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Bricks and Milk Crates

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Ramp Rat:
Bricks and Milk Crate Jumps.

First pic is of my first ever BMX, Team Murray with Yellow Lester Mags, build like a fricking Tank. Note the halfords helmet and face guard, very mean. Notice the 'Tracker Boy' in the background, pre BMX when kids beefed up post-man bikes and put Canadian Bends bars on 'em. They welded T-Bard on the frame, a bit like a gusset to strengthen the frame, (not like anyone jumped on them). They had straight Chrome forks on 'em too. They would spray paint them all colorful and funky. I don't think the Yanks had a bike craze like that? Anyone know?   ??? I think it was a purely English scene, a bit like 2-Tone and The Jam. Second Pic. I'm on an old Pro-Star (tri-moly) and even sporting a Pro-Star shirt. Third pic. I'm on my favorite BMX, a mini Race Inc. with 3" bars (cut down and inch each side), mini suntour stem, 165 Suntour Cranks, Ranc Inc shirt. That bike was so light and tight man... 8)



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Coastvl:
Yep, I used to do the same. I had the neighbourhood record for clearing 27 kids and 3 bikes of a jump 18 inches high. Imagine the lawsuits today!

Ramp Rat:
Don't forget the father that started it all..The Grifter, Mud guard off, Chain ring guard off, Hub Cleaners, straighten the forks by taking the front wheel off and jamming the forks in a sewer drain and yanking back on the bars until they bend straight. Almost a BMX now  ;D

'Horsham Boys Horsham Boys, laced up boots and cordoroys'.




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Bigplinky:
Cool Nice style geezer, bet that Race Inc didn't last long doing stuff like that on it.

Got to add though I learned my trade on a Striker not a Grifter (then got a grifter a £8, only about 3 years old, and made the period modifications you mentioned except I seem to remember you had to bend the forks straight again about once a week. Raleigh monkey metal yer canny whack it)

isn't this the BMX equivalent of jumpers for goal posts

Andy

theRuler:
cool pics!!!

i really gotta get a scanner and get mine on.

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