Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 > Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!)
Early Christmas Present
dordymush:
yeh you got any skyway stuff left. i would give my right arm for a team shirt to go with my bike.
Carlo Griggs:
--- Quote from: ORB on October 19, 2005, 02:00 PM ---So i take it you were a slice hard on thier bikes?
What was the strongest OS bike you rode?
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Both me and mat hoffman used to go through alot of bikes... I was at mats house and he used go through alot of graphite tuffs... I used to have at least 10 spare graphites here all the time.... I think i used to get through at least 30 frames a year... I think Haro was the worst though... I built up a new air master and did about 10 airs couple of 540s and did a 900 and the bike was unridable... The cranks you could not pedal the where low.. everything was bent... I dont land hard at all i want ride if i land low...
I called jim ford up who owns haro and he sent me a new bike and said the bike looks like it has been run overe with a bus... I wish i took picturs of that stuff... I remember only hanging up a bit of a wheel from a 14ft pump and the whole back chain stays came off and the only thing that was keep it from killing me was the chain...
Ive seen and rode some shitty bikes.. One was when i had had enough of shitty bikes so i got given a MDP made by VDC... I was doing a show in swizerland on the side of a mountain and this guy came up to me and said what did i think of the frame...i said its real strong... 5 airs later the headtube came off at like 12ft out on take off.... This is when you realise how strong a frame has to be when you are pumping...
I think the TA was strong PK Ripper to weak.. Craig campbell frame was strong exept the dropouts... T.A was the best frame very strong i rode on about 91 for 3 months and the only problem i had it was realy short....
Carlo Griggs:
--- Quote from: dordymush on October 19, 2005, 05:32 PM ---yeh you got any skyway stuff left. i would give my right arm for a team shirt to go with my bike.
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I have a whole load of team shirts here but i have them all stored up and they have centimental value... The stuff i have saved here from the prolite skyway days is alot... I have boxes of skyway and prolite stickers frames parts.. and my collection of DX pedals...
Stodgy:
--- Quote from: Carlo Griggs on October 19, 2005, 05:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: dordymush on October 19, 2005, 05:32 PM ---yeh you got any skyway stuff left. i would give my right arm for a team shirt to go with my bike.
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I have a whole load of team shirts here but i have them all stored up and they have centimental value... The stuff i have saved here from the prolite skyway days is alot... I have boxes of skyway and prolite stickers frames parts.. and my collection of DX pedals...
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Nice one Carlo...DX pedals, frames, parts, eh?! Anything selling? ;)
On a question of strength...how are you getting on with the new school bikes...what do you ride?
Carlo Griggs:
--- Quote from: tricknuts on October 19, 2005, 05:30 PM ---Is that why we see the secret stock of streetbeats coming out of the woodwork now?. Were they all your spares?
Got any more photos you would like to share with us Carlo?
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No i would never sell the stuff i have...some of the stuff means so much just could not do that.... I have alot of pictures here from 79 onwards... when i learn how to do this download thing i will start scanning them....
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