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Title: pit bikes
Post by: bmxbert on December 30, 2008, 01:47 PM

ok i give in

could somebody please explain to me what a pit bike is.
they just look like 20 inchers with kiddy wheels on to me.

put me straight someone lease :P

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: MartyC on December 30, 2008, 02:13 PM

16" wheeled BMX bikes with long seat posts and pro sized bars.  Sometimes made from cutting down a 20" frame and fork  :daumenhoch:.

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: bmxbert on December 30, 2008, 02:24 PM

whats the idea behind them ?
i dont get it...is it just a old school fashion thing?

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: MartyC on December 30, 2008, 02:33 PM

Quote from: bmxbert on December 30, 2008, 02:24 PM

whats the idea behind them ?
i dont get it...is it just a old school fashion thing?

In the main, yes just a fashion thing just like the scooter fad that hit in the mid to late 80's  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: sweetbeats on December 30, 2008, 02:53 PM

I never understood them either (but was always afraid to ask)..seen a hutch one once think it was a gold trick star rep Hmmmmmmmmm :-\

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on December 30, 2008, 03:13 PM

we had a pit bike race at the os race at bulwell this year, great fun  :)

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: bmxbert on December 30, 2008, 03:31 PM

i think they look fun (silly) but fun
then again you,ve got to be a bit silly to chuck yourself down a ramp on a large peice of metal anyway ;D

thanks lads im glad i asked its been buging me forever

Title: Re: pit bikes
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on December 30, 2008, 03:45 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y43/bmxmatt1974/bulwellos017.jpg)

here ya go  :daumenhoch:

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