport he became full factory standard after meeting rick! so he's been riding a standard since late 97 if my memory is correct!
a couple of frames really stood out for me in the nineties that had that 'wow' factor when one turned up at a park because they were so rare at first.
firstly the standard trail boss! which has basically become the trls *** range and the top end fit frames! (history) robbie morales had his name behind the trailboss frame as a signature frame as that was one of his nicknames, then he left and it evolved into the T1 progression frame until he left T1 and set up fit bikes and.......thats my take on it anyway!
the other frame was the 'king liberty' because they were so fookin rare! regret selling mine to this day. and i have no pictures of it
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My fave mid school bikes......
1992 Auburn CR20-RX Team model.
2-Hip Pork
Homeless Player/Mack and Soul Bro
S&M Holmes/Dirt Bike/Challenger
Hoffman Condor
Hyper Metro Pro
Standard Trail Boss/STA
Morales
I could go on for ages about mid school bikes but I think I'll stop now :)
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I haven't had enough frames to say which is my favorite. I would need to have them all to be sure. >:D
I'm still liking the big daddys, but that may change.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h230/bigal91z/DSCN0170-2.jpg)
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lovin harris's challenger n ron b's fong, but so many nice bikes in this section, mid school is a breath of fresh air, the diversity of bikes n builds rocks :daumenhoch:
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Having missed out on the 90's scene (not sure, was either passed out drunk in a ditch or sliding down the side of a mountain on a plank) I'm still not too up on mid-skool stuff but I did find myself drooling over the STA at the Old Fools weekend (it's ok, I wiped up the mess afterwards).
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i missed mid school too but after much reading (thanks Laz) i built up a big daddy and i love it !!!!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q290/rarman1/BD1.jpg)
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I missed most of the mid school era but I have since purchased a 96 Hoffman Flash race bike which I really like (should be making an appearance soon), I also like the early S&M Dirtbikes and Challengers, Dan's red SBD, Del's Peregrine and Ron Burgundy's TNT (very, very nice :smitten:).
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I loved my limo the most then my first holmes,heres a pic of it with shit cranks and bars.my 401's and group 1 bars were being painted and I got impatient to ride so I built it anyhow
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x88/BADINT1/limo1.jpg)
look how high the seat was I used it to ride to work and everywhere then lower it when jumping
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Loving that Daddy Rob!! i want one!!! :smitten:
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I gotta say Auburns are definately my favorites, but of all of the bikes I've gotten rid of my Holmes is the one I would most like to have back.
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one of many condors i've owned,it's actually the one in my avatar going upside down at the bath jam.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b398/egg4130/condor93.jpg)
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Rode this most of the 90's and did everything I wanted (dirt and park) 93 Haro Master, the best bit is I swapped a GHP cruiser for it :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v637/bigplinky/for%20sale/DSC01785.jpg)
Not a classic but it did the job with out failing :)
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simple for me DIRTBIKE
id like to get my hands on a dmr trigger though
i had literally the first Trigger in the country :daumenhoch:
Pre ordered it after seeing the proto at the bike show then pestered the guys at DMR/Upgrade so often i think they flew one over specially ::)
only rode it a few times & sold it to buy a USA Taj, which is my favourite mid frame :smitten:
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL23/1877918/8354558/112136860.jpg)
closely followed by the Alloy Quads :daumenhoch:
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best frame i had was DK general lee. rode so nice on trails, street and park. got the bare metal treatment after a few months!!!
had it welded twice around the seat stays and head tube, eventualy bent it beyond repair!!!!
still got a bit of the droupout welded to my dirtbike