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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: jT Racing on February 24, 2006, 10:45 PM
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i reckon that Tange made the best frames all round but the JMC is a masterpiece. :4_17_5:
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What is the best old school BMX? Good question townshend bmx. But one person alone is unable to come up with the right answer because we each have our own favourites for what ever the reason may be..... Nostalgia, The look, The geometry, The way they ride, Or simply the colour schemes put out by a company during a certain year.
One of my favourites are Revcore's. But there are so many more that I love..... Hutch, JMC, PK Rippers, Mongoose, Patterson, And the list would be seemingly endless if I were to continue.
Thats a little insight as to what my preferences are regarding my view on 'The best old school BMX'. I guess it all comes down to personal preference really.
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Hmmmmmmmm, let me think about thant for a while !!
Ok, I recon it could be JMC - LOL
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v661/JON016847/AllBikesRoom.jpg)
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HL Turbo...period..............Nostalgic me never :)
Hey John, ive been out with Timo a few times in the last month,
he had nothing but great things too say about you :daumenhoch:
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HL Turbo...period..............Nostalgic me never :)
Hey John, ive been out with Timo a few times in the last month,
he had nothing but great things too say about you :daumenhoch:
THE TURBO - OH YES :daumenhoch:
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PK Ripper for looks
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Quadangle :4_17_5:
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i think there must be 3 if you really have to choose
1.pkripper legendary
2. skyway ta legendary
3.redline great bikes parts etc for over 27 years or so now cant say that about many others .
in the uk also there are few on the tops list for nostalgia and what they brought to the sport in the start ie raleigh burner,cheap affordable for the masses,mongoose legends,diamond back silver streak ,so i started with 3 and went on you cant choose just 1 but the list just gets longer the more you think about it .
also the word best is that best to ride best build best parts as standard 'really hard to define hutch and hl turbo 2 other great bikes and the turbo had some superb parts as standard,
my personal besat though as personal preference is the pk ripper .love those frames for loos and style
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for me it has to be
db leary turbo
supergoose 2
pro class
pk ripper
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Now that's a hard one...
Redline Pro Line 20"
or
Robinson Pro with R gusset
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having been the proud owner of db turbo, goose pro class, jmc andy patterson, jmc dy and jmc shadow
i have to say the jmc win hands down, why ? the build quality is second to none ( no far east crap here ) they just feel right when you ride them, pk rippers are nice bikes but they are weak and feel horrible to ride, and you can still contact the owner of jmc and he bends over backwards to help you, so that makes it so much more personal than some of these mass produced bikes ;)
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skyway T/A for me hands down.
you could race this and freestyle it.
could you on a jmc ;).
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No question for racing - GHP. A class of its own.
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Has to be Mongoose Pro Class. It looks fast when standing still.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/kdwpc10.jpg)
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(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/BMX001.jpg)
i couldnt agree more ;)
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Skyway T/A and alloy hubed Tuff wheels :daumenhoch:
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Skyway T/A and alloy hubed Tuff wheels :daumenhoch:
Like this?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/skyway1.jpg)
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Yep :daumenhoch:
I intend to build replicas of my chrome and white T/A`s that I rode bitd, but it might take a while :coolsmiley:
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ripper and TA for "dream bike".
gusseted mongoose for that "old school bmx" feel
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The GT Pro that Greg Hill won the 1983 Jag World Cup on at Burbank. ::)
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the mrd pro, top design and quality construction. a proper race frame with great geometry.
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24kt woody itson trickstar :4_17_5:
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I should have asked...
What year?......
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how is Timo nowadays, is he settled yet?
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best old school bmx? how d'ya mean?
JMC's snapped n forks bent very easily
GHP's snapped very easily
PK's snapped or cracked very easily
HUTCH snapped and where chromaphobic
Haro Gen1's cracked and bent
GT pro's snapped often
VDC CHANGA's snapped with ease
All in all i recken everything taken into account and i dont personally like em much, but it has to be the SKYWAY TA, versitile, strong, pretty and from good stock :)
CHANGA n GHP are my personal faves though
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Patterson Long and PR200
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Patterson Long and PR200
oooooooooo nice move mr rinkydink :)
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Didn't mean it really Maximum XL is the baby for me!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v637/bigplinky/Museum/MaximumShow1.jpg)
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best old school bmx? how d'ya mean?
JMC's snapped n forks bent very easily
GHP's snapped very easily
PK's snapped or cracked very easily
HUTCH snapped and where chromaphobic
Haro Gen1's cracked and bent
GT pro's snapped often
VDC CHANGA's snapped with ease
All in all i recken everything taken into account and i dont personally like em much, but it has to be the SKYWAY TA, versitile, strong, pretty and from good stock :)
CHANGA n GHP are my personal faves though
Looks like Profile it is :daumenhoch:
Seriously,I loved mine,had an MRD before but the Profile was a different league!!!!
Stu
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The best hmmmmmm. So many good bikes. I have to pick from ones i have ridden and that includes just about everything mentioned so far. I can't comment on JMCs and Changas.
Cosmetically the large gusset Turbo gives me wood everytime and when it was released i would say it was the best stock package available bar none. Having now ridden one they also ride great although i found the DB Pro bars a bit small.
Rippers also give me wood but they are expensive, poorly designed and they break. The Quad i had i had no complaints about but it was too long for me.
The Pro Class i never rode but it was/is an awesome package. The Hutch Pro Racer i had was ordinary. The Redline 500A i had was a great bike for the cash.
The Ta i had was hammered both on track and at Rom out of the tunnel bowl and despite egging two araya aeros landing on flat concrete i couldn't break it. great frame.
The GT Pro was Ok.....
Still my favourite and first real BMX was the 1983 Torker 280.... 23Lbs and £199. Short, light, strong and flickable. I put that bike through everything and it eat it all. A hugely copied twin toptube design. Great to race and great to freestyle. The forefather of the Haro and many others.
Torker it is then :D
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Chrome MRD Pro. The lightest, and strongest muvver out there!!