I'm riding with Eddie Fiola in a week and a half at the old school jam.
Old School Rules
- Thread starter Cru Jones
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Where is that? From what I've heard that cat can still ride a bike pretty freaking good. Same with Blyther and Ron Wilk.
I think there was some coverage of last year's event in Ride BMX and some vids floating around. It looked like a cool jam. Are you going to ride a 20"?
sweet...
Actually, it WAS a Redline. The RL 20. I remember buying it in '83, it had a turquoise color on the front triangle, which I stripped off to reveal the chrome that was beneath it. Here's a pic of a red one....
Yup - I know my mid 80's framesActually, it WAS a Redline. The RL 20. I remember buying it in '83, it had a turquoise color on the front triangle, which I stripped off to reveal the chrome that was beneath it. Here's a pic of a red one....
But RedLine's are a bit easier to tell with their 5" headtubes.A friend had that turquoise RL20 - very cool color but the paint over chrome would scratch off so easily.
White tee/black Fox helmet is my fav racer from back in the day... Travis Chipres... a.k.a. Bart Taylor... getting smoked by Cru Jones... haha
That thing is sooooo sick.Actually, it WAS a Redline. The RL 20. I remember buying it in '83, it had a turquoise color on the front triangle, which I stripped off to reveal the chrome that was beneath it. Here's a pic of a red one....
Yo, any of you old school dudes know if this old haro frameset is worth anything?
It's still kicking around my parent's garage and they're bugging me to lose it.
It's still kicking around my parent's garage and they're bugging me to lose it.
Back in '83, I was pretty proud of it..... 
nice man. guy behind on a dully?White tee/black Fox helmet is my fav racer from back in the day... Travis Chipres... a.k.a. Bart Taylor... getting smoked by Cru Jones... haha
Yeah. He modified a Giant Trance into a slopestyle type bike. I tried it... it's a beast to get moving, but it was pretty fun to jump.
If it is a Haro Master then it is worth something. Doesn't appear to be a Master though.
yeah, the FST and FSX were the cheaper completes compared to the Master and the Sport completes. check vintagebmx.com .
Former Homeless team rider and late 80's/early 90's street/vert shredder Ed Koenning has been posting cool old skool stuff to his blog:
When are you going to get a Real Bike ?http://edwardkoenning.blogspot.com/
When are you going to get a Real Bike ?http://edwardkoenning.blogspot.com/
Im not quite old enough to claim to REALLY be part of this thread (born in 85), but man, this is so awesome to look back on. I never had enough money to buy brand new bikes when I was a kid, so I owned a slew of GT Performers and GT Pro Performers, and a Hutch when I was a kid that were all from late 80's and early 90s. This thread is awesome.
Visor grinder! Was doin' those before the griz.
Holy chit... that's old!
Seriously.......eddie fiola talking about beefing up your COASTER BRAKE???
if you have ever done a coaster-brake tail tap, or rear-wheel hops on the coaster, then you know !Seriously.......eddie fiola talking about beefing up your COASTER BRAKE???
I totally remember using those old hinged seat post clamps, even if the frame had a place to bolt the brake arm to. You'd have to bend the arm to get it to line up right. Once you got it secured you'd end up wearing a bigger hole in aluminum chainwheels, so you'd still have some slop. Ahh, sweet memories.
And 'Woo we had cable brakes too, some of us just took too long to get rid of our coasters. Personally I weened myself off using one of the original freecoasters (discussed earlier in the thread).
I just love this thread. I had one of those RL-20's too. Nice garbage find with that Haro. I don't remember too many folks using drum brakes back then, mainly because as I recall they only work well in one direction.
heh heh. my first 20" had caliper brake AND coaster:I definitely don't know
When I started racing bmx in 83 everyone already had cable brakes.
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/murray/24547
even in the mid/late 80s there were a few freestylers like Bob Kohl, Ron Wilkerson, and Rick Moliterno running coaster. barspin abubacas, non-pedaling rollbacks, and various flatland without cranks spinning . . . but yeah, coasters were dead.
moliterno:
I hope no one else had to touch that left grip^
Those last 3 pics are so roots....Bottema fork, Skyways and Motomags, Haro plates, Bell helmets with JT visors. I love how the tracks were like in that 2nd pic - on the rough/ungroomed side - where you needed to put the foot down on turns.
Just found this old pic on a racing buddy's (Rick Bell #29) Facebook page from 1986 in CapeCod, MA.
I'm the number 6 guy with the euro white and chrome Hutch. Not sure what I was thinking with the left elbow all up in the air - haha
I'm the number 6 guy with the euro white and chrome Hutch. Not sure what I was thinking with the left elbow all up in the air - haha
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Oh, I meant 14' - hit the wrong button. Although, as you know some of those parts back then exploded on 14" stuff.
But sounds nasty. There was a pic of Buff jumping off the roof of and that was only 10' max. He had the bars slipped back on him and I'm sure he bent the cranks.
Mike Buff FTW
We'll call this 'mid-school'
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MCS '88? - Fresh from under the Xmas tree. Stolen about a month later.
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Robinson Pro - Insurance replacement - at Daytona, FL
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Christmas Classic '89 or '90 - Eric Cunningham way faster than me. Randy Stumpfhauser was also in my main doing the track ~3 seconds off the pro pace. The late and wonderful Linda Dorsey announcing.
Titan ProXL in the hammered graphite color. Campy Record hubs, Sun Anno rilled out rims, Bullseye cranks (third or fourth set, kept breaking), Pre-Hutch magnesium-body pedals (via Brad Cashwell MCS/Eagle Snacks), UNI mini seat and Powerlite bars.
Image 4:
Titan ProXL 4130 - Backup bike. Later was hit by a car on it and then snapped it in half. Titan t-shirt with fake mud on the back. Wore it every day.
Image 1:
MCS '88? - Fresh from under the Xmas tree. Stolen about a month later.
Image 2:
Robinson Pro - Insurance replacement - at Daytona, FL
Image 3:
Christmas Classic '89 or '90 - Eric Cunningham way faster than me. Randy Stumpfhauser was also in my main doing the track ~3 seconds off the pro pace. The late and wonderful Linda Dorsey announcing.
Titan ProXL in the hammered graphite color. Campy Record hubs, Sun Anno rilled out rims, Bullseye cranks (third or fourth set, kept breaking), Pre-Hutch magnesium-body pedals (via Brad Cashwell MCS/Eagle Snacks), UNI mini seat and Powerlite bars.
Image 4:
Titan ProXL 4130 - Backup bike. Later was hit by a car on it and then snapped it in half. Titan t-shirt with fake mud on the back. Wore it every day.
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