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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: priv on March 30, 2007, 10:10 AM

Title: iron horse
Post by: priv on March 30, 2007, 10:10 AM: was there a bike made by or called an iron horse? i think it had a huge chainring and really weird BB angle.

any pics would be a gratefull blast from the past

priv
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: theRuler on March 30, 2007, 10:29 AM: Quote from: priv on March 30, 2007, 10:10 AM
was there a bike made by or called an iron horse?

yes

also see "dirt burner"
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: the stag on March 30, 2007, 10:48 AM: i found one recently - very weird angles at the back - there are pictures on here somewhere - ratty posted the thread on my behalf - 'frame id please' or something similar

i can email them to you if you like

bmxgirl has got one as well
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: Trev on March 30, 2007, 11:58 AM: riding my haro is like riding an iron horse.... :buck2:
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: valuevintagebmx on March 30, 2007, 06:02 PM: http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/ironhorse/1797

Check out my Ironhorse all the way out in Canada here...might be the same one your talking about? In the bmxmuseum.com.
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: priv on March 30, 2007, 06:22 PM: Quote from: valuevintagebmx on March 30, 2007, 06:02 PM
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/ironhorse/1797

Check out my Ironhorse all the way out in Canada here...might be the same one your talking about? In the bmxmuseum.com.

sweet in a weird kind of way,i saw that while i've been trawling the web trying to find this elusive bike,
year wise i think it must have been very early 80's.

priv
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: RATTY on March 30, 2007, 08:06 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i236/citypets/Picture048.jpg)
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 30, 2007, 08:08 PM: could they BE any more forwards?
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: RATTY on March 30, 2007, 08:09 PM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on March 30, 2007, 08:08 PM
could they BE any more forwards?
Not much more :2funny:
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: bmxgirl on March 30, 2007, 08:51 PM: Heres mine....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d100/bvmwx/Ih1.jpg)
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: Stace on March 30, 2007, 09:24 PM: Were those iron horses the same frame but different spec and colours?

If they were anyone wanna sell me theirs ??
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: priv on April 02, 2007, 01:44 AM: that's the one ratty :daumenhoch:

we had a few of them around our way BITD

priv
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: Bob_Acid on April 02, 2007, 03:47 AM: iron horse? that's what the wife called me last night ::)
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: the stag on April 02, 2007, 09:40 AM: i'll sell mine - pm me
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: hunterdubber on April 02, 2007, 05:42 PM: I'm sure there was an Iron horse model out around 83 and was similar to a Redline 600 ???
and a few people used to get frame stickers and ride snide Redline iron horses
Fooled a good few people I bet :-[
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: Dark Diggler on April 02, 2007, 05:56 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p70/simonjturner/bmx001.jpg)

95 midnew ;)
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: haro__master1985 on April 03, 2007, 06:39 PM: From what i can remember there were iron horses and mud crunchers ,both catalog bikes ?

Pls correct me if im wrong ?

I had a mud cruncher frame once :-[
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: bmxgirl on April 03, 2007, 08:49 PM: You possibly mean a mud muncher...saw one at a boot sale a year ago ..yellow and black strange shape bars...i didnt buy it ::)
Title: Re: iron horse
Post by: noddybeard on April 03, 2007, 09:58 PM: if that pic is anything to go on i dont blame you for not buying it.
some old skool stuff truly was dire!!!!