Author Topic: before bmx what did you ride..... (Read 5350 times)

harris · « **on:** February 28, 2007, 10:11 AM »

what was your bike before the bmx hit town.
did it have cow horn bars

wheelie monsters
and best trick possibly no handers

theRuler · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:15 AM »

i had a "puch arrow"
it was kinda like a shopper

i took off all the mudguards n stuff. it was a wheelie machine
prior to that i rode a falcon with solid tyres and rod brakes.

jimwise68 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:17 AM »

Grifter, very nearly went the racer route though.

muttley · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:17 AM »

Raleigh boxer, sprayed gold, that thing took so much abuse from an 8 year old it was unreal, then BMX came along and i very nearly strayed into the strange world of track bikes, oooh Canadian bends

harris · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:19 AM »

mine was a green raleigh racer
after a while the bars where turned for super wheelies
but i was young and the big older lads could go forever
and they pulled the birds just with that

Zippy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:21 AM »

Grifter all the way. I was into BMX before I knew what BMX was.

harris · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:22 AM »

and the biggest danger was the dreaded.........curb.that had many a lad.

zed4130 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:41 AM »

i had a chipper then a grifter then a bomber then the rest is history

hear is young zed on his bomber

spillers#1 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:45 AM »

I had a chipper in mustard yellow,then a mustang(an american style chopper)first bmx was a hawk scorcher from woolworths which looked like a kuwahara.without the bars right forward

brass monkey! · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:58 AM »

A Raleigh Commando !

Haro82 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:05 AM »

Grifter. We used to straighten the forks, and then spray the frame red , the forks black, put a double gooseneck on it and put a Motocross FOX stiker on the top tube. Anyone else do that or was it just a Blackpool thing?

Stodgy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:12 AM »

Raleigh Commando & Raleigh Arena Racer!

zed4130 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:21 AM »

Quote from: Stodgy on February 28, 2007, 11:12 AM

Raleigh Commando & Raleigh Arena Racer!

my brother had a raliegh arena in mellalic blue

jimmyp · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:25 AM »

I had a blue Raleigh Boxer used to curl the mud guard under so it rubbed on the tire and made a motor bike kinda sound

Stace · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:41 AM »

Blue Grifter, although didn't stay blue for long !!

pickle · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2007, 12:05 PM »

I had my big brothers 'hand me downs' which consisted of an old dark red Tomohawk (small Chopper) and then his old Racer (which got thrashed over jumps with cow horns on) then i got my Burner for Christmas!!

Goose1 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2007, 01:14 PM »

Boxer, Tomahawk, Grifter, Chopper then Tuff Burner

login_user · « **Reply #17 on:** February 28, 2007, 01:22 PM »

Releigh striker then a BSA Bullit Racer.

madall · « **Reply #18 on:** February 28, 2007, 01:28 PM »

Raleigh Tomahawk, Metalic Red short mudgaurd Grifter, Blue Raleigh Bomber(best bikes Raleigh Made)

brass monkey! · « **Reply #19 on:** February 28, 2007, 01:31 PM »

I also did a bit of Cycle Speedway before BMX, it was pretty daft really, no brakes on a cinder track, crap bikes, and I hated it......., thank God BMX Came a long !

harris · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2007, 01:34 PM »

no handed was the cool way to ride down my way in essex back then.
god nows why

spicybob · « **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2007, 01:36 PM »

Grifter - upgraded at the begining of the BMX Boom - sprayed black with Red Mongoose pads and mags!

piper · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:18 PM »

Raleigh Arena........................

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:32 PM »

think it was called a striker? smaller version of the grifter. remember it was green

retrorider.u.k · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:43 PM »

raleigh small rider, then a grifter followed by an elswick turbo 12 racer, then the bmx fun began

Author Topic: before bmx what did you ride..... (Read 5350 times)

theRuler

muttley

zed4130

spillers#1

zed4130

Goose1

login_user

madall

spicybob

piper

retrorider.u.k